Whatever anyone is saying, anywhere, the Election Commission has nothing to do with it. He said, if anyone had complained that a candidate was spending more before the release of the gazette, the commission would have investigated the matter and taken action. However, Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujaan), disagrees with the […]
Singra Police Station, Natore Jail and sources of the victim’s family said that Singra Police has arrested Abul Kalam Azad in a case of sabotage registered at Singra Police Station on the night of October 28. When he was produced in the court the next day, the court ordered him to be sent to Natore […]
After the incident, Sadar police station in-charge Naseem Ahmed, Natore-2 MP Shafikul Islam, General Secretary of District Awami League and Sadar Upazila President Shariful Islam visited the spot. Speaking to the media, MP Shafiqul Islam claimed that BNP-Jamaat people were setting fire to bus-trucks as part of sabotage to thwart the elections. OC Naseem Ahmed […]
In the early hours of Monday, miscreants set on fire three buses parked at a filling station in Mohishbhanga area along the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Borigram upazila of Natore. Natore-4 (Boraigram-Gurudaspur) member of parliament (MP) Siddiqur Rahman Patwari owns the filling station. Boraigram police station in-charge confirmed the matter to Prothom Alo. *more to follow…
Regarding the incident, Naugaon Sadar police station in-charge (OC) Faisal Bin Ahsan said that CCTV footage was collected from a house nearby the site of the attack. The footage revealed the presence of six to seven attackers, but no one could be identified due to their helmets and cloth tied over their faces. The initial […]
Police have detained former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Tashreek Zaman with masks, torches and a motorcycle on charges of “plotting sabotage”. Members of the Nator Sadar police station detained him from the city on Tuesday night in the presence of Nator-2 constituency MP Shafiqul Islam. The detained Tashreek Zaman was the president of the […]
Nator was once a haven for extremists and terrorist groups were deployed to curb their activities during the BNP government. During that time, many persons from this district faced torture at the hands of these militants. After the BNP lost power, militant activities subsided and the general public enjoyed an environment of peace and security. […]
Nine leaders and workers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were brutally attacked in four upazilas of Natore in the last one month. Some of them were beaten, some were cut and some were shot by unknown miscreants. Five of the injured persons are still hospitalized. The BNP leader was hit by three bullets. […]
His brother Aslam Hussain identified the attackers as loyalists of the ruling Awami League. He named one of them as Rashidul Islam alias Koyal. Awami League district unit general secretary Shariful Islam said no member of his party opened fire. It is possible that someone may have done this to tarnish the image of Awami […]
Countering the BNP leader’s claims, district Awami League joint general secretary Malek Shaikh said no one from his party was involved in the act of setting the microbus on fire. “BNP’s allegations are not true.” Speaking to Prothom Alo from the spot, Naseem Ahmed, in-charge of Natore Sadar police station, said, “We found the microbus […]
The ruling Awami League on Friday nominated Siddiqur Rahman Patwari to contest the Natore-4 constituency by-election to be held on October 11, UNB reported. The party finalized the nomination at its Parliamentary Nomination Board meeting held at Ganobhavan, chaired by party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Nomination board member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim told […]
Ansar Ali, assistant sub-inspector of Banpara Highway police station, said the incident occurred when Manan was going to Rajapur market on a motorcycle from Garmati in the upazila along with his friend Abir at around 9.30 pm on Wednesday night. Highway police recovered the bodies and took them to the police station. He told that […]
Minister of State for Information, Communications and Technology Junaid Ahmed expressed dissatisfaction over the conduct of Mizanur Rahman, working as Officer-in-Charge (OC) at Singra station. The discontent arose after local residents leveled allegations against him during a public hearing in Natore’s Singra Upazila on Sunday. The Natore Superintendent of Police (SP) ordered the withdrawal of […]
Natore’s ‘Kachagola’ gets GI recognition
As part of the central programme, BNP leaders and workers tried to reach the party office at Alaipur in the city at around 2 pm. Abul Bepari alleged that BNP workers were attacked from an AL procession near NESCO office and Awami League men stabbed him and vandalized his motorcycle. Police brought the situation under […]