Traffic jam was also witnessed in Govindganj market area of Gaibandha as vehicles were plying on a single lane due to expansion work of the highway. Saidur Rahman, a bus driver on the Rangpur-Dhaka route, told Prothom Alo that lane expansion work is going on at 12 places from Satibari in Rangpur to Bangabandhu Bridge…
Putting up a stellar performance, Rangpur Riders defeated Chattogram Challengers by 53 runs in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) clash at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. An explosive batting performance, inspired by half-centuries from Reeza Hendricks and James Neesham, took Rangpur to a massive score of 211/3 in 20 overs, the first 200-plus…
Responding to another question on whether the Jatiya Party will remain in the elections till the last moment, GM Quader said, “We cannot say this now until the elections come. Only time will tell. Let us wait till that time.” JAPA co-chairman and Rangpur City Corporation Mayor Mustafizar Rahman and Central Joint General Secretary and…
Arjina Khatoon, a housewife from Amrulabari village, located near Chikli river in Badarganj, said, “Cold air enters the house at night. Hands and legs become numb. “We are barely surviving with torn blankets.” Pathanerhat market trader Abdur Rashid said, “There is dense fog from morning till evening. Customers do not come in the morning and…
BNP is battered by government repression, arrests and ‘fake’ cases. No one from the party publicly announces candidacy in the next general election. A BNP leader, on condition of anonymity, said that if the situation is in favor of the party, he will jump into the election fray. Convenor committees in the district and city…
The CT scan machine is operated by the radiology and imaging department of the hospital. Head of department Nazmun Nahar told Prothom Alo that the hospital has two CT scan machines but both have been out of order since 2019. In this hospital, not only two CT scan machines, but hundreds of machines are lying…
UP member, constable arrested for kidnapping in the guise of DB
The approved university is situated at Modern Square adjacent to Rangpur Cadet College. The duration of the provisional approval is seven years, with 22 conditions included by the Ministry; The university should own or rent at least 25,000 square feet of buildings, and open at least three faculties, each with at least six subjects; The…
OC Mahfuz Rehman said that Zakaria Alam is facing three cases in Kotwali police and one in Tajhat police. Of these, two cases related to electricity bill arrears and the remaining two related to land grabbing and violence. The police arrested Zakaria Alam and took him to the police station. Earlier on Thursday afternoon, when…
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Rafiqul Islam (Nausha) of Motukpur, Gangachara gave 500,000 taka to his elder son Rehan Kabir for recruitment to the post of peon cum night watchman in Government Primary School. Rafiqul said that he gave the money by mortgaging a piece of land. Ranga’s wife Rakiba Nasreen took the money to their house in Rangpur. Ranga…
During the marriage ceremony in Pirgachha of Rangpur, the police arrested a young woman for allegedly stabbing her father’s neck with a knife for forcibly getting her married. Father Fazal Haque is a police officer. Sub-inspector Anisur Rahman of Peergacha police station said on Sunday that they have arrested the main accused Farzana Akhtar Shammi…
Off-spinner Nasir took three more wickets, including Shoaib Malik, who made his 500th appearance in T20s as only the third player to be recognized, as Ranpur required seven more runs from nine balls in the over to be reduced to 134-8. . Haris Rauf sealed the victory by collecting that run in four balls. Earlier…
Three people were killed and at least 35 injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Rangpur’s Taraganj upazila this morning, UNB reports. Two of the dead have been identified as Kalam Hussain, 40, of Ranipur village in Chirirbandar upazila of the district and Mohd Muslim, 38, of Sonapukur Baniapara area of Parbatipur upazila.…