Rajshahi Division

RU students block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway

Shawdesh Desk: Rajshahi University students blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway on Monday to press home their nine-point demand including proper investigation and trial for those responsible for the deaths during the

Two people killed, 12 injured in Rajshahi road accident

Shawdesh Desk: A head-on collision between two buses resulted in the deaths of two bus drivers and left 12 passengers injured on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in the Kamarpara-Abhaya area of

Three guards suspended after death row convicts escape from Bogura jail

Shawdesh Desk: Three prison guards were suspended and served show-cause notices to others on Wednesday following the escape of four death row convicts from the Bogura district jail. Bogura district

Former food official sent to jail in graft case

Shawdesh Desk: A Rajshahi court on Monday sent a former food official to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on charge of irregularities and corruption in buying

Youth stabbed outside polling station in Rajshahi

Shawdesh Desk: A youth was stabbed by attackers in front of Parila High School polling station in Paba upazila in Rajshahi at about 11:00am on Wednesday. Injured Abdul Momin, 30,

Two youths killed in Pabna road accident

Shawdesh Desk: Two youths were killed as an oil-laden truck ran over them in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Kamrul Islam, 38, son

Missing woman’s throat-slit body found in tenant’s house in Natore

Shawdesh desk: The throat-slit body of a housewife, who went missing on Friday, was recovered from a tenant’s house in Natore Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased is Eti

Truck-motorbike collision claims 3 lives in Rajshahi

Shawdesh Desk: Three youths were killed and two others sustained injuries in a collision between a truck and two motorbikes at Paba upazila in Rajshahi district on Friday afternoon. The accident happened in Miraripur area