Residents of Khejurbaria village, in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, are panicked after a Royal Bengal Tiger was seen inside a fish enclosure last night. The village is about two kilometres away from the Sundarbans with Bhola river and Dhansagar village in between. Shahin Khan, owner of the
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Idols of two temples damaged
Unidentified miscreants damaged some idols of Hindu god and goddess of two temples at Rajnagar village in Chitalmari upazila early Friday. Police said the miscreants entered the two temples breaking open the windows and picked up some idols of goddess Kali and god Ganesh in the early hours. Later, the miscreants
135 fishermen abducted in Bay
Robbers early yesterday abducted about 135 fishermen and hijacked three trawlers in the coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal in Patuakhali and Bagerhat. In Patuakhali, a gang of around 20 masked robbers on two trawlers attacked several fishing boats around 12:30am. They abducted around 100 fishermen and the boat drivers, said Shah Alam, a
Four ‘pirates’ killed in ‘gunfight’
Four persons, said to be pirates, were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday morning at Sharonkhola under the east wing of the Sundarbans Forest Division in Bagerhat. Local fishermen identified the deceased as Zulfikar Ali Zulfu, leader of a pirate gang called ‘Zulfikar Bahini’, Hafizur Rahman, second-in-command of the gang, ... Read more