Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The victim was identified as Babul Hossain, 31, of Islampur village in the upazila. Helal Uddin, camp commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 31 Battalion, said a BSF
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Erosion makes 300 families homeless in a week
Lalmonirhat, Kurigram Erosion makes 300 families homeless in a week Erosion by Teesta and Dharla rivers in Lalmonirhat and Brahmaputra in Kurigram has rendered around 300 families homeless in the last one week. At least a hundred families at five villages under two unions in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila became homeless due to erosion by Teesta ... Read more
Schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
A seven-year old schoolgirl was admitted to Lalmonirhat sadar hospital with grievous injuries after being raped by a middle-aged man at Karnapur Mandaltari village on Friday night. The victim, daughter of a poor rickshaw-van puller, is a student of class I of a local primary school. Police said the rapist, Mojibar Rahman, had dragged the ... Read more
Nipah death toll reaches 25
Death toll from encephalitis caused by nipah virus at Hatibandha in Lalmonirhat reached 25 with two who died on Sunday, local people said. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research director, Mahmudur Rahman, in Dhaka confirmed the death of two more patients at Hatibandha on Sunday, taking the
20 die in 4 days in Lalmonirhat
IEDCR says encephalitis caused by nipah virus The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Friday identified the disease that killed three more people in Lalmonirhat on the day as encephalitis, acute brain inflammation, caused by nipah virus. So far 20 people died of the disease in the place in four days, according to ... Read more
Nipah virus identified as culprit for deaths
The deadly Nipah virus has been identified as the culprit behind the mysterious disease that claimed more than a dozen lives in Lalmonirhat, over the last few days. Mahmudur Rahman, the director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), confirmed the finding. According to Rahman, the disease is referred to as encephalitis, ... Read more
Unknown disease kills 10 in Lalmonirhat
An unknown disease claimed seven more lives at Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday raising the death toll to 10 in last two days, health officials said. Eight of them are minors. At least 24 patients suffering from the mysterious disease are undergoing treatment at