At least 35 people were injured in post-election violence in Brahmanbaria and Jhenidah districts on Friday. In Brahmanbaria, 30 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Awami League activists at Durgarampur village in Ashuganj upazila. Witnesses said an altercation ensued between the supporters of newly elected AL-backed Durgarampur Union Parishad chairman Sazu Khan and AL rebel candidate ... Read More »
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SI killed in B’baria road crash
A Sub-Inspector of police was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in front of Ashuganj Thana in the district on Tuesday morning. The deceased was Nasir Uddin Sharif, 42, hails from Hathazari on Chittagong. Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) of Brahmanbaria Zahidul Islam said that the accident occurred as a speedy bus of ‘Royal Service’ ran over Sharif ... Read More »
Kidnapped child rescued from Bhairab
Desk Report: Sneha ( 04 ) years old child was kidnap from Ashugonj and police rescued her from Bhairab after about 11 hours and kidnapper Amrit Mia ( 35 ) has been arrested. According to the Police, Amrit is the son of Barkatullah from Chandiber of the Bhairab Upazila. Tuesday afternoon, the child was abducted. However, Sneha's family resident of a rental house ... Read More »
Two kids drown to death in Ashuganj
Representative: Two kids drown to death in Ashuganj Upazila. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. The deceased are – Bristi Akhtar(3) the daughters of Mangol Miah of village Tungipara and Rakib(5) the grandson of Abdur Rahman. Rakib from Kandi village of Nabinagar Upazila. According to witnesses and the victim's family, Rakib came to visit his grandfather house this afternoon. He was playing with his another grandfather ... Read More »
Four year old child raped in Ashuganj
Representative: In Ashuganj four year old child has raped. The incident took place yesterday in Alamnagar village of Ashuganj Upazila. Police arrested immediately who involved in the incident named Noman (13). He is from Poirtola north of Brahmanbaria municipality area. He is son of the Auto-rickshaw driver Iqbal Hossain. They live in a rented house of Alamnagar area. According to the locals, the children came to Noman's ... Read More »
Farmers of Brahmanbaria in trouble due to the low price of paddy
Representative: Every day huge number of farmer coming to Ashuganj for sale there newly harvested paddy. But they are in trouble because the prices are very low. Farmers have been forced to sell paddy at a lower price to pay the workers and money lender. According to the farmers, for the current year, the cost of diesel, pesticides and other all goods and service ... Read More »
AL leader defies court order to build jetty at Meghna launch terminal
The construction work has hindered the transportation of goods through the landing station Ashuganj upazila Awami League President Shafiullah Mia is alleged to have been building jetty at a launch terminal on the Meghna River, ignoring a court order. An investigation found that the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) had leased out the launch terminal to Md Mesbah Uddin, ... Read More »
No one accused for double murder in Ashuganj.
More than one month passed of double murder in the village Sohagpur of Ashuganj Upazila and the accused is still undetected.Police say the accused could not be found.Two families are waiting for justice.In Sohagpur village last December bet on pond dipping between Molla Bari and Chowdhury Bari which is turn to collided.Sharif and Hira Miah of Molla Bari were killed ... Read More »
Ashuganj Upazila
Ashuganj Upazila is an Upazila situated in Brahmanbaria District under the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Ashuganj is a very important industrial city in Bangladesh. Ashuganj is playing major role in our economy due to is many industrial setup, such as power stations and fertilizer factories. Ashuganj was established with few villages in 1898 by Sarail Porgona Jamindar Ashutos Nath Roy. In ... Read More »