Faridpur, Bangladesh

A Faridpur court today sentenced a 25-year-old man to death and fined him Tk 2 lakh for the rape of an eight-year-old child in 2021. Faridpur court sentences man to death for raping eight-year-old

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An 80-metre stretch of a riverbank protection embankment in Faridpur's Alfadanga collapsed within two months of being handed over ... Show more

Embankment collapses within two months

A local Shariatpur Awami League leader and an accused in an anti-terrorism case filed died while undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital ... Show more

Shariatpur AL leader dies at hospital while in jail custody

The wooden shuttle moves back and forth through the handloom as 64-year-old Awal Byapari spends much of his day weaving jute fabric inside his home. Nearby ... Show more

From tea stall to jute products: A Faridpur family's journey to self-reliance

Locals vandalised the home of a woman in Faridpur town today, accusing her and her two sons of involvement in drug dealing. Faridpur family told to leave town after home vandalized over drug-dealing allegations

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmad today said an investigation into alleged partisan recruitment in the police force during the previous government's tenure ... Show more

Faridpur, Gopalganj among districts flagged over alleged police recruitment quota 'manipulation': Home minister

The health authority in Faridpur upazila of Pabna yesterday temporarily closed the operating theater of Al-Modina Lab and Hospital, a local private clinic ... Show more

Pabna clinic OT shut after 12 patients contract TB

The monsoon has brought the century-old boat market in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila back to life, with farmers flocking there to buy small boats for ... Show more

Monsoon, jute season revives century-old boat market

A police investigation has revealed that the narcotics charges brought against Mirza Ishtiaq Ahmed Pranto, a law student who died last month in the custody of ... Show more

Pranto framed in narcotics case: probe

Many families have started dismantling their homes before the river can claim them. 'I have moved my tea stall seven times in two months': Erosion tears through Faridpur villages

At least five people were killed and seven others injured after a passenger bus ran over a crowd who had gathered to collect eggs from an overturned truck on ... Show more

Five killed as bus runs over crowd collecting eggs after truck overturns

A Faridpur court has sent a 54-year-old man to jail in a case filed over the rape of a 14-year-old girl in the district town. Faridpur children's home resident found pregnant; Man jailed in rape case

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The government has transferred nine police officers, including the superintendent of police (SP) of Faridpur, in a fresh reshuffle in the Bangladesh Police ... Show more

Faridpur SP, 8 other senior police officers transferred

Rapid spoilage from heat and rain, and a chronic shortage of storage facilities have combined to push farmers in major producing regions of Pabna and Faridpur ... Show more

Bad weather, storage crisis turn record onion harvest into losses

I saw them slapping him on the head and ears. They kept saying, 'This was found on you.' Pranto kept pleading, 'I had nothing with me ... Show more

Faridpur custodial death: Police version full of holes

A youth was shot dead during a clash between residents of two neighborhoods in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur. Law enforcement agencies later detained several ... Show more

Youth shot dead in Faridpur clash

Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) has expressed deep concern over the death of a Chhatra League activist in Detective Branch (DB) custody in Faridpur and the ... Show more

HRSS demands probe into Faridpur custodial death, Turag body recoveries

The officer-in-charge of Faridpur Detective Branch's Sadar Zone has been withdrawn from his post following the death of a youth in DB custody. Law student's death in custody: Faridpur DB officer withdrawn

The Dhaka-Khulna highway, in Faridpur's Madhukhali upazila, was blocked by locals today demanding justice over the death of a young man in Detective Branch ... Show more

Faridpur highway blocked over DB custody death; BNP demands justice, banned BCL mourns 'dedicated activist'

The centuries-old Mathurapur Deul in Faridpur's Madhukhali upazila is slowly falling into ruin as prolonged neglect, structural damage and unchecked tree ... Show more

Historic Mathurapur Deul crumbles amid neglect

At least 25 people were injured in a clash over the distribution of sacrificial meat in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila this morning ... Show more

25 injured as meat distribution dispute sparks clash in Faridpur

Two motorcyclists were killed and two pillion riders injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila last night. Two killed in head-on motorcycle collision in Faridpur

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) bus involved in a fatal crash in Faridpur's Nagarkanda that left five people dead was operating without a ... Show more

Faridpur accident: BRTC bus ran without fitness certificate, ambulance was converted mini-truck

A Faridpur court today sent three people, including a woman, to jail for allegedly attempting to sell a 19-year-old woman to the Rathkhola brothel in Faridpur ... Show more

3 sent to jail over alleged attempt to sell woman to Faridpur brothel

Police recovered the decomposed bodies of an unidentified woman and a child from the bank of a pond in Faridpur's Sadar upazila this afternoon. Decomposed bodies of woman, child found by pond in Faridpur

An elderly man died after he was allegedly beaten by a group of youths in Faridpur's Saltha upazila following a dispute over picking litchis from his tree ... Show more

Elderly man beaten to death in Faridpur after dispute over litchi picking

A woman and her daughter were beaten and hacked to death, along with their neighbor, by her grandson in Faridpur Sadar on Monday night, said police. Faridpur man beats and hacks grandmother, aunt and neighbor to death

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Sabekunnahar Mitu, a young woman from Faridpur, had vague notions, but no concrete plans of becoming an entrepreneur ... Show more

Eco-friendly handicraft venture creates 400 rural jobs

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In a shocking development from Bangladesh, a major concert by legendary rockstar James (Nagar Baul) was abruptly cancelled in Faridpur after a violent mob ... Show more

Concert in Bangladesh gets called off after what organisers described as an “attack from the outsiders,” The incident reportedly took place at a local school ... Show more

Bangladesh concert attack: Bricks hurled after mob turns violent; at least 25 injured