Manikganj
Coronavirus: Manikganj reports sixth case
Another person has tested positive for coronavirus at Gharpara village of Manikganj Sadar upazila, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the district to six.
Wedding stopped; bride, groom sent on home-quarantine in Manikganj
The local administration has sent the bride and the bridegroom on quarantine in Saturia upazila after stopping the wedding ceremony which drew a mass gathering.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ashraful Islam said he conducted a drive at Patilapara village on Thursday night and stopped the marriage ceremony.
Swechchashebak leader held with govt rice in Manikganj
Police arrested a local Swechchashebak League leader for embezzling and hoarding rice meant for poor under government’s food-friendly programme in Singair upazila on Sunday night.
Coronavirus: Manikganj reports 2 new cases
A policeman and a trader were diagnosed with coronavirus in Shibalay and Harirampur upazilas on Friday night.
Coronavirus: Singair municipality under lockdown
The local administration has put Singair municipality under lockdown after a man tested positive for coronavirus.
Lessee fined Tk 20,000 for keeping weekly ‘haat’ open
A mobile court here on Monday fined a weekly ‘haat’ (Bazar) lessee Tk 20,000 on charge of keeping open weekly ‘haat’ at Shibalaya in Manikganj defying government directive.
DU student goes missing in Manikganj
A student of Dhaka University has remained missing for three days after he going home at Baliakhora village in Ghior upazila during holidays.
The student, Saiful Islam, 26, is a final year student of sociology.
His cousin Ohidul Islam said Saiful came home a week ago. He went missing after 10pm on March 27. His mobile phone was also switched off.
Ashraful Alam, officer-in-charge of Ghior Police Station, said that Saiful’s brother filed a general diary.
They are trying to find Saiful, he added.
Man sentenced to death for raping, burning girl
A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for setting a teenage girl on fire after raping her in Daulatpur upazila in 2018.
2 overseas returnees fined for violating home quarantine rules in Manikganj
Two overseas returnees-one from Iraq and another from Australia-were fined by mobile courts in Saturia and Ghior upazilas of the district for breaching rules of home quarantine.
Two siblings drown in Manikganj pond
Two minor siblings drowned while taking bath in a local pond of Manikganj municipality on Wednesday.