Man stabbed to death by brothers over fishing
A man was stabbed to death in a clash between four brothers over fishing at Kalaroa in Satkhira on Saturday...
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Army deployed after embankment collapse in Satkhira: ISPR
A portion of the embankment in Anulia union under Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira, collapsed on the morning of March 31, causing approximately 150 feet of land to be washed away into the Khulpetua River...
Three die, 18 fall as drink 鈥榯oxic liquor鈥� on Eid day in Satkhira
Three people died and 18 others fell sick reportedly after taking toxic liquor on Eid day in Kadakati village under Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira on Wednesday...
Three villages flooded as embankment collapses in Satkhira 聽
At least three villages were flooded as a point of an embankment on the bank of river Kholpetua collapsed due to the pressure of water during the high tide in village Bichhat under Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira Monday morning....
Worker dies after falling from roof in Satkhira
A construction worker died after falling from the roof of a two-storey under construction building in Dhopapukur area of Satkhira on Saturday...
Madrassah student drowns in Satkhira
A 15-year-old madrasa student drowned in a pond at the Kashempur Madinatul Ulum Qawmi Madrassah and Orphanage in Satkhira Sadar on Wednesday...
HC acquits ex-MP Habib in Hasina鈥檚 motorcade attack case
The High Court (HC) today acquitted former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib of the charges in a case lodged over the 2002 attack on the motorcade of the then leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira.
Associate professor poet Galib made OSD
The government on Thursday made associate professor Sohel Hasan Galib, also a poet and essayist, an officer on special duty and attached him to Shyamnagar Government Mohsin Degree College in Satkhira...
US foreign aid suspension hurts global development
IN 2019, I worked with a USAID-funded project called Nobo Jatra, which was implemented across 40 unions in the Khulna and Satkhira districts of Bangladesh. One of these unions was Buri Goalini, located in Shyamnagar Upazila. Like many other villages in the southwestern region of the country, Buri Goalini suffered from high salinity levels, leading to...
Banned BCL鈥檚 2 ex-leaders arrested for murder case
The police on Friday night arrested former president of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League鈥檚 Satkhira district unit, Tanvir Hussain Suzan, and its former general secretary, Ehsanul Habib Ayon in connection with a murder case...
LOSING LIMBS IN ELECTROCUTION: BREB chair, PBS official ordered to pay Tk聽10 lakh to child victim
The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board鈥檚 chairman and the Satkhira Palli Bidyut Samity manager to pay Tk聽10 lakh within a month to father of 10-year-old Raqibuzzaman as treatment costs after the child lost his right hand and leg due to electrocution in May 2021...
Three brick kilns fined
A mobile court in Satkhira realised Tk 7.5 lakh as fine from the owners of three brick kilns for manufacturing bricks without approval of the department of environment and various other irregularities in Sadar upazila...
Three motorcycle riders killed in Satkhira road accident
Three people were killed in a road accident on Satkhira-Khulna highway in Satkhira Sadar upazila on early Thursday, said police...
Two 鈥榙runken鈥� Indian nationals detained in Satkhira for trespassing
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh detained two allegedly drunken Indian nationals as they entered Bangladesh territory breaking through two gates with a pick-up van at Bhomra land port in Satkhira...
Girl hammered to death for playing loud music
A mentally challenged girl was killed after being struck with a hammer allegedly for playing loud music in front of a house at Thanaghata village in Satkhira Sadar upazila on Saturday...
One held with gold bars along Satkhira border
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh detained one person with 11 gold bars from Satkhira鈥檚 Bhomra Lakshidari border area on Thursday.
Looted arms, bullets recovered in Satkhira
Members of Rapid Action Battalion have recovered arms and bullets, which were looted from Satkhira police station on August 5, on Saturday.
Murder case filed against ex-MP, 32 others in Satkhira聽聽
A murder case has been filed in the senior judicial magistrate court here against 32 persons, including former president of the district Awami League and former member of parliament Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former superintendent of police Chowdhury Manjurul Kabir for killing a Jamaat activist Shahidul Islam in 2015...
596 inmates escape in Satkhira jailbreak, 200 surrender voluntarily
A total of 596 prisoners and detainees have escaped from Satkhira District Jail following an attack on the facility....
Child dies, 70 fall ill after eating Khichuri at temple
A six-year-old boy died, and 70 devotees fell ill after consuming Khichuri at Baniajangal Basanti Temple in Bishnupur of Satkhira鈥檚 Kaliganj upazila....
Three, including Indian national, killed in Satkhira road accidents
Three people, including an Indian national, lost their lives in separate road accidents in Satkhira on Wednesday night...
It鈥檚 time we acted
WE RECENTLY travelled to villages in Satkhira and Patuakhali and stayed there for a few days during a heatwave. The electricity frequently went out, leaving us without fans or air conditioning. The stillness of the air made it unbearable, and almost everyone became tired and sick. Women, who cook and...
16 die in Bangladesh as Remal wreaks havoc
At least 16 people were killed and more than 3.7 million people were affected due to heavy rain and strong wind persisting until Monday night, more than 24 hours after the severe cyclonic storm Remal made landfall between the Bangladesh and West Bengal coasts...
Five injured, 20 houses vandalised in Satkhira post-elections violence
At least five people sustained injuries after post-poll attacks allegedly by the supporters of a rival group in Satkhira鈥檚 Ashashuni upazila on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning...
Two workers killed in Satkhira road accident
Two paddy field workers were killed and 11 were injured when a truck overturned in Tala upazila of Satkhira district on Saturday...