A Faridpur court has sentenced a man to rigorous life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old child back at Bhawal Union of the district's Saltha Upazila in 2022. Judge Shamima Parvin of the Women ...

A Faridpur court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl. The convict, 32-year-old ...

Workers of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have clashed over the sharing of money from the Balumahal, designated sand quarry which is ...

FARIDPUR, April 17, 2025 (BSS) - A woman died of electrocution at Sohochrail village in Boalmari upazila of the district ...

A prolonged dry spell, worsened by erratic climate conditions, has made irrigation more difficult and costly than ever before ...

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Selim Ahmed distributed the incentives among the farmers at a function held at the upazila premises. Ufshi paddy seeds were distributed among 1,200 farmers of the upazila ...

An activist of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two factions of the BNP in the Khaserhat area under Raipur upazila in Lakshmipur district on Monday.

The deceased is Shafikul Sheikh, 27, of Monna village under Boalmari upazila, said Mahmudul Hasan, officer-in-charge of Boalmari Police Station. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

In Chandpur, at least 40 villages, including Sadra Darbar Sharif in Hajiganj upazila, marked the festival. Pirzada Mufti Arif Chowdhury of Sadra Darbar Sharif said their observance follows Quranic and ...

They have been organising Eid congregations in sync with Saudi Arabia for nearly 100 years, celebrating both Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha. Similarly, in Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila, 10 villages in ...

The festival will also be celebrated in 10 villages of Faridpur's Boalmari Upazila, said Mahidul Haque, coordinator of Sahasrail Dayera Sharif around 10:45pm on Saturday. He said, "We took the ...

The historic 350-year-old Katagor Dewan Shagir Shah fair, locally known as Katagor Mela, was not held this year in Boalmari upazila, Faridpur, due to a conflict between two factions of the local BNP.