Habiganj

4 Habiganj kids strangled, says doctor after autopsy

The four children whose bodies were found buried under sand in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj yesterday are strangulated to death, says a doctor.
18 February 2016

Four kids murdered

Five days ago, four children went out to a nearby playground, telling their parents they would return before sundown. Little did the parents know that it would be their kids' last outing. As the four did not come back home, families mounted a search that night at Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj. But they found no trace of the children.
17 February 2016

Bodies of 4 missing children found in Habiganj

Bodies of four children are found from Bahubal upazila of Habiganj, five days after they went missing.
17 February 2016

Raped second time for seeking justice

A housewife of a Hindu family has allegedly been raped twice by the same man in the span of just three days in Baniarchang upazila of Habiganj.
21 January 2016

Tea workers in fear of attack

Around five thousand families of agitating tea garden workers in Chandpur of Habiganj are passing their days in fear of attack by Chunarughat upazila chairman men who allegedly roughed up three protesters on Saturday.
17 January 2016

Chasing off upazila chairman, tea workers withdraw blockade

Tea workers of Habiganj chase away a muscle showdown of Chunarughat upazila chairman and block a highway for nearly three hours protesting a special economic zone in the area.
16 January 2016

3 killed in Habiganj road crash

At least three day labourers are killed and another one critically injured as a goods-laden truck ran over them on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj.
15 January 2016

Cancel move by Jan 25

Tea garden workers in Habiganj yesterday issued a 16-day ultimatum to the government to cancel the move towards setting up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Chunarughat upazila.
9 January 2016

Habiganj tea workers go on strike against SEZ

Thousands of tea workers in Habiganj abandon work and gather for a mass rally against government plans for a Special Economic Zone in the area.
9 January 2016

Kibria murder: Charges against 32 including Babar, Hannan accepted

Habiganj court accepts the charges against 32 people including former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act over a grenade attack that killed ex-finance minister SAMS Kibria.
5 January 2016

War crimes evidence found against 8 suspects

The investigators of International Crimes Tribunal say they found evidence of war crimes against eight fugitives accused in two war crimes cases.
27 December 2015

Protests go on at Chandpur tea estate

Workers of Chandpur Tea Estate in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj yesterday held a rally at the estate, protesting the government move to set up a special economic zone there.
24 December 2015

Jamaat’s Sylhet city leader arrested

Law enforcers arrest the Sylhet city unit assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj.
19 December 2015

Habiganj tea workers set 7-day ultimatum

Tea garden workers issue a seven-day ultimatum to the authorities to meet their demand for cancelling the special economic zone (SEZ) in Chunarughat of Habiganj.
19 December 2015

Habiganj tea workers on strike demanding cancellation of SEZ

Around 15,000 workers from four tea gardens in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj continued an indefinite strike for the second consecutive day today demanding cancellation of the special economic zone (SEZ).
15 December 2015

Stop cutting hills in Habiganj: HC

The High Court directs the government to stop cutting hills at Dinarpur in Habiganj and to take appropriate legal steps against the people responsible for cutting the hills.
14 December 2015

Industrialist Tajul killed in road crash

Industrialist Kazi Tajul Islam Farooq, 60, is killed when a truck hit him on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Habiganj Sadar upazila.
3 November 2015

Road crashes kill 6 in Habiganj, Moulvibazar

Separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts leave six people killed and five others injured.
24 October 2015

16 Habiganj Jamaat-Shibir men ‘detained with bombs’

Sixteen leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir are detained in Habiganj over plotting subversive activities, police said today.
5 October 2015

3 Habiganj ‘Razakars’ indicted

International Crimes Tribunal 1 frames four specific charges against three “Razakars” from Habiganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
29 September 2015