District Correspondent, Madaripur

students and consumer rights market monitoring campaign in Madaripur, fine

07:18 16 August 2024

In Madaripur, the Youth Pledge Samaj Kalyan Jubo Sangh and the District Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection conducted market monitoring with the students to keep the prices of daily necessities bearable. Two shopkeepers were fined 3 thousand taka.

In Madaripur, the lock of the police investigation center was attacked and vandalized, proletariat flags were flown on the trees

12:36 17 August 2024

Allegations of assault and vandalism have been received at the police investigation center in Madaripur. The miscreants beat two night watchmen hostage at gunpoint. The incident took place at the Agulkata Police Investigation Center of Sadar Upazila in the early hours of Saturday. A team of army and police from Sadar Model Police Station visited the spot on Saturday morning after receiving the news.

Inauguration of road naming after martyr Roman Bepari in anti-discrimination movement in Madaripur

12:43 17 August 2024

মাদারীপুরে বৈষম্যবিরোধী আন্দোলনের শহীদ রোমান বেপারীর নামে নতুন করে মস্তফাপুর টু মাদারীপুর ফোর লেন মহাসড়কের শাখা সড়ক খাগদি বাসস্ট্যান্ড থেকে রোমান বেপারী বাড়ী ভদ্রখোলা পর্যন্ত সড়কের নামকরণের উদ্বোধন করেছেন বৈষম্য বিরোধী আন্দোলনের শিক্ষার্থীরা। শনিবার সকাল ১১টার দিকে মাদারীপুর সদর উপজেলার খাগদী বাসস্টান্ডের পাশে শাখা সড়কের সামনে ব্যানার টানিয়ে এই নামকরণের উদ্বোধন করা হয়। এর পূর্বে সকালে শহীদ রোমানের বাড়িতে গিয়ে তার কবর জিয়রত করেন ছাত্র-জনতা।

Allegation of recruitment trade against the President and Acting Principal

12:28 4 September 2024

Acting principal and former president of the managing committee of Khaser Hat Syed Abul Hossain School and College in Kalkini of Madaripur have been accused of forming an illegal appointment board and appointing the preferred candidate to the post of college principal in exchange of money for irregularities, corruption and fraud. For this, the acting principal of this school and college Harun-Or Rashid and the former president demanded to cancel the illegal appointment and legally appoint the school's managing committee members and the deprived and aware residents.

A farmer was hacked and injured due to a land dispute in Madaripur

11:50 7 September 2024

Local Mujam Sardar and his men have been accused of hacking a farmer named Dulal Chowkidar (50) due to land dispute and past enmity in Madaripur.

Allegations of attack and vandalism on expatriate's house due to previous enmity in Madaripur

12:32 10 September 2024

Allegations of attack and vandalism on expatriates' houses due to previous enmity in Dasar of Madaripur. The incident took place in the East Puali area of Dasar upazila late on Thursday night. The police assured to take action subject to investigation based on the complaint.

In Madaripur, two people were beaten up on suspicion of cow theft, and the pickup was set on fire

07:51 14 September 2024

An agitated mob thrashed two people on suspicion of being thieves when they were fleeing with cows in a pickup van in Madaripur. Later the pickup van carrying cattle was set on fire. The incident took place in Pakhira area of Sadar Upazila on Friday evening.

Teacher's Day was celebrated at Madra School and College in Madaripur

07:52 5 October 2024

National Teacher's Day was celebrated at Madra School and College of Madaripur Sadar Upazila with the slogan "The transformation of the education system starts with the hands of teachers". On the occasion of the day, a colorful rally was taken out from Madra School and College at 10:30 am on Saturday. The rally starts from the school grounds and ends at the school after walking through various streets of Madra Bazar. School teachers, teachers, employees, students and parents also participated in the rally.

High price of eggs in Madaripur: Consumer rights in campaign, fine

09:38 12 October 2024

The Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate and Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection have fined four wholesale traders Tk 20,000 after raiding the Madaripur wholesale market to curb the abnormally high egg prices.

Raid on Padma in Shivchar, 20 thousand meters net seized, 5 arrested

06:49 13 October 2024

Four batteries, two controllers, 20 thousand meters of net were seized from the hilsa fishing trawler during a raid in Padma river in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district.

Millions of taka are sold at the hilsa fair

10:18 13 October 2024

About 2 crore hilsa fish were sold and bought in Madaripur in a few hours of one night. The Hilsa fishing festival is held from Saturday afternoon to 12 midnight at Puranbazar fish market, Iterpur market, Mustafapur fish store and Tekerhat port of Rajair upazila. The fish traders claim that this has happened because the sale and marketing of hilsa will be stopped for the next 22 days. And in the footsteps of buyers and sellers, there was a rush to buy hilsa due to these fish. In one night, the whole of Madaripur became full of excitement.

Allegation of bribery against UP land officer in Kalkini

01:45 16 October 2024

Madaripur's Kalkini Upazila Sidikhan Union Land Assistant Officer Md. Bahlul Akan has been accused of bribery, various irregularities-corruption and misconduct.

The suffering of the residents of the two unions for the road, the development was not touched even in two eras

07:15 19 October 2024

Tens of thousands of people of the two unions are not at the end of their suffering for a paved road in Madaripur's Dasar. The brick roads along with the unpaved roads were built two centuries ago. As it is currently impassable, pedestrians including school-college students face extreme hardships on rainy days. Minor accidents occur due to ditches and potholes.

Asha education program parent exchange meeting held in Madaripur

01:46 21 October 2024

An exchange meeting was held with parents of storm-hit students at Arial Khan Education Center of Madaripur Dasar Bazar Branch under the education program of Asha, a private development organization.

Two college students killed in Madaripur road accident

10:46 22 October 2024

Two college students named Ayan Das (20) and Partha Sheel (20) were killed in a road accident at Shivchar in Madaripur on Dhaka Bhanga Expressway. Meanwhile, another person named Shimanda (20) was seriously injured.

In order to overcome the difficult challenges of the country, it is very important to establish the rule of law in the state: Secretary General of Zaker Party Shamim Haider

01:32 3 November 2024

Zaker Party Secretary General Shamim Haider said, the country has appeared at the mouth of a tough challenge. In order to overcome this challenge, it is very important to establish a comprehensive rule of law in the state. Rule of law is a statutory system, all citizens of the state are treated equally by the law. Law applies equally to all. He said this while addressing the chief guest at the union-based organizational meeting at Planet Community Center in the new bus stand area of Madaripur municipality on Sunday afternoon.

Allegations of encroachment of temple land worth crores of rupees against saints

12:41 6 November 2024

An allegation has been made against the present sadhus of taking over 160 percent of the land worth 5 crore rupees of the hundred-year-old Sri Sri Nityananda Seva Ashram temple in Madaripur Sadar Upazila. This incident has created anger among the locals. Meanwhile, a devotee in the temple, Dilip Mandal, said with anger, I paid 18 lakhs for the temple, now I see that there is no land in the temple. Not only Dilip Mandal, but many people have been cheated by paying money for the development work of temples like this.