Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin on Thursday said vigilance has been tightened in all jails across the country following the killing of two foreign nationals. Italian national Cesare Tavella was gunned down in the city’s Gulshan…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court yesterday (Thursday) summoned the complainant of the case filed in connection with the killing of Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky in 2013.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday sent the prime accused in teacher Krishna murder case to the jail after her surrendered to the in the morning.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday allowed police three days to question cricketer Shahadat Hossain alias Rajib in a case filed for physically torturing his domestic help in the city.
Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered 100 kilograms of hemp from a house at Archa village in Badalgachhi upazila on Wednesday. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a raid on the house of drug peddler Mabud Ali in…
Police arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from his house at Gopal village in Shalikha upazila on Wednesday in connection with the cases for subversive activities and terrorism. The arrestee was identified as Anup Biswas, convener of…
Police arrested a man along with 1,000 litres of sulfuric acid from a shop in front of Rajmahal Cinema Hall in the district town on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Jaharul Haque, 26, son of Hazrat Ali, a resident of…
Muggers snatched away Tk three lakh from a Grameen Phone (GP) official after stabbing him at Pachmaria in Puthia upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The victim was identified as Shitanath Banik, 36, son of Shushil Banik, a resident of Raninagar upazila of…
Police recovered the body of a college girl from a ditch at Khalishakuri village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday, 15 days after she had gone missing.The deceased was identified as Rikta Akter, 17, first year student of Pathraj College in…
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged female member of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Jail Road area in Jessore town on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Tanjila Tamanna Asha, 22, wife of Ibrahim Khalil,…
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) sent back two Bangladeshi young men through Lauergarh border in Tahirpur upazila on Wednesday night.They are Haque Miah, 17, son of Satu Miah, a resident of Lauergarh village, and Ali Hossain,16, son of Abul Hossain,…
A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his uncle over a trifling matter at Bir Dampara village in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Rokanuddin, 33, son of Adbus Sattar, a resident of Bir Dampara…
Robbers looted goods from three shops at Uttara Super Market killing a night guard in the district town early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Kazi Diar.
Another case was filed against Awami League MP Manjurul Islam Liton of Gaibandha-1 constituency, who allegedly shot a minor boy in Sundarganj upazila, early Wednesday on charge of vandalism and looting.Hafizar Rahman, a resident of Shahabaz village in Sundarganj upazila,…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the international body for assessing the science related to climate change – has elected South Korean economist Prof Hoesung Lee as its new chair. Lee will lead the organisation into its next…
Despite widespread international opposition, trade officials from the 12 countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta, USA announced on 5 October that they have reached an agreement on a devastating trade deal that threatens people and the planet.…
Development of the World’s first Vitamin-A enriched ‘Golden Rice’ by the Bangladeshi agricultural scientists is a step forward towards accomplishing global food and nutritional security. Congratulations to the scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) for evolving the genetically engineered…
Police arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from his house at Gopal village in Shalikha upazila in Magura on Wednesday in connection with the cases for subversive activities and terrorism.
Russia’s growing military involvement in the Syria conflict is expected to be high on the agenda as Nato defence ministers meet in Brussels. It comes after Nato member Turkey complained that Russian jets had repeatedly violated its airspace. Ministers are…
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for discoveries in DNA repair. Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar were named as the winners on Wednesday morning at a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Their work uncovered…
A court in Chittagong on Wednesday put four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 15-day remand each in three cases filed with Karnaphuli police station. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Hakim Abdul Quader passed the order…
Russia says it has launched rocket strikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria from warships in the Caspian Sea – about 1,500km (930 miles) away. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said four warships fired 26 sea-based cruise missiles on 11…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 192 bottles of Phensidyl syrup worth Tk76,000 from Kishorpur Padmar Char in Charghat upazila on Tuesday night.A patrol team of Charghat Bikalpa border camp recovered the contraband syrup around 9pm, said HM Kamrul…
Police in a drive arrested a young man along with 1.6 kg heroin worth Tk1.6 crore from Godabari upazila headquarters on Tuesday morning.The arrestee was identified as Atiqul Islam, 22, son of Abdul Khaleq of Amtala Para.
STAFF REPORTER BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government started using the foreigners killing to carryout repression on opposition leaders and activists.
A man was killed as he was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Kuadar Sat Mile on the Jessore-Keshabpur road in Jessore Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Ashiqur Rahman,45, son of Bakar Mollah, a…
Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Sayedabad area on the Bangabandhu Bridge western side in Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was clad in a black and white lungi and a shirt.
Police is yet to get any motive behind the killing of former chairman of the Power Development Board (PDB) Khijir Khan.
Two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a battery-run human hauler (locally called Nasimon) at Aladipur on the Pabna-Nagarbari highway in Bera upazila on Tuesday night.The deceased were identified as Akbar…
Three separate cases were filed against six members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with Karnaphuli Police Station on Tuesday.The accused include four of the five who were arrested on Monday by detectives and two others absconding.