Dhaka – A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her siblings over a land dispute at Gopalpur village in Damurhuda upazila on Thursday.Husne Ara Chhabi, 42, wife of Hafizul Islam of Kushita and daughter of Manna Malitha had been…
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Missing Sylhet teenager found dead
Dhaka – A teenage boy who went missing on Wednesday was found dead at Champakori Beel in Fenchuganj upazila on Thursday night.
2 killed in Satkhira road crash
Dhaka – Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and 25 others injured when a bus crashed into a house on Satkhira-Khulna highway at Bhairabnagar intersection in Tala upazila in Satkhira on Friday.
NHS cyber-defender Hutchins to appear in US court
British cyber-security researcher Marcus Hutchins will appear in court in Las Vegas later charged in a US cyber-crime case. The 23-year-old has been accused of involvement with Kronos – a piece of malware used to steal banking logins from victims’…
Missing Sylhet teenager found dead
Sylhet, Aug 4 – A teenage boy who went missing on Wednesday was found dead at Champakori Beel in Fenchuganj Upazila on Thursday night.
Worker killed in tire explosion in Jessore
Dhaka- A motor worker was killed and another injured when a tire of a truck exploded while putting air into it at Mudli intersection in Jessore town on Wednesday.
2 remanded over rape in N’ganj running truck
Dhaka- A court here on Thursday put two people on a 4-day remand each in a case over rape on a running truck in Siddirganj upazila in Narayanganj.Narayanganj Chief Metropolitan Magistrates’ Court passed the order when police produced two accused…
4th Nat’l Youth Women’s Handball begins Saturday
Dhaka- The Walton 4th National Youth Women’s Handball Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF), begins on Saturday at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here..Whip of Jatiya Sangsad Mahbub Ara Gini will inaugurate the tournament on…
HR body chief blames culture of imputiny for rise in rape incidents
Expressing concern over the growing incidents of rape in the country, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Thursday attributed such hatred acts to social instability and the culture of impunity.“It’s necessary to immediately arrest the accused,…
Relief secretary among 140 sued in Haor Graft Case
A case has been filed against 140 people, including Relief and Disaster Management secretary Shah Kamal, for their alleged involvement ‘irregularities’ in implementing haor embankment projects in the district making.Abdul Haque, the general secretary of Sunamganj district bar association, filed…
Man killed over cutting a felled tree in Comilla
Dhaka, Aug 3 – A peasant was punched to death allegedly by his neighbour following a dispute over a trifling matter at Bangara in Muradnagar Upazila of Comilla district on Wednesday.
Buses go off Nothern BD routes protesting extortion
Dhaka, Aug 3 – Plying of buses remained stopped from Wednesday night on Natore-Bogra and some other routes in Bangladesh’s northern region as the District Bus Owners Association enforced an indefinite bus strike protesting realisation of extortion on the route.
Jubo League man hacked dead in Ctg
Dhaka – An activist of Jubo League was hacked to death at Joralganj in Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Parvez Hossian, 23, son of Rahim Ullah of Morgang village in Osmanpur union and an activist…
8 shops gutted in Comilla fire
Dhaka – Eight shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Syed Ali Manson Market in Chandina upazila of the district early Wednesday.Fire service officials said the fire might be originated from an electric short circuit at a…
Probe body suggests termination of 4 cops over Tangail ‘police firing’
Dhaka- A probe body, formed to investigate the ‘police firing’ on demonstrators in Kalihati upazila of Tangail that left four people dead and 50 others injured in 2015, has suggested terminating four policemen responsible for the incident.On conclusion of the…
Teen exits plane via emergency door, arrested
A teenager has been detained after opening the emergency door of a passenger plane and sliding down a wing onto the tarmac minutes after touching down in San Francisco, officials say. The boy, 17, shocked passengers on board the Copa…
Two murdered sisters’ bodies found in Jamalpur
Dhaka, Aug 2 – Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of two sisters from their house at Deoliabari village of Sadar Upazila of Jamalpur on Wednesday morning.
Two suspected extortionists lynched in B’baria
Brahmanbaria, Aug 2 – Two suspected extortionists were lynched and another was injured by a mob at Bholanagar village in Bancharampur Upazila of the district on Tuesday evening.
Youth stabbed dead over love affairs
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by rivals in Jhautola Sarder Bahadur Nagar area under Khulshi Police Station on Monday night over love affairs.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Masum, 20, son of Md Julfikar Ali.
Man to die for murder in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death in a murder case.The court also fined condemned convict Ratan Hossain, 26, son of Saidur Rahman of Boalia area of the city, Tk 20,000. He…
Bogra Jubo League leader tries to rape housewife
Dhaka – Amid the outcry over the rape of a female student by a Sramik League leader and subsequent torture on the girl and her mother, a drunk Jubo League leader tried to rape a housewife in Dhunat upazila in…
340 children raped in BD in six months – report
A total of 340 children, including 24 physically challenged ones, were violated in the country in the last seven months of the current year, according to statistics of Child Rights Advocacy Coalition in Bangladesh.Of them, some 46 fell victims to…
Youth hacked to death in Pabna
Pabna- A young man was hacked to death and another was injured by some unidentified miscreants in Dilalpur Beltola area in the district town on Monday night.The deceased was identified as SA Raihan Tonmoy, 27, son of AA Ziaul Kabir…
Hundi trader held in Jessore
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested a hundi trader along with Tk 6 lakh from Putkhali area of Benapole port on Monday.
Women and children for sale for sex, slavery, organs…
By Baher Kamal Rome, Jul 28 (IPS) – It is happening now. Millions of humans are forced to flee armed conflicts, climate change, inequalities, and extreme poverty. They fall easy prey to traffickers lurking anyone who can be subjected to…
2 held with Yaba tablets in city
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive have arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 20,000 Yaba pills in the city’s Dakkhinkhan area.
5 female ‘JMB members’ indicted in Sirajganj
Dhaka – A court here on Monday framed charges against five female ‘members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh’ (JMB) in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act.Judge of the Additional Session’s Court-1 Dr Iman Ali passed the order.
Truck driver killed in Rajshahi road accident
Dhaka – A truck driver was killed as a truck hit another one parked at Kamarpara in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Monday.The deceased was identified as Mithu, 30.
Torture on girl, mother: 3 more held
Dhaka – Law enforcers arrested three more accused, including a woman, from Savar on Sunday night in a case filed for shaving the heads of a girl and her mother after rape of the girl.On secret information that Asha Sarker,…
‘Man commits suicide’ after slaughtering son in Gazipur
Dhaka – A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after slaughtering his minor son in Peyara Bagan area adjacent to Bhogra bypass in Gazipur on Monday morning.Rasedul, 40, a van driver, slaughtered his son Sayedee Hasan, 6, at his…