Dhaka- A Jubo League activist was killed allegedly by a fellow party man on Friday in Bosupara area of Khulna.The deceased was identified as Harunur Rashid Sumon, 35, son of late Khan Abul Hasan of west Baniakhamar area in sadar…
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Police Sub-Inspector, wife shot dead at Dhaka home
A sub-inspector of Badda Police Station and his second wife have been shot dead at their house in the capital’s Rupnagar. SI Abdus Sattar, 32, and his wife ‘Shampa’, 28, were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a…
Fake doctor jailed in Moulvibazar
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Friday sentenced a fake physician to one month imprisonment after a team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-9 arrested him during a drive in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar in Sylhet .
BSF detains 2 Bangladeshis in Thakurgaon
Dhaka – Members of Border Security Force of India (BSF) detained two Bangladeshi nationals from Mondumala border area in Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon on Friday.The detainees were identified as Ashesh Paul, 24, son of Chandan Paul, Manik Paul, 25, son…
Transport workers go on indefinite strike at Benapole
Dhaka – Transport workers enforced indefinite strike in Benapole from Saturday morning protesting vandalism in a bus counter and assault on four transport workers.Transport workers said leaders and activists of Benapole Pouro Chhatra League brought out a procession at Benapole…
2 killed, 20 hurt in Magura road crash
Dhaka – At least two people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two passebuses at Alamkhali on Magura-Jhenaidah road on Thursday night.One of the deceased was identified as Habibur Rahman, 32, son of Abdur…
80kg venison, 2 deer heads, skin seized in Bagerhat
Dhaka – Members of Coast Guard in a drive seized a trawler with 80 kgs of venison, two deer heads and a skin from Sundarbans at Katlar Canel in Sharankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday night.
35 held in Dinajpur
Dhaka- Police in separate drives arrested 35 people from different places of the district from Thursday night to Friday morning on various charges.
Rail Bhaban catches fire
Dhaka – A fire broke out at Bangladesh Rail Bhaban in the city on Friday morning.Fire Services and Civil Defence sources said the fire originated at an electric board on the ground floor of the 15-storey building around 10:45 am.
5 DU students among 26 held for taking drugs
Dhaka – Police arrested 26 people including five students of Dhaka University (DU) and a vice-president of Jagannath University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League for taking drugs and staying in Suhrawardy Udyan on Thursday night defying restriction.
15 Jamaat leaders held in Gaibandha
Dhaka – Police arrested 15 leaders including district nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e Islami from a mosque at Saharbhita village in Saghata upazila on Friday morning on charge of planning sabotage during holding a secret meeting.
Mother, son among 3 killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including a woman and her son, were killed and two others injured when a goods-laden lorry rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Lohipura area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila headquarters on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Friday.M Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge…
2 held with 16,608 Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested two men along with 16,608 pieces of Yaba tablets in front of Ershad Filling Station in Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Friday.
28,000 firecrackers, huge chews seized in Benapole
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members recovered 28,000 Indian firecrackers and huge chews (Jarda) from a train at Navaran Railway Station here on Friday noon.
2 held with ‘26,000 Yaba tablets’ in Munshiganj
Dhaka – Police arrested two people allegedly along with 26,000 Yaba tablets from Birtara Chandartek of Sreenagar upazila tn Munshiganj on Friday.
4 JMB men held in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested four members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Durgapur and Puthia upazilas of the district early Friday.
Divorcee commits suicide in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A recently divorced woman is said to have committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house over apparent marriage problems in the village of Arifpur in Bagha upazila on Thursday night.
Under-trial prisoner dies in Gopalganj
Dhaka – An under-trial prisoner died at Gopalganj General Hospital in Sadar upazila in Gopalganj on Thursday.
3 killed in Natore truck plunge
Dhaka- Three people were killed as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Kodimchilan of Lalpur upazila on Natore-Pabna highway in Natore on Thursday.
Unidentified youth found dead in Sylhet
Dhaka – An unidentified young man was found dead along the bank of Surma River at Khalpar village in Dakkhin Surma upazila in Sylhet on Thursday.
10 arrested in Magura special drive
Dhaka – Police in special drives arrested at least 10 people accused in different cases from four upazilas in Magura during the last 24 hours till Thursday morning.According to Magura police control room, among the arrestees, six were arrested in Sadar…
Man killed in rival attack in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A man was killed in an attack by his rivals following a dispute over demarcation of a land at Gogla Dihitola village in Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.
Prime accused in latest Banani ‘rape’ case held in Narayanganj
Dhaka -Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the accused in another Banani girl rape case from Majhrail area of Chashara in Narayanganj city on Thursday afternoon.Additional Superintendent of Police Shakil Ahmed, also operational officer of Rab-11, said on secret…
Passenger held with 9kg gold bars at Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested a passenger along with nine gold bars weighing nine kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Wednesday night.
Girl invited to ‘birthday party’ at Banani raped
Dhaka – A case was filed against a married man for reportedly violating a young girl after inviting her to his ‘birthday party’ at a house in the city’s Banani area on Tuesday.
Ctg gold smuggler jailed for 6 years
Dhaka – A Chittagong court on Wednesday sentenced a gold smuggler to six years imprisonment in a case filed for smuggling 45 gold bars through Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) in 2014.The convicted is Md Badiul Alam, hailing from…
Farhad Mazhar has not overcome trauma, panic
Dhaka – Farhad Mazhar is still appears to be traumatized and panic-stricken. He often shivers after opening his eyes in his bed at a cabin of Birdem hospital, said his hospital attendant.
‘JMB man’ held in Chapainawabganj
Dhaka – Detectives arrested an alleged member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Bholahat upazila in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday night.The arrestee is Md Royen, 35, son of Motlabur Rahman of Chama Mushoribhuja village in the upazila.
3 get life for killing auto-rickshaw driver in Gazipur
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur in 2013.
7 of a family burnt in city gas line blast
Dhaka – Seven people, including a minor boy, of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a house in Dhalkanagar area in the city’s Gendaria early Wednesday.