Dhaka – Police on Wednesday pressed charges against four young men, including prime accused Rafsan Hossain Rubel, in a case filed for gang raping a Garo girl in the city’s Badda area last year. -UNB
Category: Crime
‘Jessore housewife strangled to death’
Dhaka – A housewife of Shangkarpur Chopdarpara area in Jessore town, who reportedly committed suicide on April 2, had actually been strangled to death, according to autopsy report.Earlier, family members had taken Khukumoni to Jessore 250-bed Hospital citing that she…
Magura man dies from snakebite
Dhaka – A man died from snakebite at Tupipara village in Sreepur upazila in Magura on Tuesday night.
Teenage boy hacked to death over love affairs
Dhaka- A teenage boy was hacked to death by another one over previous enmity at Lalchandpur village in Monohorganj upazila in Comilla on Tuesday night.Quoting locals, police said Yusuf Kazi, 14, son of Wazed Kazi and Rahmat Ullah, 15, son…
Youth’s body found in Keraniganj
Dhaka- The body of a youth was recovered from Abdullahpur here in Keraniganj on Tuesday.The deceased is Meherazul Islam Shohag, 20, son of Mosharraf Hossain hailing from Chittagong. He used to live in Rajbari of Keraniganj with family. He is…
Garment worker killed by muggers in Gazipur
Dhaka – A garment worker was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of muggers in Telipara Truck Stand area in Gazipur on Tuesday morning.Quoting family members, police said a group of muggers waylaid Hasanur Rahman, 35, hailing from Sherpur district,…
Night guard killed in Naogaon
Dhaka – A night guard of a local madrasah was stabbed to death by a gang of miscreants at Valain in Manda upazila on Monday night. Police said the miscreants swooped on Mansur Rahman, 38, son of Abdul Malek Sardar…
Farhad Mazhar taken to DB office for questioning
Dhaka, Jul 4 – Poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar who had gone ‘missing and then rescued’ was taken to the office of Detective Branch (DB) of Police at city’s Minto Road on Tuesday morning.
Rescued Farhad Mazhar brought back to Dhaka
Dhaka, Jul 4 – Poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar who had gone ‘missing and then rescued’ was brought back to the capital on Tuesday morning.
Garment worker killed by muggers in Gazipur
Dhaka – A garment worker was stabbed to death by muggers at Telipara in Gazipur Tuesday.
Illegal arms traders nabbed in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested three men along with a pistol and 12 rounds of bullets in their possession from Kulpara High School under Shah Makhdum Police Station of the city on Sunday evening.The arrested individuals were identified…
Youth jailed for stalking in Natore
Dhaka – A mobile court on Sunday evening sentenced a young man to one year’s jail for stalking and harassing a college girl and her sister in Boraigram upazila in Natore.The convicted youth is Ujjal Hossain Bhutto, 22, son of…
Avignon shooting: Eight injured near French mosque
Eight people have been injured in a shooting outside a mosque in southern France, officials have confirmed. Worshippers leaving the Arrahma mosque in Avignon were approached by two hooded suspects at about 22:30 local time (21:30 GMT) on Sunday.
Truck hits car, injures Khaleda aide Habib, 5 others
Natore, July 2 – A car carrying BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Habibur Rahman Habib along with his family members was hit by a truck in the Kashikata area on Natore-Bonpara highway in Gurudaspur upazila on Sunday, leaving him and…
Khaleda’s sons laundered money, not AL men: Quader
Dhaka, Jul 2 – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said it has been proved in courts of different countries, including the USA and Singapore, that BNP Chairperson’s sons Tarique Rahman and late Arafat Rahman Koko have money…
BGB seized Tk 68.78-cr contraband items in Jun
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth over Tk 68.78 crore from across the country, including the frontier areas, in the last month of June.The seized narcotic items included 8,020,723 Yaba tablets, 12,969 bottlers…
Malaysian woman held at Ctg airport
Dhaka – Police arrested a Malaysian woman from Shah Amanat International Airport on Saturday night for not having valid documents.Second officer Md Shafiqul Islam of the airport, said police arrested Nursufa, 23, when she was roaming at the airport at…
Citycell CEO gets bail in bank loan embezzlement case
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday granted bail to Mehboob Chowdhury, the chief executive officer (CEO) of mobile phone operator Citycell, in a case filed for embezzlement of bank loan. -UNB
Pope sacks Vatican cardinal handling abuse cases
Gerhard Mueller relieved of duties just days after pope aide Pell was charged with child sex abuse. During Mueller’s term, his office amassed a 2,000-case backlog [Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters] Pope Francis has dismissed the church’s chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller…
2 held with drugs in Magura
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with hemp and phensidyl syrup from Batikadanga and Shibrampur areas in Magura town on Saturday night.On secrete information that Abul Kalam Azad, 50, hailing from Comilla district, has been…
19 injured in Narail clash
Dhaka – At least 19 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Sarole village in Lohagara upazila in Narail on Saturday night.
Trader robbed, hacked to death in Jessore
Dhaka, Jul 2 – Some unidentified miscreants hacked a trader to death and escaped with his bag full of money on Saturday night at Dolakhola intersection of Monirampur upazila in the district of Jessore.
Expose those having money with Swiss banks: Khaleda
Dhaka, July 1 – Accusing the ruling party men of siphoning off their ill-gotten huge money, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night demanded the government disclose the names of those Bangladeshis deposited money with Swiss banks.
ACC arrests Citycell CEO over bank loan embezzlement
Dhaka, July 1 – A team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Saturday arrested Mehboob Chowdhury,the chief executive officer (CEO) of mobile phone operator Citycell, from Shahjalal International Airport in a case filed for embezzlement of bank loan.
Rickshaw puller found dead in Savar
Dhaka – A rickshaw puller was found hanging in Panpara area under Tentuljhora union in Savar on Saturday morning.The details of the deceased could not be identified immediately.
Laxmipur Jubo Dal leader dies in jail
Dhaka- A local leader of Jubo Dal, who was arrested in a case of special power act n 2014, died in the district jail in Laxmipur early Saturday.
‘Robber’ killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Chuknagar in Dumuria upazila early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam alias Badsha, 35, son of Jafar Sheikh of Maltia village of the upazila in…
BCB HP squad to leave for Darwin tonight
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance squad will leave Dhaka on Saturday night for Darwin, Australia for a two-week training camp.A total of 20 cricketers, including four stand-by players, will fly from Shahjalal International Airport at around 10:50…
5 café attackers, chef killed by bullets, splinters: Report
Dhaka – The deaths of five militants and one chef during a commando operation at Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Café after a 12-hour hostage crisis on July 2 in 2016 were caused by bullets and splinters, said a forensic report on…
Swiss banks no longer have Swiss confidentiality?
Dhaka – The Swiss National Bank launched a series of annual reports titled ‘Banks in Switzerland 2016’ on Thursday revealing that deposits by Bangladeshis in Switzerland’s different banks rose rose by about 20 percent year-on-year in 2016.