Dhaka – Two people were killed and five others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after being hit by a tree on Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Saddam Market in Signboard area of the city on Friday.
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JMB man jailed for 5 years in Jessore
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced a member of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to five years imprisonment in a case filed over the incident of countrywide near simultaneous bomb blasts on August 17, 2005.The…
4 business establishments fined Tk 24,000 in Sylhet
Dhaka – Members of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (NCRP) on Thursday fined Tk 24,000 to four business establishments for various reasons.
90 arrested in Jessore anti-terrorism drive
Dhaka – Police in a special anti-militancy drive arrested 90 people in Jessore district from Wednesday night in Jessore to Thursday noon.During the drive, two bombs and two jihadi books were also recovered.
3 held with 37 tonnes fertilizer in Jessore
Dhaka – Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three alleged smugglers and seized a truck with 740 sacks of government subsidised fertilizer from Churamati Bazar of Sadar upazila in Jessore on Wednesday.
30 Jamaat men held in Chapainawabganj
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested 30 alleged members of Jamaat-e-Islami from a multilevel marketing company office in Arambagh area of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.
BCL leader held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Sylhet city unit in an extortion case from his Sagardighi residence in Sylhet on Wednesday night.The arrestee was identified as Moudud alias Aminur Riaz Moudud, an executive member…
2 ‘muggers’ held while fleeing with booty
Dhaka – Police arrested two suspected muggers while fleeing after snatching valuables from a rickshaw passenger in the city’s Uttara area early Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Md Swapan, 32, and Abul Kashem, 40.Three muggers in a private car took…
1 to die, 2 get jail terms for killing Keraniganj boy
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death and two other people to separate jail terms for killing a minor boy after abduction in Keraniganj.The condemned convict, Khorshed Alam, was tried in absentia. The court also…
2 ‘muggers’ held while fleeing with booty
Dhaka – Police arrested two suspected muggers while fleeing after snatching valuables from a rickshaw passenger in the city’s Uttara area early Wednesday. -UNB
4.6 kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Dhaka – Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized 40 gold bars, weighing 4.6 kg, from a flight of Emirates Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Wednesday.
Jhenidah drug peddler jailed for 8 months
Dhaka – A mobile court on Tuesday sentenced a drug peddler to eight months imprisonment for selling hemp illegally at Bhatai Bazar in Shailkupa upazila.
Schoolgirl commits ‘suicide’ in Benapole
Dhaka – A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Narayanpur village in Benapole Port Police Station in Jessore on Tuesday.The deceased was Asha Basu, 14, a class VII student of Benapole Marium Memorial Girls’ School in Benapole and daughter…
Legal notice against judicial inquiry of Langadu attacks
Dhaka – Nicolas Chakma, a Supreme Court lawyer on Monday served a legal notice on government for forming a judicial enquiry committee to determine whether there was any negligence of local administration in protecting the people of Longadu Upazila of…
Hotel trader shot in city
Dhaka – Extortionists stormed the residence of a hotel trader in the city’s Mohakhali area early Tuesday and shot him for his refusal to pay them toll. -UNB
4 killed in Bandarban landslides 2 missing
Dhaka – At least four people, including three minor siblings, were killed and a woman along with her daughter went missing in separate incidents of landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Sadar upazila in Bandarban early Tuesday.
OC among 2 killed in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Two people, including officer-in-charge of Khatihata Highway Police Station in Brahmanbaria, were killed as a private car carrying them collided with a trolley on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila here in Narsingdi on Monday.The deceased were identified as…
Rangamati landslide kills two
Dhaka-Two children were killed in separate incidents of landslide in Rangamati town and Kaptai in Rangamati on Monday.The deceased were identified as Naima Aktar, 5, daughter of Shahjahan of Rangamati sadar upazila and Md Ramjan Ali, 8, son of Md…
Noakhali boat capsize: missing fisherman found dead
Dhaka – Body of a fisherman, who went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the Meghna River amid a storm on Sunday, was recovered in Noakhali on Monday.The deceased was identified as Enayet, 18.
BD national shot dead by BSF in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi national was reportedly shot to death by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Rokonpur border in Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj on Monday.
Protecting children on the move in Bangladesh
When Cyclone Mora struck southwest Bangladesh at the end of May, the storm had a particularly devastating impact on the informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar, which are home to displaced people from Myanmar who fled violence in their homes in…
Cops cordon off ‘militant den’ in Rajshahi, 3 held
Dhaka – Law enforcers detained three alleged militants, including two siblings, from a suspected hideout they cordoned off at Dangapara village in Tanore upazila in Rajshahi early Monday.The detainees are — two siblings Ibrahim and Ishrafil and Robiul.Subit Chowdhury, additional…
BNP man held for posting PM’s distorted photo on FB
Savar – Police detained a BNP activist from Gouripur Bottola area in Ashulia union of Savar upazila, on the outskirts of the capital, on Monday morning for posting a distorted photo of Prime Minister on Facebook. -UNB
2 get life term for raping indigenous woman in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday convicted two men and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for abducting and raping an indigenous woman in 2014.The convicts were identified as Ariful Islam, 30, son of Delshad, and Ziaur, 32, son…
Rangamati JL Leader murder: 2 make confessional statement
Dhaka – Two young men, arrested in connection with the killing of a Jubo League leader in Rangamati, made confessional statements before a court here on Sunday.Chief Judicial Magistrate Rokeya Akter recorded the statements of the two arrestees—Runel Chakma and…
Garment factory owner held for ‘funding militants’
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a garment factory owner from Rupganj in Narayanganj district on Saturday night on charge of financing JMB’s ‘Sarwar-Tamim group’.The arrestee was identified as Imran Ahmed, 37, also a Majlish-e-Shura member of…
Housewife ‘beaten to death’ in Comilla
Dhaka – A housewife was allegedly beaten to death and later her body was found hanging from a rope by the family members of her in-laws at Matinagar in Panchthubi union of Sadar upazila in Comilla early Sunday.
Son beats father to death in Satkhira
Dhaka – A man succumbed to his injuries early Sunday after his son had beaten him severely over a family feud in Hazipur village of Sadar upazila.Officer-in-charge of Satkhira Police Station Maruf Ahmed said Salam, a local mechanic, beat up…
Elderly man killed in Sylhet clash
Dhaka – An elderly man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a trifling matter at Bara Dirai village in Osmaninagar upazila on Saturday evening.
Mother, son die of food poisoning in Sirajganj
Dhaka- A woman and her four-year-old son died after having ‘poisonous food item’ on Saturday night in Madhainagar village of Tarash upazila in Sirajganj.