Dhaka– A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in a special drive, detained five kidnappers along with firearms and bullets and rescued two abducted men from Teknagpara of Gazipur city on Friday.RAB-1 sources said on information a team of the…
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Contractor found dead in Manikganj
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a contractor from his East Dashra residence in the town in Manikganj on Thursday night.Locals informed police as bad odour was spreading from the house of Nurul Islam, 58, son of Mahtab Uddin…
34 held in Satkhira on various charges
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 34 people from different parts of the district from Thursday evening to Friday Morning in Satkhira on various charges.
Land Minister’s son among 11 arrested in Pabna
Dhaka – Police arrested 11 people, including Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son Sirhan Sharif Tamal, in a case filed for vandalism early Friday.District police super Zihadul Kabir said a joint team of Pabna and Ishwardi police conducted separate overnight…
Siblings get life term for killing farmer in Sherpur
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced two siblings to rigorous lifetime imprisonment for killing a farmer in Nakla upazila in 2009.Mohammed Mosleh Uddin, additional session judge of Sherpur, handed down the verdict.The convicted siblings are – Abdus Salam,…
Mugger killed in Meherpur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged robber was killed during a ‘gunfight’ between law enforcers and a group of robbers at Gangni Upazila in Meherpur early Thursday.The dead was identified as Lalon, 30, son of Jahirul Islam of Gangni Upazila in Joraghat.Officer-in-charge…
Missing woman turns up dead in Sylhet
Dhaka – A woman missing since Tuesday night was found dead at Janakollyan Bazar in Balaganj upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday.Locals spotted the body of Safia Begum, wife of Ponku Mia of Kulma village, a mother of four, and informed…
BCL leader stabbed dead in Ctg
Dhaka – A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death allegedly by some miscreants at Madan Haat in Hathazari upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Lokman, 34, a general secretary of Fatehpur union unit…
40 held in Jhenidah drive
Dhaka – Police arrested 40 accused including an activist of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in separate drives overnight till Thursday morning from different parts of the district.
Sexual violence as a “threat to security, durable Peace”
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 17 (IPS) – Sexual violence is increasingly used as a tactic of terrorism and thus must be addressed as a peace and security issue, officials said at a United Nations Security Council meeting. UN officials,…
Female RMG worker ‘gang raped’ in Savar
Dhaka – A female readymade garment (RMG) worker was allegedly gang raped by miscreants at Hemayetpur here on Tuesday night. The girl, hailing from Chandpur village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district, used to work at Amtranet Garments in Rajashan…
Drive in Satkhira; 34 held
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 34 accused on various charges from different parts of Satkhira from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
Indian national held with cigarettes at Shahjalal airport
Dhaka – Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized huge quantities of foreign cigarettes from an Indian citizen at Shahjalal International Airport early Wednesday. UNB news agency reported
Man killed in Sherpur clash over land dispute
Dhaka – A man was killed in a land related dispute at Nolbari Kandapara village of Sadar upazila in Sherpur on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Motiur Rahman, 65, son of Hossain Ali, a resident of the village.Md Nazrul…
9 held with 25,000 Yaba tablets
Dhaka – Detectives in drives arrested nine alleged drug peddlers and recovered 25,000 pieces of Yaba tablets and two kilograms of hemp from separate places of Benapole town on Tuesday night.
Six muggers held in Sirajganj
Dhaka – Police arrested six members of a robbers’ gang during a drive at Hatukumrul intersection in Sirajganj early Wednesday. Office-in-charge of Salanga Police Station Abdur Rafik said acting on a tip-off a joint team of the Hatikumrul and Salanga police…
23 walk to gallows for killing 4 AL activists in N’ganj
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced twenty three people to death for killing four activists of Awami League in Araihazar upazila in 2002.
Murder case against cricketer Mushfiq’s father in Bogra
A case has been filed against Mahbub Hamid Tara, father of Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim, and 15 others over the killing of a schoolboy in Bogra municipality area on Saturday. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad-Inu) Central Committee leader Advocate Imdadul…
Driver gunman of sarafat held in Banani rape case
A court here on Tuesday put Billal, driver of Banani rape case prime accused Shafat Ahmed, on a four-day remand while his gunman Rahmat on a three-day remand, in connection with the case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Lashkar Sohel Rana passed…
Youth held over derogative post on Facebook
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man for allegedly making derogative comments on religion, state and law enforcers on popular social media platform Facebook.Officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, Mahtab Uddin said Papon Biswas, 26, son of Poritosh Biswas of…
6 CU students face action
Chittagong – The authorities of Chittagong University have expelled a student and suspended five others on various charges. UNB news agency reported
Shafat’s driver, gunman remanded over Banani rape
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday put Billal, driver of Banani rape case prime accused Shafat Ahmed, on a four-day remand while his gunman Rahmat on a three-day remand, in connection with the case. UNB news agency reported
Youth held over derogative post on Facebook
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man for allegedly making derogative comments on religion, state and law enforcers on popular social media platform Facebook.Officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, Mahtab Uddin said Papon Biswas, 26, son of Poritosh Biswas of…
5 fishermen abducted in Satkhira
Dhaka- Forest robbers abducted five fishermen from deep forest of Mandarbaria area of Satkhira Range on Monday.The victims were identified as Karim, son of Mazid Ali, a resident of Sora village of Shyamnagar upazila, Basar Gazi, son of Hossain Gazi…
85kg venison with 4 heads of deer seized in Bagerhat
Dhaka- A joint force of police and forest department, in a drive, seized 85 kilograms of venison along with four heads of deer from an orchard at Baruipara village of Rampal upazila on Sunday afternoon.
1.40 lakh Yaba pills recovered in Teknaf
Cox’sBazar – Police recovered 1.40 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 4.20 crore from Rangikhali village in Teknaf upazila on Monday.
Shafat’s driver, gunman held over Banani rape incident
Dhaka – Law enforcers have arrested the driver and a gunman of Shafat Ahmed, the prime accused in the Banani rape case, from the city.A team of Rapid Action Battalion-10 picked up driver Billal from Ibrahim Hotel on Nawabpur Road…
Drive in Jhenaidah; 44 held
Dhaka- In separate drives in different parts of the district from Sunday night to Monday morning, police arrested 44 accused including three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on various charges.
Charges against 11-month boy, dead man: 2 more cops face action
Dhaka – Punitive action has been taken against two more police officers in connection with the inclusion of the names of an 11-month-old boy and a dead person in the charge-sheet in a theft case filed with Mirpur Model Police…
32 held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 32 people, including an activist of BNP, from different parts of the district, from Friday in Satkhira to Saturday morning, on various charges.