Rajshahi – Based on the say-so of Chhatra League vigilantes, police have arrested three first-year students of Rajshahi University (RU) on charges of “militant activities”. UNB news agency reported
Category: Crime
One gets life term for killing Korean citizen
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a Korean citizen in 2011.The tribunal also fined convict Manik Sardar, a dish cleaner of Arian Korean Restaurant, Tk 10,000, in…
4 held with foreign currencies in Benapole
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested four Bangladeshi people at Benapole check post for carrying USD 21,000 and a huge amount of Indian currency without documents on Wednesday morning.
Youth held with 3,200 Yaba pills in Jessore
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a ‘drug peddler’ along with 3,200 pieces of Yaba tablets at Kana Pukur in Abhoynagar upazila on Tuesday night.
Van driver found dead in Bogra
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a van driver from a paddy field at Golapbari village in sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
3 killed in Pabna road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Musa, 22, a bus helper and son of Nifaz Ali, Mamin, 28,…
2 workers die inhaling toxic gas in Bogra
Dhaka – Two workers died and another fell ill after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of Samibari Bazar in Sherpur upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 40, son of Aynal, and Solaiman, 55, of…
Fish trader gunned down in Chuadanga
Dhaka – A fish trader was shot to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Kayetpara village in Alamdanga upazila early Wednesday.Police said a group of 10/12 miscreants opened fire on Ziaur Rahman, 40, son of late Abul Hossain, around…
US gunman kills three ‘in race attack’
Three white men were olice hkilled and another wounded when a black gunman opened fire in Fresno, California, in a suspected race attack, pave said.
Raudha’s body to be exhumed for 2nd autopsy
Dhaka – A court on Tuesday ordered that the body of Maldivian MBBS student Raudha Athif, who was found dead at a dormitory of Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College Hospital on March 29, be exhumed for a fresh post-mortem. Mahbubur Rahman, judge…
Jubo league leader killed in Ctg
Dhaka – A Jubo League activist was hacked to death at Lalkhan Bazar in the city on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sharif alias Tempu Sharif, 24. Sharif was the accused in Jubo League activist Khokan Sarkar’s murder case.Police…
Mallya arrested in London, stage set for extradition to India
Liquor baron and former Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya was on Tuesday arrested in London by local police, a little over a year since he left India after defaulting on loans worth more than Rs 9,000 crore. “Officers from the Metropolitan…
500 bullet rounds found in Aftabnagar
Dhaka – Police recovered some 500 rounds of bullets in an abandoned condition from the city’s Aftabnagar on Monday.Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station Abdul Jalil said some workers, who were filling up earth at Trimohoni in the area, found the…
UP member jailed for 14 yrs in arms case
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Monday sentenced a union parishad member to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal arms.The convict is Angur, 35, son of Hena of Sundarpur village in Nayladanga union of Shibganj upazila and UP member…
Sanchez and Ozil end Arsenal’s 3-month wait for EPL away win
Middlesbrough (AP/UNB) – Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil secured Arsenal’s first English Premier League win on the road in three months on Monday, with the 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough reviving the London club’s tough pursuit of Champions League qualification.Sanchez curled…
3 human ‘traffickers’ held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of a human-trafficking gang and rescued two women from Gotatikar village under Mogla Bazar thana of Sylhet on Sunday night.
6.5 lakh Yaba pills seized inTeknaf; 3 held
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested three alleged Yaba traders of Myanmar, including one with bullet wounds, and recovered 6.5 lakh pieces of Yaba inTeknaf upazila early Monday.
6 cops hurt in ‘gunfight’ with ‘robbers’ in Cox’s Bazar; 6 held
Dhaka- Six policemen, including two with bullets, were injured in a reported gunfight between a gang of robbers and police on Chakaria-Lama road at Kumari Bridge in Chakaria upazila early Monday.Police said tipped off that a gang of robbers were…
Human ‘traffickers’ held in Sylhet: 2 women rescued
Dhaka, Apr 17 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of a human-trafficking gang and rescued two women from Gotatikar village under Mogla Bazar thana of Sylhet on Sunday night.
BCL men suspended over extortion from RU student
Rajshahi – Two BCL men have been suspended over taking of extortion forcibly from a student at Rajshahi Universty (RU) on Sunday.
Throat-slit body of missing AL leader found in Noakhali
Dhaka – A local Awami League leader, who had been missing since April 13, was found with his throat cut in the Meghna river in Hatia upazila in Noakhali early Sunday.The deceased has been identified as Baharuddin Sardar, 42, secretary…
9 held with 20 lakh Yaba pills in Ctg B
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine people and recovered 20 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets in the Bay of Bengal early Sunday.
Woman killed as nor’wester lashes Sherpur
Dhaka – A woman was killed as a nor’wester lashed several villages across the district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Salma Beowa, wife of late Meser Sheikh of Bankakura village in Jhenaigati upazila.
Youth hacked dead in Bogra
Dhaka- A young man was chopped to death by some miscreants at Nishindara-Mandalpara in the district town in Bogra on Sunday.Inspector (investigation) of Sadar Police Station Aslam said a group of miscreants chopped Abdus Sattar with sharp weapons indiscriminately around…
9.80 lakh Yaba tablets seized in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 9 akh and 80 thousand Yaba tablets worth Tk 29crore from Koriyakhali area in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday morning.
Sirajganj road accident kills 2
Dhaka- Two people, including a minor boy, were killed and three people injured in a road accident at Shimultala on Sirajganj-Nalka road in the sadar upazilaon Saturdaynight.
2 killed, 6 injured in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Two people, including a woman, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a private car at Gangpar on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila on Sunday morning.
Sexagenarian woman killed in city road crash
Dhaka -An unidentified sexagenarian woman was killed as a speedy vehicle ran over her under the footover bridge at Uttara in the capital on Saturday morning.
Bullet-hit bcriminalb dies at DMCH
Dhaka -A listed criminal of the city’s Vasantek area, who suffered bullet injuries in an attack by his rivals near Shilpirtek slum on Tuesday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.Chiko Jamal alias Musa, 40, who was undergoing…
2.70 lakh Yaba pills seized in Teknaf
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 2.70 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from Nayapara village in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Saturday.Lt Col Abu Jar Al Zahid, commanding officer of BGB-2, said BGB troops challenged a…