Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-13) arrested six members of an organised gang of muggers and seized huge sharp weapons and snatched valuable goods here in the small hours of today, RAB sources said. Battalion Commander of RAB-13…
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Special operation against drug peddlers stressed
Dhaka – Speakers at a meeting here today stressed the need for carrying out special operations to arrest drug peddlers for ensuring a drug-free society.They were addressing the monthly law and order meeting at the conference room of the deputy…
College student killed ‘by rivals’ in Jessore
Dhaka – A college student was beaten to death reportedly by rivals at Navaran in Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Saturday night.The victim was identified as Biplob, 18, a student of Navaran Degree College and son of Nazrul Islam, a…
Landslide kills quarry worker in Sylhet
Dhaka – A stone quarry worker was killed and two others were injured when part of a hillock collapsed on them while lifting stones from Shah Arpin in Companiganj upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Anis, 36, son of…
10 fake DB men held in city
Dhaka- Members of Detective Branch (DB) arrested 10 people for allegedly impersonating its members from the city’s Sabujbagh area on Saturday night.Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in the area and arrested the 10 people who…
Man ‘kills self’ after ‘killing’ wife in Gaibandha
Dhaka – A man reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife over a family feud at Birinchi village in Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Jalal Uddin and his wife Pakhi Begum, residents of Birinchi village.The…
Police prepare teenager-lists as Juvenile crimes up
Dhaka, Feb 12 – As incidents of juvenile crime have marked a sharp rise, the Police Headquarters has asked all the police units across the country to prepare the lists of area-based teenage groups indulging in various criminal activities to…
Journos vow movement for Sagar-Runi murder trial
Dhaka – Leaders of journalists unions and the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity have decided to launch fresh movement to press their demand for arrest of the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Nahar Runi to bring them to justice.
2 held with 28,500 Yaba pills in city
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two alleged drug dealers along with 28,500 Yaba tablets from Tikatuli area of the city on Saturday.Tipped off, a special Rab-1 team launched a raid on a house of KN Das Lane…
3 women among 6 held on Benapole border
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested six people, including three women, while they were entering the country illegally from India through Benapole border point on Friday.
Shariatpur man hacked to death by son
Dhaka –A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son at Nagerpara Choto Kalinagar village in Gosairhat upazila on Friday morning.
16 BD wrestlers to train in India for 1 year
Dhaka – Sixteen Bangladeshi wrestlers will be given higher training at Nababganj Ganadar Nandini Nagar Sports Complex in Uttar Pradesh, India for one year from the first day of March this year.Indian Wrestling Federation confirmed it to Bangladesh Wresting Federation…
Huge jatka seized in Barisal
Dhaka– Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 50 maunds of jatka (hilsa fry) from two trawlers in Kirtonkhola river in the city’s Beltala Kheyaghat area in Barisal early Friday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of coast guards…
Tk 80 lakh seized from UPDF leader’s house
Dhaka – A team of joint forces in a drive seized Tk 80 lakh in cash and various documents, including subscription receipts, from the house of the military chief of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) in Jamtoli area of Sadar…
‘Drug addict’ kills Imam of mosque in Chandpur
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The imam of a local mosque was killed in an attack by a ‘drug addict’ at Daspara in Matlab Dakkhin upazila of Chandpur on Thursday.
Uttara schoolboy Adnan murder: Seven on remand
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday placed seven persons on a 3-day remand each in a case filed for killing schoolboy Adnan Kabir in Uttara area of the city.
Ex-Rajuk Chairman, Partex Group Director sent to jail
Dhaka – Former RAJUK Chairman Iqbal Uddin Chowdhury and Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem’s son Showkat Aziz Russel landed in the jail after a Dhaka court denied them bail on Thursday in a case filed against them on graft charges…
2 bodies recovered in Dinajpur
Dhaka –Police recovered bodies of an unidentified woman and a child from the Tangon river in Bongaon Farmpara Bagherghat area in Bochaganj upazila in Dinajpur on Thursday morning.
Two arms-wielding ex-BCL leaders land in jail
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sent two expelled leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in a case filed for brandishing guns during a clash with police in an eviction drive in Gulistan area of the capital.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate…
Huge haul of Yaba in Cox’s Bazar by unbnews
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized eight lakh pieces of Yaba tablet, worth about Tk 24 crore, from Shahparir Dwip and Jalia Dwip on the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar…
71 Dakhil examinees, 10 teachers expelled in Faridpur
Dhaka – Some 71 students and 10 teachers were expelled for adopting unfair means in the Dakhil examination at the Sarda Sundori High School centre in the district town on Thursday.A mobile court also sentenced three teachers to one month’s…
‘War criminal’ held in Jamalpur
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a suspected war criminal from Dameshwar Dakkhin Shekhpara village at Sadar upazila in Jamalpur on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Rustom Ali, 80, a resident of the village.
Another war crime suspect held in Jamalpur
Dhaka, Feb 9 – Police in a drive arrested a suspect on charge of war crimes from Dameshwar Dakkhin Shekhpara village in Sadar upazila of Jamalpur on Wednesday.
One gets life term for possessing phensidyl
Dhaka – A Chittagong court in a verdict today sentenced a drug trader to life term imprisonment for possessing 188 bottles of contraband phensidyl. Chittagong Divisional Special Judge Mir Ruhul Amin delivered the judgment convicting Mohammad Idris, 40, hailed from…
50-maund jatka seized in Lakshmipur
Dhaka – Police in a drive seized 50- maund of jatka (small hilsa fish) from Poura Asram area under Ramgati upazila in Lakshmipur today. Police also arrested three persons and produced them before a mobile court this noon.The court fined…
Eight teenagers held over Uttara schoolboy murder
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight members of two teenage groups from Uttara in the city on Wednesday morning in the schoolboy Adnan murder case.
One killed, arms and ammo recovered from Sundarbans
Dhaka – A leader of a robber gang was killed today in a shootout between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) at Mregomary Canal(khal) under Mongla upazila in the Sunderbans.The deceased was identified as Shamsu Sheikh alias Kopa…
‘Picked-up’ youth’s bullet-hit body found in B’baria
Dhaka – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man, who was allegedly picked-up by plainclothes police, from a field near Medda Sishu Paribar in the municipality area in Brahmanbaria early Tuesday.The deceased was Al Amin, 28, son of…
200-maund jatka seized in Barisal
Dhaka- A mobile court, in a drive, seized 200- maund of jatka (small hilsa fish) from Rupatoli area in the city in Barisal this afternoon.The court also sentenced two persons to 18 and 13 months jail respectively and fined another…
3 more held over Nasirnagar attack
Dhaka – Police arrested three more people in connection with the attacks on Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila on Sunday night.The arrestees are Tabarak Hossain, Saddam Hossain and Ahammad Ali.Officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station Abu Zafar said they arrested the…