BARGUNA -A youth was brutally killed by a group of youths at Pakurgachia village under Barguna Sadar upazila here today.The youth was identified as Rasel, 25.
Category: Crime
UK prime minister says he bungled admission of offshore fund
London – British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted Saturday that he bungled his admission of his investment in an offshore fund revealed in the mammoth data breach of a Panama law firm. Cameron drew laughs and applause from a sympathetic…
Comilla Cantt Board CEO gives statement over Tonu murder
Comilla – Twenty days after the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, Chief Executive Officer of Comilla Cantonment Board M Manirul Islam on Saturday gave a written statement over the murder, UNB news agency reported.
1,500 kg jatka seized in N’ganj
Dhaka – Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized 1,500 kg jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches in length) from a passenger launch on the Dhaleshwari River in Naryangonj early Saturday.Sources at the Coast Guard headquarters here…
2 women found dead in 2 dists
Dhaka – Two housewives were found dead in Rangamati and Panchagarh districts on Saturday.In Rangamati, the body of a housewife was recovered at Bangalhalia in Rajasthali upazila on Saturday morning.Quoting family members, Md Jahirul Anwar, officer-in-charge of Chandraghona Police Station,…
AL leader held with firearm in Tangail
Tangail – Detectives in a drive arrested a local leader of Awami League in possession of a firearm from his residence in Gopalpur upazila early Saturday.Tipped off, a team of DB police raided the house of Saiful Islam Talukdar Suruj,…
‘Previous enmity’ led to blogger Nazimuddin killing?
Dhaka – Police primarily suspect that Jagannath University (JnU) student and online activist Nazimuddin Samad was murdered due to previous enmity as no anti-religious writing was found after the scrutiny of his Facebook status, unb news agency reported. Police have…
Bangladeshi blogger killed in the street
New Delhi – Machete-wielding attackers in the capital of Bangladesh killed a 26-year-old writer Nazimuddin Samad — the sixth secularist writer or publisher to have been killed in Dhaka in the last 14 months.
ACC committee to see if Bangladeshis in Panama Papers list
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday formed a three-member probe committee to find out as to whether there was any name of Bangladeshi national in leaked Panama Papers on swindling money by influential quarters. Pranab Bhattacharya, public relations officer of the…
‘Panama Papers part of US plot to weaken Russia’
St.Petersburg – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia. Putin also defended a cellist friend named as the…
Couple among four injured in city acid throwing
Dhaka – Four people sustained burn injuries as some miscreants hurled acid towards them in Rupnagar Tin Shed area of the city on Thursday morning. The injured were identified as Masuda Akter Subarna, 28, a garment worker, her husband Suruj…
Two alleged outlaws killed in reported Tangail gunfight with Rab
Tangail – Two outlawed party members were killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion members at Jugnihat in Sadar upazila early Thursday, the unb news agency reported.
ACC sues JP leader Kazi Firoze Rashid
Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against Jatiya Party presidium member Kazi Firoz Rashid, MP for allegedly grabbing a government land, the UNB news agency has reported. ACC deputy director Zulfikar Ali filed the…
JU students, locals protest rape of canteen girl, demand action
The students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) local people yesterday protested the alleged rape of a girl who worked at Pritilata Hall’s canteen of the university and demanded exemplary punishment of accused rapists. The demand came at a human chain formed…
Police raid fails to catch Saad killers from BAU hall
Police on Tuesday night raided Shaeed Shamsul Haque Hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh to catch accused charge sheeted Saad murderers after passing two years of the killing.
One held, 25 gold bars recovered
Dhaka – Railway police arrested a man along with 25 gold bars from Kamalapur Railway Station on Monday morning. The arrestee was identified as Joynal Abedin, 57, hailing from Chittagong. Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Kamalapur Government Railway Police Station said…
3 held on garment worker gang-rape charge in Tangail
Tangail – A female garment worker was rapped in a moving bus allegedly by the vehicle’s driver and his two helpers in Dhanbari upazila on Friday morning, UNB news agency reported. Police arrested the three accused early Saturday.
119 hurt in post-polls violence in 9 dists
Dhaka – At least 119 people were injured in post-election violence in Brahmanbaria, Jhenidah, Natore, Panchagarh, Sherpur, Pabna, Manikganj, Faridpur and Bhola districts on Friday, UNB news agency reported. In Brahmanbaria, 40 people were injured in a clash between two…
RAB arrest two allegedly with pistol 3 loaded bullets
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged criminals, including a gunrunner and recovered two firearms along with a pistol loaded with three rounds of bullets from Agargaon New Colony and Mohammafpur areas in the city in separate incidents on Friday…
Sex workers trafficking from Bangladesh to Mumbai brothels rises
The number of women being trafficked from Bangladesh into Mumbai brothels is rising as part of greater migration from India’s eastern neighbour, and police and social groups need to do more to rescue and repatriate them, a charity said on…
Five tonnes of Hilsa fries seized in Munshiganj
The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized around five tonnes of juvenile Hilsha from a passenger launch in the Dhaleswari river in Munshiganj.According to the force’s Pagla station, Dhaka-bound motor vessel Mahin Rifat was carrying the fish fries.Catching of Hilsa fries…
Violence against women rises 74%
Violence against women rose by 74 per cent in 2015 compared to the year before, says a report of BRAC.The report was prepared on the basis of field reports done by BRAC staff working in 55 districts across the country.The…
Two held with IEDs in Gazipur
Gazipur – Police in a drive arrested two people along with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) – 20 crude bombs and three Molotov cocktails – from Bogra area in city on Friday noon.
5,000-Kg jatka seized in Munshiganj
Munshiganj Correspondent The Coast Guard personnel in a drive seized 5,000-kg of jatka (small hilsa) from a passenger launch in Dhaleswari river near Munshiganj Launch Ghat early this morning. Lieutenant Commander Saeed M. Kasad of Coast Guard said on information…
Polls violence leaves 9 dead
Dhaka – Nine people were killed and at least 64 others injured in clashes in different parts of the country during the second phase union parishad election on Thursday, UNB news agency has reported. Those killed in the violence are…
Two year on, Saad murderers in BAU are still at large
The murderers of Saad Ibn Momtaz of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh who was killed two years ago on this day, are yet to be punished. The university authority has also not disclosed the complementary probe report of…
Coast Guard recovers 20,000 Yaba pills from Teknaf
Dhaka – Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 20,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Shahporir Deep of Teknaf in Cox’sbazar on early Wednesday.
Body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu exhumed
Comilla –The body of Comilla Victoria Government College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu was exhumed in Muradnagar upazila of the district for a fresh post-mortem examination on Wednesday.
Tk2.24 lakh stolen from Islami Bank Rajshahi branch
Dhaka -Three youths allegedly stole Tk2.24 lakh from a customer’s bag after cutting it open at the New Market branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd in the city on Tuesday afternoon. Victim Alal Uddin, owner of Mita Studio and Color…
BNP leader shot dead in Jessore
A local leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was shot to death by miscreants at Shyamnagar Bazar in Sadar upazila of Jessore on Tuesday, UNB news agency reported. The victim was identified as Idris Ali, 45, a leader of Hashimpur…