Embattled Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Tuesday quit amid a huge row over the heist of $101 million from the Bangladesh Bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve Bank. The Governor’s resignation came following his meeting with the…
Category: Crime
Youth jailed for stalking in Sherpur
Sherpur – A mobile court here on Sunday night sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for eve-teasing a schoolgirl in Jhenaigati upazila.Police sources said Monir Hossain, son of Abdul Haque, a resident of Gandhigaon Purbapara village, used to…
Padma Bridge graft case filed ‘under WB pressure’, says outgoing ACC cheif
The outgoing chairman of Anti-Corruption Comission (ACC), M Badiuzzaman, on Sunday said the organisation filed the Padma Bridge corruption case in 2012 without any recorded facts and documents in face of World Bank pressure.The ACC chairman said, “The statement we…
Four alleged ‘robbers’ lynched in Noakhali
Noakhali – A mob beat four suspected robbers to death and injured two others foiling their bid to escape police custody at Chairman Ghat in Hatiya upazila early Saturday. Additional superintendent of police AKM Asaduzzaman said a gang of robbers…
FireEye to help probe Bangladesh Bank fund hacking
FireEye Inc’s Mandiant forensics division is helping investigate a cyber heist at Bangladesh’s central bank last month that netted more than $80 million, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The two sources said Silicon Valley-based FireEye, which…
Criminals in $100m heist likely spy on BB’s workers
The perpetrators of a $100 million digital heist at Bangladesh’s central bank had deep knowledge of the institution’s internal workings, likely gained by spying on bank workers, security experts said.Unknown hackers breached Bangladesh Bank in early February, stole credentials for…
2 buses set ablaze in Savar
Two buses were set afire by unidentified miscreants at Shyamoli CNG Refueling Station in Baliarpur area of the upazila early Wednesday, hours before the Jamaat-e-Islami enforced hartal got underway.Sub-inspector of Savar Police Station Farhad Hossain said unidentified miscreants torched the…
Police doubt mother’s ‘confession of killing’ two children
Mahfuza Malek Jasmine ‘admitted to killing’ the two children once during initial interrogation by RAB and again in police custody, but ‘without any emotion’, the law enforcers said.Though the mother of two slain children has ‘admitted’ to the crime, police…
3 held with 16 Molotov cocktails, 7 grenades in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in possession of 16 Molotov cocktails, seven grenades and some jihadi (religious uprising) books from Sheguna area…
Myanmar national caught at Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a Myanmar national along with 9.5 kg gold and Tk 42.58 lakh along Teknaf border on Saturday.Tipped off that most wanted Myanmar national Mong Mong Sen Rakhain was in his…
Mother confesses to murder of two minor Banashree sinblings
The murder of two siblings happened in total silence. The neighbours did not know when Urmi and Alvi were taken to the hospital. They learned the children were dead when their mother Mahfuza Malek Jesmin called her relatives from the hospital.
Two killed in Narsingdi gunfight with police
Two persons accused in the case over killing of a businessman and his driver were killed and another was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between their cohorts and police at Nagorikandi in Narsingdi early Thursday, reports news agency UNB. The deceased…
Siblings were killed by their mother
The mother of the two dead siblings of Dhaka’s Rampura has confessed to killing two of her children, says the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).”Their mother Mahfuza Malek Jasmine made the confession during interrogation”, RAB Additional Director General Ziaul Ahsan told…
BSF kills another Bangladeshi
A Bangladeshi has been killed in the firing by the India’s Border Security Force (BSF) near Chapainawabganj border.The deceased is Benazir Ali, 22, a resident of Gaipara village under Durlovpur union of Shibganj upazila in the district.
Siblings were strangled
The siblings who were found dead at home in Dhaka’s Banashree area on Monday night, may have been strangled to death.Doctor Pradip Biswas, lecturer of the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) who was part of the team…
Five on remand in ATM graft case
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday placed four persons including a foreign national to a five-day remand each in a case filed for swindling about Tk 2,200 crore from the state-run bank.
Stepbrother accused in murder of two minor brothers
Comilla – A case has been filed against a stepbrother of the two minor boys, whose bodies were found at Dhulipara village in Sadar Dakshin upazila on Saturday afternoon, suspecting him of their murder. The deceased’s mother, Rekha, filed the…
Two minor brothers found dead in Comilla
Comilla – Two minor brothers were found dead at Dhulipara in Sadar South upazila on Saturday. Police recovered the bodies of Joy, 7, and his younger brother Moni, 5, sons of Abul Kalam of the area, in the afternoon. Victims’…
DMP for united efforts to deter recurrence of card forgery
Terming the recent credit card forgery a great threat to financial discipline, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Miah on Saturday stressed united efforts of all to check the recurrence of such incidents.
Dead body found on house rooftop at Wari
An unidentified man was found dead on the rooftop of a four-storey building in the city’s Wari area on Saturday. Informed by locals, police recovered the body of the unidentified man, aged about 45, from the rooftop of a building…
Cybercrime shot up significantly in 2015, says Dell report
Multinational computer technology company Dell warned that cybercrime increased significantly around the world in 2015 despite organisations deploying end-to-end security solutions perfectly.Print Friendly and PDFCybercriminals employed a number of new tactics to better conceal exploit kits from security systems including…
Fake painkiller ointment seized by RAB
A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court fined factory owner and his manager of Tk 1 lakh on charge of producing, storing and marketing fake painkiller ointment in the city’s Jatrabari on Thursday.
Businessman killed at Badda
A businessman has been allegedly beaten to death by his business partner and his hired goons at Dhaka’s Badda.Family members of Md Shamim, 35, said his partner Mizan and his hired goons had beaten him up at Badda’s Natun Bazar…
Four children murder suspect killed by RAB ‘gunfight’
A prime suspect in the recent murder of four children in Habiganj’s Bahubal, auto-rickshaw driver Bachchu Mia has been killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the RAB.The incident occurred in Deorgachh area of Chunarughat at around 4am on Thursday, said Kazi…
Six Huji suspects on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed six suspected members of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) on a fresh remand of two days in a case filed against them under the Anti-terrorism Act.
Four held with yaba at Ctg
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people including two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 1,00,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sirson Road area in the city early Tuesday.Major Jahangir, deputy commander of Rab-7, said tipped-off, a team of…
Two nabbed over trying to torch book fair stall
Two unidentified criminals have tried to torch a book stall at ‘Amar Ekushe’ book fair today.The book stall did not suffer much damage on Monday evening as fire fighters soon arrived at the scene.“They had set fire to a heap…
Ukraine national arrested over ATM frauds: Police
A foreign national has been arrested in connection with recent ATM frauds in Bangladesh, police have said. Detective Branch (DB) Deputy Commissioner Mahfuzur Rahman said that the foreigner has been identified as Piotr Szcdepan Mazurek, a citizen of Ukraine. Three…
ISIS claims responsibility for Hindu priest murder
Suspected Islamist militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid. Police said the attack was perpetrated by a local militant group, while Islamic…
Priest killed in Panchagarh Sunday morning
Dhaka – A Hindu priest in Panchagarh has died after being attacked by miscreants just outside the temple he used to serve, bdnews24.com reported on Sunday. Police said the victim Jajneswar Roy, 50, was the head priest at the Santagourhiyo…