Dhaka – A DB inspector was injured in an attack allegedly by militants during a raid on a den of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in the city’s Badda area on Friday night.
Category: Crime
Man killed in Rab encounter ‘suspected burglar leader’
Dhaka – A suspected burglar gang leader was shot dead during an encounter with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) when the elite force raided his den to foil a daring burglary bid of Sonali Bank Dhamrai Branch at Dhamrai Bazar, in…
Wrong doers in peacekeeping operations won’t be spared: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday directed the Bangladesh Armed Forces to uphold their reputation in the UN peacekeeping missions. “We are still a leading peacekeeper contributor of the UN peacekeeping missions … we won’t tolerate any kind of indulgence…
Four schoolchildren murder: Police nabs 4th suspect
Habiganj –Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the fourth suspect for the killing of four schoolboys, who had gone missing from Sundrateki village in Bahubal upazila on Friday, from the same village early Thursday. Rubel Miah, son of Abdul…
Police arrest two over murder of four children in Habiganj
Police have arrested two men for their suspected connection to the murder of four children in Habiganj’s Bahubal Upazila.Abdul Ali and ‘Jewel’, of Sundrateki village, were nabbed on Wednesday evening, Bahubal police OC Mosharraf Hossain said.The bodies of the four…
One man killed in Cox’s Bazar shootout
Cox’s Bazar police claims to have killed a history sheeter in a shootout involving them and ‘two robber gangs’ at Moheshkhali Upazila.Moheshkhali police’s Inspector Didarul Ferdous said that the encounter took place at Upazila’s Matarbarhi Union.Police claimed the dead, identified…
One killed in ‘gunfight’ with RAB
Gazipur – A suspected criminal was killed in what law enforcers claimed a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Nadibandar area under Tongi police station early Tuesday. Sumon Bhotto, sub-inspector of the police station, said tipped off…
Man killed in gunfight with RAB
A suspected criminal was killed in what law enforcers claimed a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Nadibandar area in Tongi early Tuesday.Tongi police sub-inspector Sumon Bhotto, said tipped off that criminal Jewel, aged around 30 and…
Foreigner involved in credit card fraud
The United Commercial Bank (UCB) authorities suspect that a foreigner was involved with the gang that stole card information of their clients and withdrew large sums of money from ATM booths by creating duplicates.The bank says it informed police about…
bKash staff robbed
Muggers looted Tk 11.90 lakh after shooting two employees of bKash, a mobile money transfer provider, in Dhaka city’s Kafrul area on Saturday.General manager of the company Zainul Abedin said Mosharraf, 35, and Alamin, 32, collected the money from different…
Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers
United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls between October and December 2015. Among the survivors are a 14-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman who said peacekeepers gang-raped them near…
Police injured tea stall owner dies, 5 cops closed
A case was filed on Thursday noon against five persons including a police source. The details about the case are yet to be known. Babul Matobbar, 45, a tea stall owner who sustained burn injuries allegedly by policemen on Wednesday…
Charge in MP’s son Rony shooting 2 to death deferred again
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again deferred the hearing on the charge framing against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in a case filed for shooting two people to death in the city’s New Eskaton area,…
6 kilo gold recovered from Bangladesh Airlines flight
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 60 gold bars, weighing around 6 kg, from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Tuesday. Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Shahiduzzaman Sarkar told UNB that a flight of the national…
Alleged human trafficker held with ‘ransom money’
Dhaka – Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday arrested an alleged international human trafficker along with ransom money of Tk 3 lakh from Jatrabari area in the city. The arrested person was identified as Akhter Hossain, 29.
SI suspended for rape of private university student
A Sub-Inspector of Adabar Police Station in the city was on Monday suspended as he faces charges of harassing a female private university student. Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Division) of Metropolitan Police Biplob Kumar Sarkar, told newsmen that they took the…
Police chief asks field officers to contain militancy
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque ordered the filed level police officials to give most priority to contain militancy and abuse of illegal drugs taking those as two big challenges. The IGP was asked about his directives…
Pahela Baishakh accused ‘sex offender’ remanded
Dhaka – A court n Dhaka on Thursday placed Mohammad Kamal, arrested in connection with the sexual harassment of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on the Dhaka University campus last year, on a two-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah…
Corruption as bad as before in Bangladesh:TIB
There has been no improvement as far as corruption in Bangladesh is concerned, according to Transparency International (TI).The Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog published its Corruptions Perception Index (CPI) 2015, covering 168 countries and regions, on Wednesday.Bangladesh has been ranked 139 with…
Electronics showroom looted in Ashulia
Robbers looted valuables worth of Tk7 lakh from an electronics showroom at Wahab Market in Dhaka’s suburb Ashulia on early Thursday.Wahab, owner of the market, said a gang of robbers stormed the showroom, tied and beat up its security guard…
Ex president Chhatra Samaj found dead
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of former central president of ‘Jatiya Chhatra Samaj’ student wing of Jatiya Party, from Easter Housing area of Mirpur in the city on Sunday. The victim was identified as Sayed Mizanur Rahman Himo, 36,…
Huge Indian currency recovered at Shahjalal airport
Dhaka – Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) arrested a passenger along with Indian currency worth 1.04 crore from Hazrat International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The arrested passenger was identified as Asaduzzaman Mirza, 45, hailing from Pirojpur district.
Businessman Nur Mohammed remanded over cocaine seizure
A court here on Sunday placed Nur Mohammad, chairman of Khan Jahan Ali Group, on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with the seizure of liquid cocaine at Chittagong Port on June 8 last year.Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate…
Police SI suspended for assaulting Dhaka City Corporation inspector
Dhaka – Sub-inspector Arshad Hossain Akash was suspended on Saturday night for allegedly assaulting DSCC cleaning inspector Bikash Chandra Das. Maruf Hossain Sardar, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP media), said earlier a probe committee was formed to look…
Five of a family including two kids hacked to death in Narayanganj
Dhaka – Five members of a family, including two kids, were hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Baburial in the city on Saturday night. The Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Abdul Malek said the family members were the residents…
2 held with fake currency notes in Barisal
Police arrested two people in possession of 27 fake currency notes amounting to Tk14,000 from Launch Ghat area in the city on Friday.The arrestees were identified as Sarwar Hossain,20, son of Afzal Hawlader, a resident of Baraia village in Rajapur…
IS link to deadly attack on Indonesian capital Jakarta
By Reuters News Agency Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, police said, in an attack that followed a threat by Islamic State fighters to put the country in their “spotlight.”…
TIB finds graft, irregularities in RMG export supply chain
Dhaka – A number of foreign buyers of ready made garments (RMG) are exploiting the Bangladeshi suppliers through buying products from them and then later terming them as ‘non-compliant’, a research report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) saidon Thursday. TIB,…
Two JMB-men including alleged police killer dead in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – Two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were killed in a gunfight with detectives in the city’s Hazaribagh area on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Hiron, 25, and Abdullah alias Noman, 30.
Sean Penn interviewed El Chapo —It helped Drug Lord’s capture
By Nathaniel Janowitz The story of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán was already stranger than fiction — but it took an even more bizarre turn on Saturday night when Rolling Stone published a lengthy feature story authored by the actor Sean…