A case was filed on Sunday in connection with the abduction of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi Engineering and Technology University (RUET) unit.According to the case statement, a group of unidentified people, numbering 8-10, posed themselves as…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 874 rare species of turtles worth Tk 2.18 crore from Kagajpukur area here on Sunday morning.Tipped off, a team of BGB conducted a drive in the area and recovered the…
A teenage girl died while her mother fell sick after their alleged attempt to commit suicide by taking poison following a family feud at Kalshi Dhighir Par in Bandar thana here on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Khadiza Akter…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 45 turtles of rare species from Putkhali border area on Wednesday night.Camp Commander Subedar Krishnapada said being tipped off, a team of BGB-21 battalion conducted drive in border area at…
Narayanganj–Eight suspected robbers allegedly of an inter-district gang were killed and three others injured in lynching attack in Purindabazar area of Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj early Thursday. A gang of robbers numbering 25-30 reportedly came in the market area in…
Two vegetable traders were crushed under a speeding truck after they were left, with the hands and legs tied, by some robbers on the Vakurda-Savar road in Savar upazila early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Masud Rana, 20, and his…
Dhaka – Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested a Spanish citizen along with around 3 kg cocaine at the Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday evening. The Spanish national was identified as Chiases Tjo Julian, 52.
Police arrested two people along with a touchstone statue at Golchattar near the east side of Bangabandhu Bridge in sadar upazila early Monday.The arrestees were identified as Malin Uddin Bhola, 19, son of Nur Islam of Bishapara village, and Nadim…
Members of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate seized 160 gold bars weighing 18.1 kg from a flight of Malaysian Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night.Airport sources said the flight landed at the airport around 8:56pm.A team of…
Police arrested three fake DB men from Rupdia Bazar of Sadar upazila in the district on Sunday night.The arrestees were identified as Asaduzzaman, 30, son of Nuruzzaman,a resident of Khrishnagar village; Imran Hossain, son of Arafat Mallick, a resident of…
An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Jungle Gunagori in Banshkhali upazila early Monday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-charge of Banshkhali Police Station Swapan Kumar said a gang of…
A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing a friend of him to death at Haripur in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Sujan Ali,17, a first-year student of Amla Government College and son…
Malaysia’s police said on Saturday that it had arrested five people, including a Bangladeshi and a European employed as a teacher, on suspicion of links with militant groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.Malaysia is on heightened alert after reports…
Police arrested five leaders and activists of Swechchhasebak League, volunteer front of the ruling Awami League, from Noymile area of Shajahanpur upazila on Friday on extortion charges.The arrestees were identified as Manir,32, Manik,22, Masud,25, Based,28, and Shamim.
At least six people got injured in an explosion in the Jatra pandal during Raash Mela, held on Kantaji Temple premises in Dinapur’s Kaharol upazila on early Saturday.Police have held three people in this connection.The injured were rushed to Dinajpur…
Dinajpur – Ten people were injured as three crude bombs went off under the canopy of a jatra show in the premises of Kantaji Temple in Kaharole upazila early Saturday. Police and witnesses said a series of blasts happened at…
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested six members of an international human trafficking and fake currency syndicate, including a Pakistani national, along with huge fake currency notes from different parts of the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas early…
The High Court on Thursday directed the Gulshan thana police to arrest United Hospital staff (brother) Saiful Islam and produce him before the court on December 7 for ‘sexually harassing’ a female patient. It also issued a rule asking the…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with a touchstone Bishnu statue from Maizgaon area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Badrul Islam, 24, son of Monajjir…
Joint forces in separate drives from Wednesday night to early Thursday arrested 35 people, including three Jamaat activists, in different places of the district on sabotage charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
Hackers broke into the website of Sonali Bank on Tuesday and took control of it for a few hours.On Wednesday morning, the home page of the Sonali Bank website was found carrying a notice by the hackers.A picture of a…
Two alleged robbers were injured in a firing by police during a robbery incident at Panchshira Bazar in Kalai upazila early Tuesday. The injured were identified as Raju Miah,32, and Ziarul Islam,23. Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station, said…
The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumer items and fined owner of a bakery Taka 50,000 in the metropolis yesterday.According to the officials concerned,…
The Benapole port authorities have beefed up security for the foreign passengers passing through the Benapole check point.The measure was taken on Saturday afternoon in the wake of the recent incidents of violence in different places of the country.
A joint force of different agencies arrested 21 people, including five activists of Jamaat-Shibir, from different places of the district from Saturday night to Sunday morning.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Special Branch, Satkira said a team of the joint force, comprising…
Police arrested a local leader of BNP from Mobarakpur village in Shibganj upazila on Saturday on charge of planning subversive activities.The arrestee was identified as Ansarul Islam, 40, assistant general secretary of Mobarakpur union unit of the party and son…
Two priests of two different churches in Khulna received death threat over mobile phone from an unknown caller on Friday.Reverent Tomas Joy Sarker, chief of Church of God’s Bangladesh and also executive secretary of the Khulna chapter of Bangladesh Interchurch…
A court here on Saturday placed three people, arrested in connection with the Thursday’s gun attack on a Shia mosque at Haripur village in Shibganj upazila, on remand of different terms.
Chittagong District Police in overnight special drives arrested 58 people, including two Jamaat-Shibir activists, from different upazilas of the district last night.Among the arrested including two Jamaat-Shibir activists, 10 were nabbed by the article 54 and 48 accused in regular…
Kolkata police have raided at least two locations in the city’s sprawling port area since Friday evening, looking for the suspected killer of Kunio Hoshi.The raids have been triggered by ‘some definite inputs’ passed on to Indian intelligence by Bangladesh…