Dhaka, Nov 04 – The immediate past month of October has seen a total of 183 rape incidents across Bangladesh. Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP), a rights body working for the women, came up with revelation on Monday.
Category: Crime
Rajshahi polytechnic principal thrown into pond: 4 more held
Police here early Monday arrested four more students of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute from different parts of the city over throwing their principal into a pond on the campus.
Man kills teen brother in Dhaka
Dhaka, Nov 4 – A young man was stabbed to death by his sibling in city’s Demra area on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Hossain Box, 19, son of Ali Box of the area.
Man, his associates held 12 years after killing wife, son
Dhaka, Nov 04 – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a man and his two associates more than a decade after killing his wife and two-month-old son. The arrestees are – Md Sohel Fakir, 37, and his associates Anwar Hossain…
Case over throwing Polytechnic principal into Rajshahi pond
A case has been filed against 50 people over throwing the principal of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute into a pond on the campus by a group of ‘Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists’.
AL leader shot dead in Sirajganj
A local Awami League leader was gunned down by miscreants at Duttabari in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
Garment worker gang raped: 3 held in capital
Police arrested three youths from Hazaribagh in the city in connection with the ‘gang rape’ of a female garment worker early Saturday.
Cop’s wife found hanging on Sep 9 dies at hospital
The wife of a police constable, found hanging at her father’s home on September 9 in Boraigram upazila, died at a hospital on early Saturday.
Husband kills wife for not allowing him to marry again
Chattogram, Oct 30 (UNB) – A husband has been detained for allegedly killing his wife by strangulation at Potia upazila of the district on Wednesday after his wife didn’t allow him to marry a second time.
Stalkers kill Dhaka youth for protesting abuse of his fiance
Dhaka, Oct 29 (UNB) – A young man was killed reportedly by miscreants after he protested against their verbal harassment of his female companion in Hazaribagh area on Tuesday night.
BD Father gets life in prison for raping daughter in Barguna
Barguna, Oct 29 (UNB) – A tribunal here on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his own daughter at Khastabak village in Patharghata upazila in 2017.
Nusrat Murder: Death reference reaches HC
Dhaka, Oct 29 (UNB) – The death references of the madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case reached the High Court on Tuesday.
16 men of Jubo League, AL’s youth front, sued in Ashulia
Savar, Oct 28 (UNB) – A case was filed against 16 Jubo League leaders and activists on Sunday night for allegedly trying to grab a market and looting goods worth Tk 50 lakh from its traders.
3 suspected robbers killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
Chattogram, Oct 29 – Three suspected members of a robber gang were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in Kumira area of Sitakunda Upazila here early Tuesday. The identities of the deceased could not be…
Aziz Bhai’s house raided huge quantities of liquor recovered
Dhaka, Oct 27 – Members of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) yesterday conducted drive in the house of Aziz Mohammad Bhai, a businessman and producer of Bangladeshi film.
Oil spill into Karnaphuli River: Ship owner fined Tk 30mn
Chattogram, Oct 27 (UNB) – An Environment Court here on Sunday fined the owner of Desh-1 oil tanker Tk 3 crore for polluting the Karnaphuli River as oil from the tanker spilled into the river following its collision with another…
Khulna pro-AL student-worker wounded in gun attack
Khulna, Oct 27 (UNB) – A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) suffered bullet injuries in a gun attack in the city’s Moshiali on Saturday night.
$1.84 million diamond stolen from Japan jewelry fair
Tokyo, Oct 26 (AP/UNB) — Japanese police are investigating a 200 million yen ($1.84 million) diamond allegedly stolen from an international jewelry trade show near Tokyo.
Anisul hopeful of Nusrat murder case appeals early disposal
Dhaka, Oct 24 – Law minister Anisul Huq hoped that the High Court would also complete the appeal proceedings of Nusrat killing within shortest possible of time as like as the lower court delivered the verdict in the case awarding…
Are 39 Chinese found dead in UK truck trafficking victims?
London, Oct 24 (AP/UNB) — All 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed Thursday as they pressed to investigate one of the country’s deadliest cases of people smuggling.
Slain Nusrat’s father fears retribution from killers
Feni, Oct 24 (UNB) – Father of tragically slain teenage student Nusrat Jahan Rafi has expressed his anxiety over the safety and well-being of his family members after a lower court handed down the death penalty to 16 individuals convicted…
2 held allegedly with firearms and drugs in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Oct 25 – Police arrested two people allegedly along with two foreign-made firearms, 200 bottles of phensidyl and 200 grams of heroin in Naderhajir more area in the city on Thursday night.
Garment-worker couple found dead hanging at Ashulia house
Savar, Oct 25 – Police recovered the hanging bodies of a couple from a house at Buribazar in Ashulia here on Friday morning.
Madrasah student Nusrat murder: All 16 accused awarded death
Feni, Oct 24 – A tribunal on Thursday sentenced 16 people to death for their roles in killing madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
Ex-UP chairman of BNP abducted, shot dead in Rangamati
Rangamati, Oct 23 – A former Union Parishad chairman was abducted and killed at Haludia Para in Rajasthali Upazila on Wednesday.
Migrant Dr Shah Alam murder: Prime suspect ‘gunfight’-dead
Chattogram, Oct 23 – The prime suspect in doctor Shah Alam murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Bashbaria in Sitakunda Upazila early Wednesday.
SI, another held for beating youth dead in Chittagong
Chattogram, Oct 22 (UNB) – A sub-inspector of police and one of his relatives were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly beating a youth to death over a theft charge at Bhatiari union in Sitakunda upazila.
BD highway bridge that turns into criminals’ den at night
Kurigram, Oct 22 (UNB) – Although it was opened to traffic barely 13 months back, most lights of the Sheikh Hasina Kulaghat Dharla Bridge in Fulbari upazila have gone out of order, turning it into a ‘safe haven’ for drug…
Police station in Chittagong attacked over Bhola violence
Chattogram, Oct 20 (UNB) – Madrasah students on Sunday attacked Hathazari police station after four people were killed and over 200 others injured in a clash between police and locals in Borhanuddin upazila over a ‘Facebook post’ hurting the religious…
2 Indians held in Tangail, Chittagong for drug, trespass
Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB) – Police arrested two Indian citizens in Chattogram and Tangail districts on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.