One Mozammel Huq was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police at Amtali Upazila in Barguna district in the early hours of Saturday. Police said Amjad was the leader of a gang of dacoits. Five policemen were injured in the…
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‘Crossfire’ victim Jhony’s kins held from near Khaleda’s office
Police on Thursday night detained the family members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader Nuruzzaman Jony who was killed in ‘crossfire’ in the city’s Khilgaon area as they came to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her office. Slain Jony’s father…
Khaleda concerned as Food supply to her office remains blocked
Food supply to Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office was obstructed for the third time on Thursday compelling those staying there to survive on dry foods, it is reliably learnt. Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia who along with a number of Bnp…
Two Bnp activists bullet-hit in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’
Two BNP activists sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police in Khagdahar Bypass More area of the Mymensingh district town early Thursday. The injured were identified as Mehedi, a resident of Jamtala More, and Sharif Molla, a resident of…
Situation force law enforcers resort to encounter: DMP Commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Wednesday said situations force law enforcers to resort to encounter with criminals and saboteurs. He came up with the remark at an award-giving ceremony at the DMP Media Centre where three Dhaka…
Falu, not in FIR, put under on fresh remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu on a fresh remand for five days in a case filed for arson attack. Magistrate Tarek Moinul Islam Bhuiyan of…
Former BNP MPs Nizan, Nazim on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP’s two former lawmakers ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan and Nazim Uddin Ahmed on a fresh remand for three days in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station filed for vandalism and torching vehicle. Metropolitan…
Gazipur Mayor arrested from Dohs residence in city
Detectives picked up mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) MA Mannan at DOHS in Baridhara area of the capital on Wednesday afternoon. A DB police team picked up MA Mannan, also BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser, from his DOHS residence…
11 hurt in petrol bomb attacks in Feni, Netrakona
At least 11 people, including a trucker and his helper, suffered burn injuries in separate petrol bomb attacks in Feni and Netrakona districts on Tuesday night. In Feni, nine people, including a woman, were burned as miscreants hurled a petrol…
Man killed in ‘gunfight,’ another bullet-hit body found in capital
Police recovered a bullet-hit body of a youth from Madrasapara in Matuail area in Jatrabari on early Monday morning, reportedly following a ‘gunfight’ with the Detective Branch police. Being informed, a team of Jatrabari Police Station, led by sub-inspector Humayun…
Armed clash over area supremacy leaves 2 dead in Munshiganj
Two people were shot to death during a clash between two rival groups at Kalir Char of Banglabazar in Munshiganj sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Foyez Miji, 38, and Mohan Bepari, 35. Additional police super…
Bnp condemns Gaibandha bomb attack
The BNP on Saturday denounced the petrol bomb attack on a passenger bus at Tulshighat in Gaibandha that left six people dead and many others injured on Friday, and renewed its stand that the 20-party has no link with subversive…
Jamaat man killed in Pirojpur ‘shootout’
An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed by own bullets in a ‘gunfight’ with police at local bus stand in Nesarabad upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Bachchu,25, an activist of the upazila unit Jamaat and son of Abdur…
Shots fired at Prof Emajuddin’s Katabon house
Unidentified miscreants fired four rounds of bullet at the house of Prof. Emajuddin Ahmed, former vice chancellor of Dhaka University at about 9 pm on Saurday. Prof. Dil Roushan Jannat of Political Science Department of the university and daughter of…
2 Shibir, one Jamaat leaders killed in ‘gunfight’
Three leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, including Chouddagram upazila unit president of Shibir, were killed in separate incidents of ‘shootouts’ in Comilla, Rajshahi and Jessore on Friday. Shahbuddin Patwari,28, president of Shibir’s Chouddagram…
Alleged bomb throwers crushed under truck in Jessore
Two young men were killed as a truck ran them over while trying to hurl petrol bombs at the vehicle at Begaritala in Manirampur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Liton ,20, son of Atiar Rahman, a…
5 get burn injuries in petrol bomb attsck on Gazipur train
At least five people suffered burn injuries when miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a commuter train in Sreepur upazila here on Monday amid the ongoing 72-hour hartal and nonstop transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Sirajganj Jamaat leader dies after arrest with bullet injury dies
A Jamaat leader, who was arrested after a clash with police at Bakua village in Ullahpara upazila on Sunday, died at Sirajganj General Hospital early Monday. The deceased was identified as Saidul Islam, 48, secretary of Bakua union unit of…
Another death of political activist in Dhaka ‘gunfight’
A political activist was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ in the Rupnagar Area of Mirpur on Saturday night. The young man has been identified as Emadullah (20) of Baniarpar in Jamalpur district.
Bus afire in city, 30 activists held for ‘sabotage plan’ in Satkhira
Police in an overnight drive arrested 30 people, including eight leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different places of Satkhira district on Friday for their suspected plan to carry out sabotage during the ongoing BNP-led 20-party alliance-sponsored blockade. Police sources…
Rajshahi Jamaat leader killed in ‘gunfight’ with DB police
A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police in Nalkhola area under Matihar thana of Rajshahi city early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam Munsi, secretary of…
Alleged robber leader killed in ‘gunfight’
The ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a gunfight with police at Obaitala in Patkelghata upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam,38, son of Babar Ali, a resident of Nawakata village of the same upazila.…
Khaleda sued also in Comilla for torching vehicle
A case has been filed against 32 leaders and activists of the 20-party alliance, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, in connection with the torching of a covered van in Chouddagram upazila on Sunday. Sub-inspector Nuruzzaman filed the case with Chouddagram…
7 alleged robbers lynched in Narsingdi
Seven suspected robbers were killed and another one seriously injured in a lynch-mob attack at Bhatpara village in Sadar upazila early Monday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Police must use firearms when necessary: Rab DG
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) director general Benazir Ahmed on Sunday said police must use firearms for security reasons when necessary, for example in self-defence. “Police was not given arms to play ‘hadudu’ and must fire, if needed, for security reasons,”…
2 suspects killed in Rab encounter at Banasree in Dhaka city
Two alleged crime suspects were killed reportedly in an encounter with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the city’s Banasree area early Sunday. Officer-in-charge of Rampura Police Station Mahbub Alam Tarafdar said that the incident took place near Banasree…
25 suffer burn injuries as buses torched in Demra, Rajshahi
At least 15 people suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in the city’s Demra area on Friday night. Witnesses said miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a Narayanganj-bound bus of ‘ Glory Paribahan’ when it…
‘Gunfight’ costs life of a young motorcyclist in Daudkandi
A young man Jishan 26 was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with Rab in the Putia area of Daudkandi Upazila under Comilla district on Thursday night.He is the son of late Abu Bakr of Chandraganj village in Lakkhipur Sadar Upazila.…
Bnp’s student affiliate activist killed in city ‘gunfight’
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student affiliate of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the city’s Khilgaon area…
Alleged blockade activist shot, handed over to police
An alleged blockade activist was injured as police shot him while fleeing after hurling a crude bomb at a bus in the city’s Shahbagh area on Monday evening. The victim was identified as Nur Mohammad, 35, son of Fakhar Islam.…