Paltan Police Station of the city on Monday submitted the charge sheet to a Dhaka court in a sedition case filed against BNP Vice-Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka. Tofail Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Paltan Police Station and also the Investigation Officer…
An alleged extremist has died in a police encounter at Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila. Enamul Haque, 35, was shot dead near Shahidul’s Brick Field around 3am Sunday, said Mirpur Police OC Kazi Jalaluddin. He was a regional leader of the extremist…
A case was filed against 14 people, including 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, in connection with the seizure of over 124 kgs gold, the biggest-ever gold haul at Shahjalal International Airport, in 2013. Customs Inspector Mustafa Jamal filed the…
A alleged ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kaukhali upazila on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Nazir Ahmed Sabuj, 40, allegedly the chief of ‘Sabuj Bahini’.…
They were picked up a year back by the people who identified themselves as RAB personnel but the police unit never admitted arresting them and yet they are still missing. Families of the eight missing people appealed to the government,…
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned recording the depositions of the witnesses in the case filed for killing Special Branch’s Police Officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman last year, as none turned up to testify. In the circumstances,…
Police have arrested three more personnel of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over the murder of seven at Narayanganj and remanded them for questioning. Assistant Sub-inspectors Abul Kalam Azad, Bazlur Rahman and Havilder Md Nasiruddin were arrested on Monday night,…
Three alleged members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been arrested from Dhaka and on the suspicion of their being involved in bomb-making in West Bengal’s Burdwan. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman said they arrested the three alleged JMB…
The Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited has defrauded the public of Tk 1448 crore 78 lakh 73,952. LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam informed Parliament of this on Sunday, replying to a question from ruling party MP M Israfil…
The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have taken punitive action against three teachers of the university on various charges. The actions were taken at the 456th meeting of the Syndicate held on Saturday night following recommendations of separate probe committees. RU…
A Jubo League activist was hacked to death and 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami Leauge and BNP in Araihazar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain…
A university student, who was reported missing from the capital seven days ago, was found dead in a beel (waterbody) in Sathia upazila in Pabna on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Rabbi, 22, son of Anwar Hossain, a…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) passed orders to exhume the body of Shamarukh Mahjabin Sumi, daughter-in-law of Awami League’s former MP Khan Tipu Sultan of Jessore-5 constituency, for another autopsy. CMM Bikash Kumar Shaha issued…
A team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Sunday interrogated detained former energy adviser and incumbent acting editor of Bangla daily the Amar Desh at a Dhaka court in connection with Niko graft case. Earlier, in the morning, Mahmudur…
Police recovered the body of a young man from inside an almirah at a house in old Dhaka city’s Lalbagh area on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Alauddin Shikdar,29, son of Hossain Shikdar, a resident of house no.…
Two suspected robbers were beaten to death by a mob in Dharmasur area under Keraniganj Model Police Station early Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Quoting locals, Majibar Rahman, officer-in-charge of the police station, said…
A clash between rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for establishing supremacy at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on Thursday killed one activist and prompted the authorities to declare the university closed sine die. The university…
Rajshahi police has detained a master’s level female student who was found inside the locked house of slain RU teacher Prof Shafiul Islam. The student was found inside the sociology department teacher’s locked house in Chouddapai area, adjacent to the…
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu today told the parliament that the Government has taken all necessary measures to bring back Noor Hossain, prime suspect of Narayanganj seven-murder case, to Bangladesh. “Process to bring back Noor Hossain is underway,” he told…
Commissioner of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Barrister Mahbubur Rahman has been transferred to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, two days after the gruesome murder of Rajshahi University Professor AKM Shafiul Islam. According to a notification, issued by the Home Ministry…
A teacher of Rajshahi University was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Bihash area in the city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as AKM Shafiul Islam, 40, a professor of Sociology Department of the university. Sources at Rajshahi…
A young man was killed after being hit by a stray bullet fired accidentally from the gun of a local Awami League leader at Palerkhanda village in Morelganj upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Masum Sardar,27, motorcycle driver…
Police arrested the son of former Awami League MP Khan Tipu Sultan of Jessore from city’s Dhanmondi area on charge of killing his wife on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Humayun Sultan Sadat, a resident of Dhanmondi area.
Two ‘bandits’ have died in an alleged encounter with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at the Sundarbans. Enamul Hawlader alias Daroga, 34, said to be the head of bandit group ‘Daroga Bahini’ and his associate ‘Saiful’, 24, were killed, RAB…
A security guard named Belayet Hossain (50) was shoot and taka 2 lakh 80 thousand was robbed at Hajipara under Ramna Thana at around 2:30 pm on Monday. Another security guard Abul Bashar rescued Belayet and took him to Dhaka…
DB police have caught a guy named Sheikh Mozaffor Bin Mohsin (29) in connecgtion with the murder of Nurul Islam Faruki (60). Faruki was an anchor of religious programs in various private TV channels. Police caught Mozaffor from the premises…
West Bengal police have reportedly arrested the main accused in Burdwan blast, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and chief commander of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangaldesh (JMB). Sajid was arrested by sleuths of Bidhannagar Police Commissionarate on Saturday afternoon from the Airport…
Bank officer Aman Ullan Aman allegedly chocked his wife Arju and his son Sabid to death. Aman was having an illegal affair with a friend of his own wife Arju. An uncle of Arju, Younus Hawladar filed a case against…
A Dhaka court yesterday (Thursday) placed Ansarullah Bangla Team media wing chief, Morshed Alam alias Masum on a five-day remand after hearing on a ten-day remand plea. Magistrate M Hasibul Haque of Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court passed the…
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member was beaten to death by smugglers at Laxmidanri border point in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Subedar Nazrul Islam, in-charge of Bhomra BGB camp.