Two alleged forest robbers were killed in a gunfight between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in Pashur Channel area in the Sundarbans under Mongla upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Dhalu, 28, chief of notorious…
An alleged member of a gang involved in kidney trade has been arrested after he removed both of the kidneys of a six-year-old boy who subsequently died at Ullahparah Upazila in Sirajganj district. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Khalil,…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has revoked its ongoing probe into the non-funded part of the much-talked-about Sonali Bank loan scam as the anti-graft body found it out of its jurisdiction. “Sonali Bank and Bangladesh Bank will conduct probes in…
Two persons, believed to be drug peddlers, have been killed in an encounter with RAB and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in Teknaf. The gun battle took place near the Damdamia Natural Park around 5am on Sunday, BGB 42 battalion…
The Election Commission on Thursday sent to the Anti Corruption Commission the copies of the affidavits Jatiya Party leader ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader submitted before the 9th and 10th parliamentary elections. The documents were requested by the anti-graft watchdog, assistant…
A man wanted for murder has been killed in Jessore during an encounter with police early on Wednesday. The shootout, which also left five policemen injured, occurred at Abhaynagar Upazila’s Shankarpasha village, said Abhaynagar Police Station OC Khabir Uddin.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered the police to seize assets of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s killer Lt Col MA Rashed Chowdhury. Chowdhury, one of the 12 convicted of the assassination, has been staying at Los Angeles in the…
A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced a schoolteacher to life term imprisonment for violating a schoolgirl in Sharsha upazila in 2004. The convict was identified as Rejaul Islam Mukul, a teacher of Baikun Government Primary School and son of Moyen…
At least 12 people, including a policeman, were injured in a gunfight between police and robbers at Bukardanga in Chhatak upazila early Tuesday. Police arrested Raju, an alleged robber of Biswanath upazila in Sylhet, from a local bazaar under Jamalganj…
Police arrested local top terror Ismail Hossain alias Tempo following a gunfight in the city’s Shamserpara area early Friday. Police said they had secret information that Ismail along with his associates was holding a clandestine meeting in the area under…
A man has been arrested from Dhaka for ‘cyber crimes’, the Rapid Action Battalion says. RAB’s media wing Deputy Director Maj Rummon Mahmud said, the detainee used to post ‘objectionable’ photos on the internet. “He used to carry out propaganda…
A court here on Wednesday sentenced three members of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (ML) to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a fellow party man in 2005. The condemned convicts are-Shahid Sheikh, 37, son of Mannan…
A man from Gazipur was handed life imprisonment for raping his own daughter. Gazipur’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Fatema Najib convicted Md Farhad Hossain on Wednesday for the rape of his 19-year old daughter. She also fined him…
The High Court on Tuesday directed for conducting investigation by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police into the sexual harassment of a girl by a policeman in Pirojpur. Passing the order, an HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and…
Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday late night filed a case against three policemen and two other persons in connection with embezzlement of seized gold bars. DB Inspector Fazlur Rahman filed the case with Rampura Police Station, said OC…
Hifazat-e Islam leader Mufti Izaharul Islam and eight others have been indicted in a case filed under the Explosives Act over an explosion at a Chittagong madrasa. Metropolitan Sessions Judge SM Mojibur Rahman issued the order on Sunday. The court…
Two people were found slaughtered in a flour mill at Nitaiganj Khalghat in the district town on Sunday morning. Police recovered the bodies of Abdul Aziz,55, night guard of the mill and son of Mala Baks of Paikpara of the…
A mobile court sentenced 642 people to various terms of imprisonment conducting anti-narcotics drives in the capital in the last two months.
A madrasah teacher has been slaughtered by a local youth allegedly for protesting sexual harassment of a girl at Shahjadpur Upazila in Sirajganj district. The deceased has been identified as Nazrul Islam, 65, a teacher of Chandragati Dakhil Madrasa at…
An activist of Parbatya Chhatragram Janasanghati Samity (PCJSS) was shot dead by some unknown assailants at Beltolipara in Laxmichhari upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Narayan Marma, 35.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent five people, including three policemen, to jail in a case filed in connection with the recovery of gold bars. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order when police produced the accused to the…
At least 15 activists of BNP and its political ally Jamaat-e-Islami were injured in an attack allegedly by supporters of newly elected chairmen over the 5th phase upazila election at Haidarganj in Raipur upazila on Tuesday night.
A local leader of Sramik Dal was shot to death by miscreants at his own furniture shop at Sabalia Suruj road in the district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Azam, 40, organising secretary of the district…
The Election Commission (EC) has admitted to incidents such as seizure of voting centres and widespread stuffing of ballot boxes during the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections. The Commission has blamed grassroots officials for letting such incidents occur…
Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) M Badiuzzman on Monday said the economic emancipation of the country was not achieved even 43 years after the independence due to corruption. Addressing a prize giving ceremony at the Shilpakala Academy Auditorium at Segunbagicha,…
Chairman of Ant-Corruption Commission (ACC) M Badiuzzaman on Sunday urged the people not to suspect the activities and sincerity of the commission particularly in carrying out the ongoing inquiry against some ruling party leaders. “Please wait and see. Don’t be…
Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque Aslam on Tuesday submitted his and his wife Maksuda Haque’s wealth statements to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), says an ACC official. The AL lawmaker from Dhaka-14 constituency submitted the wealth statements to the deputy director…
Miscreants shot dead a member of Ansar in T&T Colony area of Moghbazar in the city early Thursday. The victim was identified as Abdul Halim, 28, son of Mirza Fakir of Shaghata upazila in Gaibandha.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday sent a notice to Petrobangla chairman Prof Dr M Hossain Monsur asking him to provide some information concerning the managing directors of six sister companies. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali sent the notice…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought wealth statements of Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque Aslam and former Jatiya Party MP M Abdul Jabbar and their family members. The commission on Sunday served sent notices to Aslamul Haque, MP and his…