An upazila level BNP leader and his daughter were killed as unidentified assailants launched bomb attacks on them in Mujibnagar upazila of the district on Thursday evening.
Category: Crime
Twaki’s death: Father, N’Ganj Mayor accuse Shamim
Rafiur Rabbi, convener of the Narayanganj version of Shahbagh’s Ganajagaran Mancha, on Friday accused ruling Awami League leader and former MP AKM Shamim Osman of killing his son, Tanvir Mohammad Twaki.
Rab official hurt in Prajanma Chattar blasts
A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) official was injured as unidentified miscreants exploded three crude bombs at the Shahbagh Ganojagaran Mancha in the city on Friday afternoon.
JU VC decides to continue
Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor Dr Anwar Hossain has changed his decision to resign from his post as groups of teachers and students requested him to continue.
Hall-Mark loan scam: ACC quizzing 7 Shajalal officials
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) started quizzing seven officials of Shahljalal Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) for their alleged involvement in ‘non funded’ loan scam with controversial Hall-Mark group. The officials are- SIBL Iskaton Branch assistant vice president (AVP) and deputy manager…
Fake RAB men held with cash
Detective Police nabbed eight fake Rapid Action Battalion personnel with a large amount of cash on them from Savar. Detective Police Additional Deputy Commissioner Mashiur Rahman said they were arrested in a raid Friday night. According to him, Tk 458,000…
‘National interest to be ensured’
The Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Ghulam Rahman has said that “national interest” will be ensured in its response to the World Bank, which is expected take place within the next 24 hours. Rahman’s comments came after the contents…
Khagrachhari gunfight kills 1
Jan 9:A man was killed and two others injured in a gunfight of two groups at Jalpara area of Chengi union under Panchhari upazila of the district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kalo Prio Chakma, 38, an activist…
5 bombs explode in DU campus
Three locally-made crude bombs exploded in the Dhaka University campus in the evening ahead of Sunday’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance. Proctor Amjad Ali said that the bombs went off between 5:15pm and 5:45pm. He said…
Five on remand in gang-rape case
Tangail – A Tangail court on Wednesday placed four accused on a three-day remand and another one on one-day remand for police interrogation for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a local schoolgirl.
In student’s gang rape, murder, two worlds collide
NEW DELHI – One of hundreds of attacks reported in New Delhi each year, the gang rape and murder of a medical student caught Indian authorities and political parties flat-footed, slow to see that the assault on a private bus…
School Nurse grieves Connecticut carnage
ABC News Blogs via Yahoonews Crouched in fear underneath her desk, Sally Cox, the Sandy Hook Elementary School nurse, watched gunman Adam Lanza through a small hole holding computer wires as he walked into the school’s office and faced her…
Don’t report Skype chat, ICT asks media
bdnews24.com The International Crimes Tribunal-II on Thursday barred the media from publishing or broadcasting anything related to reported conversation between former Chairman of the first tribunal and a Brussels-based legal expert. The order came at the first sitting of the…
Death threat on 26 magistrates!
Agency Some unidentified miscreants on Saturday afternoon issued death threats to 26 judges of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistracy by cutting their veins.
‘Abul Hasan recommended, not me’
Former Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain has admitted of receiving recommendation from former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury to appoint Canadian firm SNC Lavalin as Padma bridge project consultant. But he claimed that he did not put…