Dhaka, Aug 30 (UNB) – Two ‘criminals’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with members of law enforcement agencies in Chuadanga and Chattogram early Friday. In Chuadanga, a suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at JoyrampurKathaltala…
Dhaka, Aug 29 – After giving warning the Superintendent of Barguna police for media briefing of a sensational murder case, the High Court yesterday directed the government to formulate a guideline on how much statement the law enforcers could make…
Dhaka – A special NIA court has convicted 19 people, including four Bangladeshi citizens, in the 2014 Burdwan blast case, officials said on Wednesday, reports India Today. All of them confessed to their crimes before the court, they said.Two people…
A stalker was arrested Tuesday after a girl of Class IX committed suicide due to his relentless harassment. Fahima, the victim, committed suicide by tying a scarf around her neck and hanging herself after failing to bear dishonor due to…
A class-VIII girl has reportedly tried to commit suicide at Ramkrishnapur in Harirampur upazila after an arbitration fined her and three of her friends Tk 1 lakh lebelling her ‘characterless’.
Dhaka, Aug 29 – Three suspected criminals were killed in separate alleged gunfights in Gazipur, Cumilla and Chattogram early Thursday.
Mexico City (AP/UNB) — An attack on a bar in Mexico’s Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos killed 23 people and injured 13 late Tuesday. The attackers started a fire that ripped through the bar, killing eight women and 15 men.…
Jamalpur, Aug 26 – After three days behind the shadows, Office Assistant Sanjida Yasmin Sadhana, whose indecent video with the now replaced Jamalpur DC went viral, fainted in the confidential section of the DC office when she appeared there to…
Dhaka, Aug 25 – The United States has called upon all those involved in Myanmar to respect human rights, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and engage in political dialogue to pursue peace. The US further said military abuses continue in Rakhine…
Dhaka, Aug 25 – A mobile court in a drive, arrested 17 members of a teenage gang from Dhaka’s Rayer Bazar area. The mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate Mohammad Sarwar Alam, sent 16 gang members to one-year imprisonment to…
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 23 (UNB) – Hundreds of agitated locals stormed a Rohingya camp and vandalised makeshift houses and NGO offices following the murder of a local Jubo League leader in Teknaf. They burned tyres and plastic boxes to block…
Chuadanga, Aug 24 (UNB)- A criminal was beaten to death by angry mob after he reportedly stabbed dead a youth who resisted a rape attempt on his niece by the criminal at Amirpur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday. The…
Dhaka, Aug 23 (UNB) – Amid the growing incidents of rape and violence against women and children, BNP has formed a forum to stand by the victims of such repression with legal and other support, and create a social movement…
Mymensingh, Aug 22 (UNB) – A man accused of murder was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Chakua Daria intersection in Gafargaon upazila early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ekhlas Uddin, 32, son of Nurul Islam of…
Dhaka, Aug 21 – The Anti-Corruption Commission filed departmental cases against its 11 officials who were investigating 26 corruption cases in which jute mill worker Jaha Alam was wrongly implicated and suffered in jail for three years.
Magura, Aug 21 (UNB) – A newly-wed couple apparently took their own lives at Raghobdair village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night, barely three weeks after tying the knot. The deceased were identified as Nirab Biswas, 20, and Sraboni Biswas,…
Chandpur, Aug 19 (UNB) – Police recovered a headless body of a madrasa student from Piarikhola village in Matlab Dakshin upazila on Monday noon. The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana, 17, son of Jamir Hossain of the village. He…
Munshiganj, Aug 19 (UNB) – A young woman has reportedly been gang-raped by miscreants when she was hanging around with her husband at a tourist spot in Sirajdikhan upazila. Locals caught an accused, Sohel, 23, son of Osman Mia of…
Dhaka – Being furious after their repeated threats to withdraw a rape-attempt case went unheeded, miscreants have gang-raped a madrasa girl abducting her from her residence in Alamdanga upazila.
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – Two schoolgirls have reportedly been raped in Satkhira and Shariatpur districts while two people, including a teacher, were arrested in Barguna and Sylhet for repeatedly violating two other girls. In Satkhira, a nine-year-old girl was…
Pabna, Aug 17 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Sondaha Kanelpara village in Santhia Upazila here early Saturday.
Jashore, Aug 15 (UNB) – A man was held on Thursday for his alleged rape attempt on a four-year-old girl in Chaugachha upazila. The arrestee is Khairul Islam, 38, son of Khelafat Ali of Ichhapur village in the municipality. The…
Dhaka, August 15 – The police of Boalia thana of Rajshahi are investigating the assault incident on a teacher of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) by a group of miscreants, for protesting sexual harassment of his wife at…
Bhola, Aug 14 (UNB) – Two men, suspected of raping a schoolgirl, were killed in an alleged crossfire at Dakshin Rajapur village in Sadar upazila on early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Alamin, 25, son of Sayed Ahmed; and…
Dhaka, Aug 10 (UNB) – A housewife has reportedly been gang-raped confining her husband to an eatery in Sadar upazila. Police arrested four accused on Saturday over the incident after the victim filed a case with Sadar Model Police Station.…
Khulna, Aug 10 (UNB)— A case was filed against five policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Government Railway Police (GRP), on Friday evening for allegedly gang-raping a woman in custody eight days ago. The victim filed the case at GRP Police…
Gaibandha, Aug 9 – A ‘criminal’ was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katakhaliin Gobindaganj Upazila early Friday.
Barishal, Aug 8 – A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Harinafulia in the city on early Thursday, reports UNB.
Seoul, Aug 7 (AP/UNB) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.…
Khulna, Aug 7 (UNB) – Two railway policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Khulna Government Railway Police (GRP) Station, were attached to the GRP Lines for their suspected involvement with the reported gang-rape of a woman. The action was taken against…