Dhaka, May 29 – Former Sonagazi officer-in-charge (OC) Moazzem Hossain on Wednesday filed a petition with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail after a tribunal ordered his arrest in a case over recording and circulating a video statement of slain…
Feni, May 29 (UNB)— Charges were pressed in court on Wednesday against 16 people, including madrasa principal SM Sirajuddoula and Awami League leader Ruhul Amin, over the killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) submitted the 722-page…
Dhaka, May 29 – Four suspected robbers and two ‘drug traders’ were killed in separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ in Bagerhat and Comilla districts early Wednesday. In Bagerhat, four suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action…
Dhaka, May 28 – In a major development, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) is going to submit the much-awaited charge sheet of Feni madrasah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s murder case before a Feni court Wednesday seeking death penalty of 16…
by Vera Messing and Bence Ságvári One might think anti-migrant sentiment would be strongest in those countries in Europe with most migrants and among those Europeans with the most contact with them. And one would be wrong. We are experiencing…
A young man died after being hit with an iron rod reportedly by his brother at South Khani in Indurkani upazila on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Forkan, 30, son of Abdus Salam of the area. Mohammad…
By Jan Lundius Stockholm / Rome, May 27 2019 (IPS) – Human existence includes dreams, thoughts, ideas, music, stories, religion, and other immaterial ”things”. They constitute an important part of our habitat, i.e. the dwelling place of any living organism,…
Tokyo, May 28 (AP/UNB) — A man swinging a knife attacked commuters waiting at a crowded bus stop just outside Tokyo during Tuesday morning’s rush hour, wounding at least 19 people, including 13 children, Japanese authorities said. Media reports said…
Eight business establishments including a food factory were fined Tk 83,000 here yesterday on charges of manufacturing, possessing and selling of consumer products. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) realised fine conducting raids in different shopping…
Dhaka, May 25 – A murder case was filed on yesterday in connection with the death of a newborn in the city’s Mirpur area on Saturday. The newborn girl was found dead in Rupnagar residential area, after reportedly being thrown…
Dhaka, May 26 – Two people, including a female traffic police officer, were injured in a crude bomb explosion in the city’s Malibagh area on Sunday night. The injured are Rasheda Akhter Lovely, 28, an assistant sub-inspector of traffic police,…
Narail, May 25 (UNB) – A Class-VIII girl was beaten with a hammer by two youths at Jhamarghop village in Lohagara upazila on Saturday reportedly for refusing a love proposal. The victim is Suborna, daughter of Liakat Mollah of the…
Dhaka, May 24 (UNB) – Libyan police on Friday arrested four Bangladesh nationals from Tajoura district of Libyan capital of Tripoli for their alleged involvement in abducting five Bangladeshi migrants, says an official. Talking to UNB, ASM Ashraful Islam, labour…
Dhaka, May 24 – Thirty-eight people were detained on Friday in Satkhira, Pabna and Laxmipur for their alleged involvement in leaking question paper of primary teacher recruitment test. In Satkhira, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained 29 suspected members of a…
Gazipur, May 21 (UNB)– A school teacher has been arrested for impregnating a seventh grader in Salna area of the city corporation. The victim’s family filed a case at Sadar Police Station on May 20 against the teacher, Sohel Rana…
Dhaka, May 21 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday set July 2 to submit probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank reserve heist that took place in 2016. Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury…
Madaripur, May 20 (UNB)- A 54-year-old police constable in Sadar upazila was withdrawn on Monday for throwing a teenage girl out of his house through the ventilator after raping her. Muktar Hossain, 54, was working as a constable at Madaripur.…
Dhaka, May 20 – A case was filed on Monday against three police officers of Bangshal Police Station for allegedly taking bribe. The three accused policemen are- Sub-Inspector (SI) Rayhan, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Hasen and ASI Amit. A businessman named…
By Thalif Deen UN, May 20, 2019 (IPS) – The UN’s longstanding mandate to promote and protect human rights worldwide –- undermined recently by right-wing nationalist governments and authoritarian regimes – has taken another hit. The Geneva-based Office of the…
Dhaka, May 20 – The High Court on Monday directed the government to submit the inquiry reports of Ministry of Housing and Public Works over the alleged irregularities in purchasing furniture and other household products for officials and employees of…
Dhaka, May 20 – The High Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to form separate teams to monitor fruit markets and warehouses across the country so that none could able to use chemicals on fruits. The HC bench comprising…
Dhaka, May 20 – Two suspected hijackers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Hazaribagh Beribadh area of the capital early Monday. The deceased were identified as Munir, 46, and Giasuddin, 42. According…
Dhaka, May 19 – Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) on Sunday declared that they would file cases against the companies selling the listed 52 substandard products in the market. During a meeting at the Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection’s (DNCRP)…
Cox’s Bazar, May 18 (UNB)- Law-enforcers rescued 84 Rohingyas from Pekua of Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf upazila on Saturday while they were waiting to board boats heading to Malaysia. The rescued Rohingya comprise 31 men, 38 women and 15 children.…
Feni, May 18 (UNB) – The family of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, whose last days formed one of the most cruellest and ultimately heartbreaking episodes the nation witnessed in recent memory, has categorically rejected any notion of a film or other…
Mymensingh, May 18 – Massive irregularities has been alleged in Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) third-grade employee recruitment exam held on Sunday. According to the university sources, the university administration issued a circular for more than one hundred posts in two…
Satkhira, May 18 — A Chhatra League leader chopped off four fingers of a man’s right hand in Kalaroa Upazila on Friday over a land dispute, police and family members said. The victim was identified as GM Tushar, son of…
Pabna, May 18 (UNB)- Police detained the head of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Government Shahid Bulbul College unit on Saturday morning for assaulting his teacher. Shamsuddin Junnun, 24, a resident of the municipality’s Shalgari area, was detained from the town, Additional…
Mymensingh, May 18 (UNB) – Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) students protested for a third consecutive day on Saturday against the alleged sexual harassment of a female student by a rickshaw puller on the campus. They gathered in front of the…
Cox’s Bazar, May 18 – A suspected drug trader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Shahporir Dwip Jhaubon in Teknaf Upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Md Ibrahim, son of Nurul Amin of Mistri Para area…