Benapole, Feb 6 – A student of Sharsha Pilot Model Secondary School was reportedly beaten up by the headmaster of the school for failing to attend the school with uniform in Sharsha Upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday. Local people…
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Two held with fake SSC question papers in Natore
Natore, Feb 5 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two people with fake SSC question papers at Gurudashpur upazila on Monday night. The arrestees were identified as Taher and Shihab, said to be members of an organised…
DU female student kidnapping case: 4 asked to surrender
Dhaka, Feb 5 – The High Court on Monday asked four people to surrender before the trial court by Wednesday in a case filed for attempting to kidnap a female student of Dhaka University. The HC bench of Justice M…
Family in tears as innocent Jaha Alam is released from jail
Dhaka, Feb 04 – Jaha Alam, who got released from jail after imprisoned wrongly for three years, wants compensation and justice for his sufferings. He was released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur in the wee hours of of Monday…
Jaha Alam’s jailing depicts country’s ‘criminal admin’: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – BNP on Monday alleged that the incident of long imprisonment of an innocent person like Jaha Alam has exposed the country’s ‘criminal administration’. “Innocent Jaha Alam had been in jail for 1092 days only because…
‘Plastic-like rice’ seized in Gaibandha
Gaibandha, Feb 4 (UNB) – Police in a drive seized ‘plastic-like rice’ from a shop in the town on Monday morning. Police said that one Rony Miah identified the rice as plastic while cooking it. Later, he went to Gaibandha…
Compatriots forced Bd women domestic help into illicit work
Bahrain, Feb 01 – Two pimps who locked a woman in apartments for three months and forced her to have sex with multiple men have been jailed for 10 years each. The Bangladeshi men, aged 29 and 44, were convicted…
Garo woman murder report March 5
Dhaka Feb 03 – A Dhaka court fixed March 5 for submitting the investigation report over the murders of a woman of Garo community and her daughter in Kalachandpur of Dhaka. Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate…
Rangamati private tutor kills minor pupil he tried to rape
Rangamati, Feb 3 (UNB) –A private tutor allegedly strangled a class three student to death after his failed rape attempt at Raikhali Purbakodala Borokhola Para in Kaptai upazila on Sunday. Police arrested private tutor Bachingmong Marma, 40, after local people…
Smugglers attack BGB men in C’nawabganj; One held
Chapainawabganj, Feb 3 (UNB) – A team of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) came under attack by some smugglers during a drive at Jahurpur border of Sadar Upazila early Sunday. BGB members also caught one of the smugglers, Ibrahim, 38, son…
Bangladesh 2nd most corrupt country in S Asia: TIB
Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) – Bangladesh stands the second most corrupt country in South Asia, according to Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). In addition, Bangladesh ranked 149 in the world, 13th from the bottom, according to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018. Earlier…
Jubo League man shot in Jessore
Jashore, Jan 28 (UNB) – A local leader of Jubo League was wounded in an alleged gunfight at Shastitalapara in the district town on early Monday. The man was identified as Mehbub Rahman Mansel, 30, joint convener of Jubo League’s…
Corruption endangers democracy, social justice, rule of law
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – The High Court has observed that corruption, including financial crimes, today not only poses a grave danger to the concept of good governance, but also threatens the very foundation of democracy, social justice and the…
Michael Jackson’s estate slams abuse documentary
Park City, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) —Michael Jackson’s estate is blasting a documentary that tells the stories of two men who accuse Michael Jackson of sexually molesting them when they were young boys, calling the film “tabloid character assassination.” A statement…
Couple’s throat-slit body found in Nilphamari
Police recovered the bodies of a young couple with slashed throat from a house in Khatamadhupur of Saidpur upazila in Nilphamari on Sunday morning, reports UNB.The deceased are Nazrul, 32, and his wife Amena, 22, of the area. Locals spotted…
Arms snatched from Police Sub-Inspector in N’ganj
Narayanganj, Jan 26 – Some youths attacked an on-duty policeman and snatched his revolver at Cholapara village in Rupganj Upazila on Saturday night. Witnesses said two groups of villagers locked into a fight following a football match among themselves in…
Anti-graft body to seize illegal wealth of ‘corrupt persons’
Dhaka, Jan 24 – The Anti-Corruption Corruption (ACC) has decided to seize illegal wealth during the investigation against corrupt persons, if there is any. Sources in the commission said that the ACC took the decision at an emergency meeting held…
Three suspects killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 24 – Two suspected drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of a reported gunfight with law enforcers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali Upazila early Thursday. In Teknaf, two suspected drug traders were killed…
SC upholds CCF Osman Gani’s 12-year in prison sentence
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Court verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing former Chief Conservator of Forest Osman Gani to 12 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.
Jamuna Bank security guard found dead
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The police recovered the body of a security guard from a Jamuna Bank ATM booth in the capital’s Baridhara area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 24.
BB moves to file case against cyber heist in US court
Dhaka, June 2- – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh Bank (BB) is taking all sorts of preparations to file a case with a New York court by the end of January to recover the whole money heisted…
UN sexual abuse report shifts focus
A survey of sexual harassment at the United Nations has uncomfortably shifted the focus to some of the senior UN officials who have either escaped censure – or punishment– despite a rash of charges against them, including abuse and misconduct.
21 confirmed dead in Nairobi hotel siege
At least 21 people were killed when Somali militants stormed a luxury hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya’s government has confirmed. Hundreds were forced to flee the bloodshed at the DusitD2 hotel and business complex on Tuesday. Some 28 injured people…
Shahnaj gets back her motorcycle stolen by a fraud
Police recovered the motorcycle of Shahnaj Akhter Putul from Narayanganj on Wednesday, a day after it was stolen from the capital’s Manik Mia Avenue.
‘Main accused’ in Xulhaz-Tanoy murders held from Tongi
Police on Tuesday night arrested the main suspect from Tongi in Gazipur district in a case filed over the murders of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tanoy in 2016.
Forced child pregnancy and motherhood in Latin America
Research and campaigns by women’s rights advocates are beginning to focus on the problem of Latin American girls under the age of 14 who are forced to bear the children of their rapists, with the lifelong implications that entails and…
Class-X girl ‘gang-raped’ in Thakurgaon
A Class-X girl has reportedly been gang-raped by four young men at Rajagaon in Sadar upazila. The victim’s father filed a case with Ruhia Police Station on Sunday over the incident that took place on Friday night. Police arrested one…
2 suspected robbers killed in Shariatpur ‘gunfight’
Shariatpur, Jan 14 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Dehobhog area of Sadar Upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Russel and Jahangir.
Italian ex-militant Battisti arrested in Bolivia
A former communist militant who Brazil’s new president had vowed to extradite has been detained in Bolivia, a Brazilian official said. Italian Cesare Battisti is wanted for four murders in Italy during the 1970s, which he denies committing. Battisti spent…
City of London moves to revoke award from Suu Kyi
Dhaka, Jan 12 – City of London Corporation councillors have voted in favour of removing the honorary freedom award granted to Aung San Suu Kyi over her failure to condemn atrocities committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.