Dhaka- A day labourer, who went missing on Tuesday, was found dead at a water body insadar upazila in Bagerhat on Wednesday night.
Category: Crime
No ‘gold loot’ but recording mistake at BB vault: Quader
Gazipur, July 18 – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said there had been no ‘gold heist’ from Bangladesh Bank vault.
Two killed in Cox’s Bazar reported ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, July 19 – Two people were killed in a reported gunfight with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Marine Drive road in Himchhari area early Thursday.
No problem with BB vault gold, claims State Minister Mannan
State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan on Wednesday claimed that the gold kept in Bangladesh Bank vault is fine and the confusion over its adulteration was created due to a clerical mistake.
Brazilian plastic surgeon ‘Dr Bumbum’ on run after patient dies
A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has gone on the run after a woman died following injections he gave her to enlarge her bottom. Investigators say Dr Denis Furtado carried out the procedure on Lilian Calixto at…
Hajj of 10,000 intending pilgrims uncertain for agency failure
Uncertainty looms for about 10,000 pilgrims who won’t be able to perform Hajj this year because some agency owners yet to collect tickets from the concerned airlines.
Minor girl drown in B’baria
Dhaka – A minor girl drowned in a pond at Karuatoli village in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning.
Three killed in city road crash
Dhaka – Three people were killed and seven others injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a humanhaulerat Beribadh in the city’s Rupnagar area on Tuesday morning.
Teenage girl ‘gang-raped’ in Cumilla
Dhaka – A teenage worker of a footwear factory has allegedly been gang-raped by four youths at Devpur of Burichang upazila in Cumilla.
BNP condemns ‘gold scam in Bangladesh Bank vault’
BNP on Tuesday strongly denounced the reported gold scam in the central bank’s vault, saying it is another sign of plundering by the government.
ICC: Strengthen court on its 20th anniversary
Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should increase their support for the court in the face of increasing challenges to delivering justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, was adopted 20 years…
Four awarded death penalty for Moulvibazar war crimes
Dhaka, July 17 – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday handed death sentence to four for committing crimes against humanity in Rajnagar Upazila of Moulvibazar district during the 1971 Liberation War.
51 women killed for dowry, 592 raped in six months
Dhaka, July 16 – At least 592 incidents of rape occurred across the country in last six months till June 30 this year.
BGB’s extra role stops trade at Benapole
Dhaka – As traders at Benapole Land Port continued their strike for the second day protesting Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members taking up permanent position at the custom’s weighbridge, the government has had to bear a revenue loss of Tk30…
Intern held for ‘raping’ schoolgirl at Sylhet hospital
An intern of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital was arrested on Monday allegedly for raping a schoolgirl at the hospital.
2 suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfight’ with police
Dhaka, Jul 16 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights with police in Kushtia, Mymensingh districts early Monday.
Bodies of mother, daughter found in Ctg home water reservoir
Dhaka, July 15 – Police on Sunday recovered the bodies of a mother and her daughter found inside a water reservoir at their home Meher Manzil of Ambagan area under Khulshi police station in Chattogram.
Youth found dead in Jhenidah
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from Agmundia village in Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah on Saturday morning.
12 BD fishermen ‘abducted’ in Khulna
A group of forest robbers reportedly abducted 12 fishermen from Mora Pashur and Andaria area of Sundarbans early Friday.
The future of int’l justice amid boundless cruelty
You were there when the treaty establishing the ICC was completed 20 years ago. What was that like? It was a six-week rollercoaster ride of intense negotiations, preceded by three years of negotiations at United Nations headquarters in New York…
2 suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfights’
Two suspected drug traders were killed in ‘gunfights’ with police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Tangail and Bogura districts early Friday.
Five including 4 suspected drug traders killed in gunfights
Dhaka, July 11 – Four suspected drug traders and one suspected robber were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police and Rab in Kushtia, Natore, Laxmipur districts and Keraniganj on Tuesday night and early Wednesday as the anti-narcotics crackdown continues across…
Burnt body of missing cop found in Gazipur forest
Burnt body of a police officer was recovered from a forest in Rayerdia area of Kaliganj upazila in the district on Tuesday.
Two suspected drug traders, one robber killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Jul 10 – Two suspected drug traders, one ‘robber’ were killed in gunfights with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirpur of the Capital, Narayanganj and Rangpur early Tuesday.
Scribes continue getting hazardous news in India
Nava Thakuria Guwahati, July 9 – We finished the first half of 2018 with the shocking news that broke from America, one of the professed liberal spaces for journalists in a democracy on Earth. A gunman stormed into the newsroom…
2 killed in Gaibandha road crash
Gaibandha – Two people were killed and 24 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Kalitala Bazar in Gobindaganj upazila on Monday. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.Mujibur Rahman, officer-in-charge…
Schoolgirl raped in Bagerhat
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was raped at Gharmul in Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat on Sunday.
Liquor worth Tk. 5 cr seized from Uttara Club
Dhaka- Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) conducted a drive in the city’s Uttara Club and seized huge quantity of foreign liquor and beer of various brands worth around Tk 5 crore on Monday.
By 15 including UPDF leader abducted in Rangamati Hill Dist
A leader of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and 14 villagers were abducted at gunpoint by some miscreants from Kaukhali and Naniarchar upazilas in the district on Sunday.
BD anti-graft watchdog to quiz 7 over link to Panama Papers
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned for interrogation seven individuals whose names have been appeared in the leaks of Panama Papers and Paradise Papers.