Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 24 gold bars, weighing 2.7 kgs, from Ghiba in Benapole port area here on Thursday night.
Category: Crime
Man jailed for burying 2 dogs 14 puppies alive
Dhaka, May 10 – A court here on Thursday sentenced a security guard to six months jail in a case filed under the Cruelty to Animals Act for burying two dogs and 14 puppies alive at Bagichartek in Rampura in…
Suspected ‘robber’ killed in Chuadanga ‘gunfight’
Chuadanga, May 10 – A suspected ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Gobindahuda village in Damurhuda Upazila of Chuadanga District early Thursday.
College student dies at CMCH a day after suicide attempt
Dhaka- A female college student, who allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze at his house in Dakhshin Burischar area in Hathazari upazila on Tuesday night, died at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital early Wednesday.
‘Mugger’ lynched in city
Dhaka – A young man was beaten to death in the city’s Moghbazar area on Wednesday after he was suspected of being a mugger.
Municipality councillor hacked dead in M’singh
Dhaka- A councillor of Phulpur municipality was chopped to death by miscreants in the municipality area on Wednesday evening.
11 get life term for murder in Kishoreganj
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced 11 people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Katiadi upazila in 2000.
Worker killed at Ctg port
Dhaka – A worker was killed while unloading goods from a vessel at Chittagong port on Wednesday morning.
2 suspected ‘criminals’ killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, May 9 – Two suspected criminals were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with the members of Detective Branch (DB) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Demra and Narayanganj early Wednesday.
3 held with Yaba pills in Cumilla
Dhaka- Members of highway police in a drive arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 40,000 pieces of Yaba pills and 100 bottles of phensidyl syrup from Kalakachua in Burichang upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday morning.
50 Jamaat men held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police in a special drive arrested 50 Jamaat leaders and activists from different places of the district on various charges in Satkhira on Monday night .
6 held over Bogura four murders
Dhaka- Police arrested six people, including a couple and their daughter, over the murders of four young men, who were found slaughtered in a paddy field at Baladighi village in Shibganj uapzila on Monday, from different parts of the upazila…
4 jailed for acid attack on Kushtia college girl
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a young man to 14 years’ imprisonment and three others to 7 years’ one in a case filed for an acid attack on a college girl in 2014.
4 youths found slaughtered in Bogura
Dhaka – Four young men were found slaughtered in a paddy field of Baladighi village in Shibganj upazila on Monday.
Female college teacher, bank auditor found dead in Faridpur flat
Police launch an investigation to unveil the mystery Faridpur, May 7 – Police recovered the bodies of a female college teacher and a bank officer from a flat of a house at Dakhshin Jhiltuli of the Faridpur district town on…
Gunman injures Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal in Punjab
A gunman has shot and injured Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal while he was visiting his constituency in the north-eastern city of Narowal.
Verdict in Prof. Rezaul killing case May 8: Justice urged
Rajshahi, May 6 – The teachers and students of English department of Rajshahi University (RU) brought out rally and formed human chain at the university on Sunday demanding fair justice in their fellow teacher Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee murder…
Gun attack on BNP-backed KCC councilor candidate
Khulna, May 6 – Some unidentified miscreants opened fire on a BNP backed councilor aspirant for Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election at Jamuna Road in Khlishpur on Saturday night.
66.94 lakh cigarettes seized in Chattogram
Dhaka- The Chattogram Customs House has seized huge cigarettes worth Tk 10 crore imported under a false declaration against the names of two non-existent entities.
7kg gold seized from Biman microbus at Dhaka airport
Dhaka – Customs members seized 60 gold bars weighing around 7 kgs from a microbus of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday afternoon.
Police officer-wife killing case: Domestic help acquitted
A court here on Sunday acquitted Khadiza Akter Shumi, a domestic help, in a case filed over killing of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman in 2013.
Youth held over schoolgirl’s rape in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Police arrested a young man on charge of raping a schoolgirl at Bagantuli in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Saturday noon.
Drive launched to nab Rangamati gun attackers
The law enforcers are conducting drive to arrest criminals behind the murder of Naniarchar upazila chairman Shaktiman Chakma and Friday’s gun attack that killed five people.
Private varsity girl escapes rape bid jumping out of moving bus
A female student of a private university escaped rape attempt by jumping off a moving bus at Dampara Wasa More in the port city on Saturday.
Protest against rape violence facilitated thru social media
Activists and protestors on Saturday used social media platform to get united and hold demonstration for a cause in the city.
3 held in Gaibandha ‘with pistol, bullet’
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested three young men reportedly with a pistol and seven bullets from a bus at Kanta in Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha early Saturday.
BSMMU physician, 2 others held with Yaba tablets in Cumilla
Dhaka – Police arrested three people, including a doctor of Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), from Bagur bus stand area in Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Dhaka- Chittagong highway on Friday night.
Nobel literature prize will not be awarded this year
The Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues that have affected the public image of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner.
Trader killed by ‘step brother’in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A trader was hacked to death allegedly by his step brother over land dispute at Housenagar in Shibganj upazila early Friday in Chapainawabganj. The deceased was identified as Jahangir Ali, 55, an egg trader and son of Bisharad…
3 held with 20,000 Yaba in Satkhira
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive arrested three suspected drug peddlers from a courier service office in the district town early Friday in Satkhira.