Dhaka – Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested a couple along with 3,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Farhadpur village in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Wednesday.
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Garment worker found dead in Savar
Dhaka – A garment worker was found dead at his residence at Tarapur in Savar on the outskirts of the capital early in Savar Wednesday.
‘Robber’ killed in Meherpur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police on Hemayetpur-Amtoil road in Gangni upazila early in Meherpur Wednesday.
2 youths held with ‘20,387 Yaba tablets’ in city
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two suspected drug dealers and recovered 20,387 Yaba tablets from the 300 Feet Road of Khilkhet in the city on Wednesday morning.
UPDF man shot dead in Rangamati
Dhaka – An activist of theUnited People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), the Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political party, was shot to death reportedly by members of a breakaway rival faction in Betchari area in Naniarchar Upazila in Rangamati on Wednesday.
Prejudice on play after rape-murder of Muslim child in India
A heated scene outside a courthouse in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state unfolded yesterday, as lawyers physically attempted to stop police from filing charges against six men and a boy accused of raping and murdering Asifa Bano, an 8-year-old Muslim…
Muhith favours publishing loan defaulters names
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said that the government might publish the name, address and identity of the bank loan defaulters periodically in the media.
Garment worker rape on running bus: Accused on remand
Dhaka, April 10 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka Tuesday granted a three-day remand for five suspects each on the charge of their involvement in the gang-rape of a female garment worker in a moving bus at Dhamrai Upazila…
2 female workers killed in Sunamganj stone quarry
Dhaka – Two female workers were killed while extracting stones from a quarry at Chalti river bank in Sadar upazila in Sunamganj on Tuesday morning.
5 to die for murder in Chattogram
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday convicted five people and sentenced them to death for killing an US expatriate Nurul Alam in 2011 in Chattogram.
3 BD workers killed as lift fall on them in Malaysia
– At least three Bangladeshi construction workers who have been working in Malaysia died in Benapole on Monday, as lift of an under-construction site fell on them at Johor Bahru Forest City in Malaysia. The deceased were identified as Tariqul…
Youth’s body found in Nilphamari
Dhaka – Police here on Tuesday morning recovered body of a young man from Bakdokra village in Domar upazila in Nilphamari.
Trump, Macron for ‘firm reaction’ to Syria chemical weapons
The French and US presidents held fresh talks about the alleged chemical attack on Syrian civilians in Douma and expressed a desire for a “firm response” from the international community, the Elysee Palace late Monday, as pressure grows on Damascus.
5 of robbery ring arrested
Dhaka- Police arrested five members of a robbery ring from Adabar area in the city on Tuesday.
5 held over gang rape in moving bus in Savar
Savar – Police early Monday arrested five people, including a bus driver and his assistant, in connection with the ‘gang rape’ of a female garment worker in a moving bus at Kachmach in Dhamrai on Dhaka-Aricha Highway.
6 tonnes of hilsa fry seized from Chattogram
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion men on Monday seized six tonnes of hilsa fry from Sadarghat area in Chattogram.
Rape accused killed in Jashore ‘gunfight with Rab’
Jashore, Apr 9– An accused in a case filed for violating an eight-year-old girl was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Kholadanga Mandalgati in Sadar Upazila of Jashore district early Monday.
Israel, Hamas may have done war crimes in Gaza Strip: ICC
Jerusalem, Apr 9 (AP/UNB) — The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court raised concerns Sunday that Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during a current flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip.
3 held with 23,580 Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar
Chattogram- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three people along with 23,580 Yaba tablets from Shaplapur Bazar in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday night.
ACC arrests land Minister’s PS for graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday arrested Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s personal secretary Kutub Uddin Ahmed on graft charge.
515 hats made of artificial hair seized in Jashore
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a total of 515 hats made of artificial hair in abandoned condition from no-man’s land near Benapole check post here in Jashore on Saturday.
Accused fled from police custody held in Bagerhat
Dhaka – Police arrested an accused young man from Babuana area in Kachua upazila in Bagerhat on Saturday night who escaped from Chitalmari Upazila Health Complex while being treated in police custody on Thursday night.
Indian arms recovered at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an Indian air gun and two bullets from Boro Achra border area under Benapole thana in Jashore on Saturday night.
8 Shibir men held with ‘bombs’ in Jashore
Dhaka – Police arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with ‘7 bombs’ from Narayandpur union in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Friday night.
How corruption impedes universal health coverage
Sania Nishtar Islamabad – Half of the planet cannot access essential health services. For many people, paying to see a doctor, obtaining medications, seeking family-planning advice, or even getting immunized against common illnesses is a choice between staying healthy and…
Teenagers in love found bound slain in old mine well
They were teenagers in love, bonding after overcoming personal struggles and dreaming of a family and future together. When they vanished days after Christmas, friends and family combed Utah’s west desert for months in search of answers.
Youth stabbed dead in Natore
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by his rivals over a trifling matter at Kholabaria Khamarpara in Sadar upazila in Natore on Thursday night.
‘Robber’ killed in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police near Joy Kali Temple in city’s Wari area early Friday.
VDP man held with ‘Yaba tablets’ in Satkhira
Dhaka – A Village Defence Party (VDP) member was held allegedly along with 20 Yaba tablets from Fultala intersection of the district town on Friday morning.
4 motorcyclists killed in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Four motorcyclists were killed when a bus hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Charabagh in Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Friday.