Dhaka, Oct 10 – A boy was injured as a bomb exploded at Shankarpur area of Jessore city on Tuesday evening.
Category: Crime
Rohingya refugee women bring stories of unspeakable violence
By Naimul Haq Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 10 (IPS) – Yasmin, 26, holds her 10-day-old baby, who she gave birth to in a crowded refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern district bordering Myanmar. Three weeks ago, when she was…
2 neo-JMB men held in N’ganj
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two members of the banned militant outfit Neo-JMB from Narayanganj on Tuesday.
‘Top terrorist’ found dead in B’baria
Dhaka – A listed top terrorist was found dead on Comilla- Sylhet highway in Gazaria area of Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Linkon, 40, son of Golam Hossain Miah, a resident of Dakhshin Pourtoil…
Storm kills 1, damages houses in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A man was killed and several people were injured as a storm lashed eight villages under two unions in Bagha upazila on Tuesday.Locals said Sader Ali, 55, of Gochor village was killed when he fell off his bicycle…
College student held with 10 gold bars at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a college student along with 10 gold bars worth Tk 50 lakh from Putkhali border area here in Benapole on Tuesday.
Man, woman held with 15 kg hemp
Dhaka – Detectives arrested two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, from Ikuria bus stand area of Dakhshin Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka on Monday night.The arrestees were identified as Md Alauddin, 40, and Parvin, 38.
College student found dead at Buriganga
Dhaka – Police recovered body of a college student from Buriganga river in Char Mirerbagh Kheyaghat area of Dakhshin Keraniganj upazila on Monday night one day after he had gone missing.The deceased was identified as Md Alauddin Hossain Ifad, 18,…
Rohingya woman held in Gopalganj
Dhaka – Police arrested a Rohingya woman, fled from Rakhaine state in Myanmar amid persecution, from Bhennabari Bazar of Sadar upazila in Gopalganj on Monday evening.
Man to die for murder in Keraniganj
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2012.The condemned convict is Mohammad Bacchu, 25 while the lifers are Sajal, 27 and Sumon alias…
2 held with 970 Yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar
Cox’s Bazar – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two people, including a woman, along with 970 pieces of Yaba tablets from Nayapara refugee camp area of Teknaf upazila on Sunday night.
Drug trader held with 5kg heroin in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged drug trader along with 5kg of heroin worth Tk five crore from Sarengour area of Godagari upazila on Sunday afternoon.
One killed in BSF firing along Kushtia border
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi national was allegedly shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Daulatpur border in Kushtia on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Bulbul Hossian, 24, a resident of Jamalpur village in Daulatpur…
Man beaten dead by ‘police’ in Joypurhat
Dhaka- A man was beaten to death allegedly by police at Harunga village of Kalai upazila in Joypuhat early Monday.The deceased was identified as Saidur Rahman, son of Ashraf Ali, a resident of the village.Belayet Hossain, additional superintendent of Joypurhat…
Minor found dead in Manikganj
Dhaka – An eight-month-old minor girl was found dead in a pond at Baniyajhuri village of Ghior upazila in Manikganj on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Taha Islam, daughter of Sohel Miah, a resident of Sheldhara village.
One held with 10 gold bars at Benapole
Dhaka – Customs intelligence arrested a suspected gold smuggler along with 10 pieces of gold bars worth abut TK 50 lakh from Benapole international check post on Monday morning.The arrestee was identified as Md Main Uddin, 26, son of Md…
Weinstein sacked after sexual harassment claims
Harvey Weinstein, the film producer accused of sexually harassing female employees for nearly three decades, has been fired by the board of his company. The Weinstein Company directors said that “in light of new information about misconduct”, they had terminated…
Case on violation of varsity girl at Banani deferred
Dhaka – The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 of Dhaka on Sunday again deferred the hearing of witnesses in the case over the alleged rape of two university students at a hotel of Banani in the capital to October…
Crime reporting, photo journalism training ends at BAU
Mymensingh – The certificate awarding ceremony of the 8-day journalism training on ‘Crime Reporting and Photo Journalism’ was ended at Graduate Training Institute (GTI) of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Sunday.
Jubo Dal leader Shaheen dies; Khaleda condoles his demise
Dhaka – Dhaka south city unit Jubo Dal organising secretary Jamaluddin Khan Shaheen died at a city hospital on Sunday. He was 43. Shaheen breathed his last at Square Hospitals Ltd in the early hours while undergoing treatment, said a…
Gold worth Tk 3.5 cr seized at Shahjalal airport
Dhaka – Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) early on Sunday seized seven kilograms of gold worth about Tk 3.5 crore from the cargohold of a flight of Singapore Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.The gold…
Trio nabbed in Chittagong with 1 lakh yaba
Dhaka- Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered one lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills and arrested three people in this connection from Bohaddarhat of port city Chittagong on early Sunday.Sources at the Rab headquarters here said based on secret information, a…
Nine fishermen jailed for netting Hilsa in Faridpur
Dhaka – A mobile court here from Saturday night to Sanday noon sentenced nine fishermen to different jail terms for netting Hilsa in Padma River of Sadar upazila defying an on-going government ban.The court also recovered seven mounds of Hilsa…
4 fishermen jailed, 1000 metres current nets seized in Chandpur
Dhaka-A mobile court here on Saturday sentenced four fishermen to one month jail for netting mother hilsas in the Meghna river at Shatnol in Matlab Uttar upazila defying the government ban.
One absconding arrested in Sherpur
Dhaka- Sherpur district police arrested one more absconding accused from Sherpur Sadar thana area on Saturday in connection with recovery of huge quantity of chemicals.Sherpur district police conducted a drive at shop of Nokla upazila on Thursday night after getting…
Step-by-step justice for Syrians
The hundreds of thousands of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees who fled to Europe brought something incredibly valuable with them – their memories. They know the names of people who were “disappeared,” the faces of soldiers who rampaged villages, and…
8 ‘muggers’ held in city
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested eight suspected muggers from Agargaon and Tejgaon in the city on early Friday and Thursday night.Tipped off that a gang of bandits were taking preparation to commit robbery in the city, a team…
25 held with huge drug items in 3 dists
Dhaka – Highway police in several drives arrested 25 people along with huge amount of drug items, including Yaba tablets, hemp, phensidyl syrup and wine, from Comilla, Gazipur and Bogra districts on Thursday.
Singer Mila’s husband lands in jail
Dhaka – A court here on Friday sent the husband of popular singer Mila to jail in a case filed for torturing her for dowry.Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmudul Islam passed the order after police produced Parvez Sanjari, a pilot of US-Bangla…
Labourer killed as truck overturns in Joypurhat
Dhaka – A labourer was killed and two others were injured in a road accident adjacent to Kuthibari Bridge on Joypurhat-Dhamoirhat road in sadar upazila Thrusday evening.