Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people, including an Indian national, in Benapole check-post area here on Thursday for crossing the border illegally.
Category: Crime
Schoolgirl ‘commits suicide’ in Rajshahi
Dhaka – A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide by taking poison at Koyamazompur village in Durgapur upazila on Thursday.
2 held with 8 gold bars at Benapole
Dhaka – Customs Intelligence officials arrested two people along with eight gold bars from Benapole check-post here on Thursday.The arrestees are – Sujon Mia, 22, son of Akbar Ali in Shariatpur district and Jony Molla, son of Abdur Rahim of…
3 ‘robbers’ held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Coast Guard members arrested three suspected robbers along with arms from Gabura village in Shyamnagar upazila early Thursday.The arrestees were identified as Sabuj Gayen, son of Yusuf Gayen, Siddik alias Boma Siddik, son of Nasir Gazi and Siddik…
Man held with foreign currencies at Dhaka Airport
Dhaka- Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials arrested a man along with foreign currencies worth Tk 1.28crore in city’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Thursday.Md Mamun Miah, 41, a resident of Gukulnagar village in Sirajdhikhan upazila of Munshiganj district,…
5 members of fraud gang held in city
Dhaka- Detectives in a drive arrested five suspected members of a fraud gang, involved in making fake government seals and certificates, from the city’s Fakirapool area early Thursday.The arrestees are-Md Abdul Barik, Mohammad Ali, Sabbir Hossain, Shahidul Hoque alias Nizam…
Mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate son
A mother in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated. Rebecca Bredow would not let her nine-year-old be immunised after initially agreeing with…
Hundi trader arrested with $22,500 at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected Hundi trader along with $22,500 from Benapole check-post here on Wednesday.
Madrasah employee held over Facebook comments on PM, Bangabandhu
Dhaka – Police on Wednesday arrested a young man from a madrasah in Ramganj upazila in Laxmipur for posting derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his Facebook wall.The…
Five reasons US gun control won’t happen
Anthony Zurcher In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, gun control advocates are renewing calls for tightening regulation on firearms.
2 killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed and five others injured when a covered van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Comilla-Noakhali road at Bhatiabhita in Laksam upazila in Comilla on Wednesday.
5 fishermen arrested for defying hilsha ban
Dhaka- Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) arrested five fishermen on charge of catching hilsha defying the government’s 22-day ban that is currently in place.The law enforcers also seized six boats, 10,000 meters of illegal current nets, 5,000 meters Charghera…
Gang member held with arms in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a listed member of inter-country (Bangladesh-Myanmar) criminal group along with arms and bullets from a remote hilly region of Puran Pollanpara area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar…
Teenager’s body recovered in Gazipur, 3 held
Dhaka – Police recovered a body of a teenager from a jungle in Kashimpur Bagbari area in Sadar upazila in Gazipur on Tuesday night, 26 days after his going missing.The deceased was identified as Shaidul Islam, 16, son of Sirajul…
2 bullet-hit drug traders held in city
Dhaka – Two suspected drug traders sustained bullet-hit injuries in a clash with police personnel in Kadamtali Pukurpar area of the city early Wednesday.The injured were identified as Shah Jalal, 19, and Noman, 18, of the area.
Court asked to restore details of Kim Jong Nam autopsy
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 (AP/UNB) — Prosecutors are asking Malaysia’s High Court to restore expunged details in the post-mortem report in the poisoning death of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader.
Youngman’s body recovered from Buriganga
Keraniganj, Oct 04 – Members of river police recovered decomposed body of an unidentified young man from the Buriganga river in South Keraniganj Upazila in Dhaka on Tuesday night.
Journalist’s killing: Decapitation videos ‘found on suspect’s hard drive’
Footage of women being decapitated alive has been found on the alleged hard drive of a Danish inventor accused of murdering a journalist. Peter Madsen is alleged to have killed Kim Wall, 30, after she boarded his submarine on 10…
Las Vegas killer Paddock placed cameras in hotel
Stephen Paddock, the gunman who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 in Las Vegas on Sunday, set up a number of cameras in and around his hotel suite. Two cameras in the hallway and one in the peephole…
‘Gunfight’ with cops kills one in Kishoreganj
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Syed Nazrul Islam road in Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj early Wednesday.Md Moklesur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bhairab Police Station, said police arrested Sohag, 25, in several…
Las Vegas Gunman’s father robbed bank and fled FBI
Stephen Paddock’s father lived a life of crime. In his early 30s, Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, the father of the gunman who opened fire on concertgoers in Las Vegas on Sunday night, killing at least 59 people, sold garbage disposals and…
2 Indian Hundi traders held at Benapole Port
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested two suspected Indian female hundi traders along with Tk 24 lakh from Beanapole port on Tuesday noon.
Foreign envoys say Myanmar villages burned down
Ambassadors of 20 mostly western countries based in Myanmar in a joint statement has said they saw Rohingya villages were burned to the ground with residents fleeing elsewhere while visiting the Rakhine state, the scene of the violent military crackdown.…
Sweden and Germany first to hold trials on atrocities in Syria
Efforts to bring those responsible for atrocities in Syria before European courts are starting to bear fruit, notably in Swedish and German courts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While various authorities in Europe have opened investigations…
Snake charmer hacked dead in Savar
Dhaka – A snake charmer was hacked to death by miscreants at a Bedey Palli in Porabari area in Savar on Monday night.Police said miscreants attacked Sohel Hossain, son of Nur Hossain, around 7pm and hacked him indiscriminately, leaving him…
Minor girl abducted from Dhamrai
Dhaka – A minor girl has been abducted allegedly by his cousin from Katabar area in Dhamrai upazila in Savar .
Las Vegas gunman used ‘bump-stock’ device to speed fire
Las Vegas, Oct 3 (AP/UNB) -The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas attached what is called a “bump-stock” to two of his weapons, in effect converting semi-automatic firearms into fully…
Septuagenarian killed by brother
Dhaka-A septuagenarian man was allegedly killed by his younger brother over a land related dispute at Labairkandhi village in Matlab Uttar upazila in Chandpur on Monday.The deceased was identified as Md Shafiullah Gazi, 70, a freedom fighter of our liberation…
58 killed, 515 injured in Las Vegas Music Concert shooting
Las Vegas, Oct 2 (AP/UNB) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of…
Teen ‘tortured to death by cops’ in Sherpur
Dhaka – A 17-year-old boy died hours after being released from police custody in Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur early Monday.The victim was identified as Biswajit Chandra Dey, son of Bidhan Chandra Dey of Uttar Bazar area in the upazila.Talking to…