Dhaka – A 70-year-old man was killed allegedly by his son at Banshbaria village in Keshabpur upazila in Jessore on Sunday.SM Anwar Hossain, officer in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station, said Abdus Salam, 32, had a brawl with his father Nawab…
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BA plane evacuated on Paris airport runway
London-bound passengers were evacuated from a British Airways plane after a “direct security threat,” airport officials said. Travellers were escorted by armed officers and searched by sniffer dogs from flight BA0303 at Charles De Gaulle Airport, in Paris, this morning.…
UK police makes second arrest over Tube bombing
A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicion of a terror offence and is in custody…
Magura schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
Magura, Sept 17 – A third-grade student was reportedly raped by a youth at Sajiara village in Sadar Upazila on Saturday afternoon.
5 teenage girls return from India after serving jail
Dhaka – Five Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home through Benapole check post on Saturday night after serving two years jail term in an Indian prison.Indian police handed them over to Benapole Check Post Police Immigration.
Jessore madrasah teacher held for sexual assault on student
Dhaka – A madrasah teacher was arrested from Andulia village in Chaugachha upazila in Jessore on Friday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor student.
Cattle trader killed by BSF along Lalmonirhat border
Dhaka – A Bangladeshi cattle trader has been killed and another injured by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Bamaldal border point in Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat .Lt Col Golam Morshed, commanding officer of Border Guard Bangaldesh…
London underground blast a terror incident, say police
An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District Line train from Wimbledon, is being treated as terrorism,…
2 ‘robbers’ held with ‘arms‘ in Gaibandha
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected members of an inter-district robber gang from Phulchari upazila of Gaibandha on Thursday.The arrestees were identified as Shahidul Islam, 34, and Hafizur Rahman, 38.
Jubo Dal leader killed in Savar road crash
Dhaka – A Jubo Dal leader was killed and another injured when a bus hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Aricha road at Jorpool here in Savar early Friday.
Driver killed in Tangail road accident
Dhaka -The driver of a covered van was killed and three other people sustained injuries in a road accident at Sehratoil in Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday morning.
Man strangles wife in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over his extramarital affairs at Lachhmanpur Hindupara village in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Thursday.
Man ‘commits suicide’ in Savar
Dhaka – A truck driver allegedly committed suicide in Noyarhat Kulupara area in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka city on Thursday. Locals said Liton Raj, 35, son of Raj Krishan, beat up his wife Kulu Rani following a quarrel…
Woman hacked dead ‘by son’ at Benapole
Dhaka-A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son at Tutkhali village of Benapole in Sharsha upazila over family dispute in Benapole on Thursday morning.Locals said Bappi Rahman, 19, son of Masudur Rahman, hacked his mother Ayra Kahun, 40,…
Man to die for killing wife in Sylhet
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in 2009.Koyes Mia, 34, son of Abdul Khalik of Sadar upazila in Moulvibazar district in Sylhet, was tried in absentia.
Magura drug peddler jailed for 2 months
Dhaka- A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced a drug peddler to two months imprisonment for taking and selling Yaba tablets in Veterinary Hospital area in the district town.Tipped off, the mobile court carried out a drive and arrested Ripon,…
Avijit murder report Oct 16
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday set October 16 for submission of inquiry report in the case filed in connection with the murder of writer and Blogger Avijit Roy.
‘Drug peddler’ held at Benapole
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected drug peddler along with Indian liquor and Phensidyl syrup from Ghiba village in Sharsha upazila in Benapole early Wednesday.
Missing sewer worker found dead
Dhaka – A sewer worker, who went missing after entering a manhole to clean the sewerage line near Chalantika intersection on Milk Vita Road in Mirpur-7 in the city on Tuesday afternoon, was found dead nearly after 24 hours on…
2 injured in Joypurhat passengers-cops clash
Dhaka, Sept 13 – Two people suffered wounds in a clash between passengers and Government Railway Police (GRP) at Akkelpur Railway Station in Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat on Tuesday night.
Another slaughtered at Munshiganj shrine
Munshiganj, Sep 13 (UNB) – Two women, including a khadem (caretaker) of a Mazar (shrine), were found dead at a Mazar (shrine) in Sadar Upazila here on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Taijul Begum, 48 and Amena Begum,60, a…
Stop violence: US asks Myanmar security authorities
Dhaka, Sept 13 – The United States has called on Myanmar security authorities to respect the rule of law, stop the violence, and end the displacement of civilians from all communities.
Rape evidence found on Rupa’s body
Dhaka – Doctors have found rape evidence in the autopsy report of Jakia Sultana Rupa, who was killed after being gang raped in a running bus.The medical team, formed to conduct autopsy on the body of Rupa, submitted the report to…
One held with 80,000 pieces of banned injections
Dhaka – Customs intelligence officials arrested a Bangladeshi national along with 80,000 pieces of banned Indian injections from Benapole customs checkposton Tuesdaynight.
3 Neo-JMB men held in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police arrested three members of Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a hostel in Baneshwar Bazar area of Puthia upazila in Rajshahi early Tuesday.
Mobile top-up trader hacked dead in M’singh
Dhaka – A mobile top-up trader was hacked to death by muggers at Kewatkhali in Sadar upazila in Mymensingh early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Haripad, 45, a resident of the area.
‘Proof’ of Rohingya-set fires in Myanmar fails inspection
Bangkok, Sept 12 (AP/UNB)- Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist monastery insisted he knew who had set it ablaze. It was the…
Man held with 10 foreign birds
Dhaka – Police arrested a man along with 10 foreign birds from Chachra check post area of Sadar upazila in Jessore on Monday night.
‘Woman drug peddler’ held with 100 Yaba tablets
Dhaka – Police arrested an alleged female drug peddler along with 100 pieces of Yaba pills from Modhir Dhal area on Magura-Jessore highway on Monday evening.The arrestee was identified as Jahanara Begum, 40.
2 killed as bus collides head-on with container trailer
Dhaka-Two people were killed and 16 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a container trailer at Joralganj area, in front of BSRM Steel Mills on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsharai upazila in Chittagong on Monday afternoon.One…