Dhaka, May 24 – The countrywide campaign and ongoing killings in reported gunfights with law enforcers are in accordance with the secret list of narcotics traders formed by the Department of Narcotics Control, including intelligence agencies, said Home Minister yesterday.
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Dhaka – Six more suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported gunfights with police in Feni, Brahmanbaria, Cumilla and Narayanganj districts early Thursday as the anti-narcotics crackdown continues across the country.
Dhaka- Three workers died and four others were injured after being electrocuted while repairing an electric line of Palli Bidyut at Madhyadoriabad village of Islampur upazila in Jamalpur on Thursday afternoon.
Issuing a note of warning, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said there will be no place for drug traders in the city.
Kamran Reza Chowdhury Bangladeshi rights activists and opposition politicians are criticizing as heavy-handed this month’s intensified nationwide anti-drug crackdown in which, police agencies say, officers gunned down at least 46 suspects over the past nine days who were allegedly resisting…
Dhaka, May 24 – Seven suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported gunfights in Feni, Comilla, Narayanganj, and Magura districts early Thursday in the latest anti-narcotics drive undertaken by the law enforcers.
Rajshahi, May 24 – Demanding the trial of killing after the rape of two ethnic minorities Tripura community girls in Chittagong the Adivashi Chattra Parishad Central Committee has formed a human chain in Rajshahi.
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Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested 10 people and recovered 1,08,000 yaba pills from their possessions at Kolatoli area in the district headquarters in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday afternoon.
DHAKA- The government today approved the ‘Gold Policy-2018’ to ease the import and export of the precious metal as well as ensure transparency in its trade inside the country.
Dhaka – Fifty seven members of six forest robber gangs surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal along with their arms and ammunition at Labonchora in the district town on Wednesday.
Malaysia’s new government should move swiftly to implement the human rights commitments set out in the Pakatan Harapan coalition’s election manifesto, Human Rights Watch said in a May 21, 2018 letter to newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the eradication of drug abuse is possible with a ‘nonpolitical’ drive and enforcement of law, not with ‘crossfire’.
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Dhaka, May 22 – The High Court Tuesday adjourned the hearing till Wednesday at 2.00pm on the petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in two cases.
Dhaka, May 22 – Law minister Anisul Huq Tuesday said that the government would take into cognizance the eight-points raised by journalists community and redraft the Digital Security Bill specifying the definitions of terms, necessary addition or deduction.
Dhaka, May 22 – Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal Tuesday said they have complaint against ruling party lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi of Cox’s Bazar-4 but they have no evidence of his involvement in dealing with drug business.
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing a farmer in Nakal upazila in 2013 in Sherpur .
Dhaka- An alleged mugger sustained bullet injury during a gunfight between police and his accomplices in the city’s Jurain graveyard area early Tuesday. The injured was identified as Rajan alias Kala Rajan, 25.Police said a team of Shyampur police station…
Dhaka – A man tried to commit suicide allegedly after killing his wife in Tanore upazila on Tuesday.
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a shopkeeper from Adgram village in Baraigram upazila in Natore on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Alif Hossain, son of Faij Uddin of the village.
The Palestinian foreign minister on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court “to open an immediate investigation” into war crimes and apartheid against the Palestinian people.
With the countrywide crackdown on drug dealers continuing, 11 more alleged drug peddlers were killed in ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Chattogram, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Narayanganj, Netrakona, Chuadanga, Dinajpur and Nilphamari districts early Tuesday.
Dhaka- Detectives in a drive arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Chandrapur in Gurudaspur upazila in Natore early Tuesday.
The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the Islamic State group there, Human Rights…
Dhaka, May 22 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that directed Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Sajan Paribahan to pay Tk 1 crore in compensation to the family of Rajib…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury Kuala Lumpue and Sydney, May 21 (IPS) – Agriculture is critical for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes, ‘From ending poverty and hunger to responding…
By Thalif Deen Stockholm, May 21 (IPS) – In the paradoxical battle against military conflicts, is preventive diplomacy one of the political remedies that can help deter wars before they break out?
Dhaka, May 21 – About 27 people, mostly suspected drug paddlers or drug addicts, were killed in ‘so called gunfight’ with law enforcers across the country in last 21 days as of today (Monday), said human rights body Ain o…