Rajshahi – Members of Department of Narcotics Control on Saturday arrested a college principal with ten pieces of Yaba tablets from Kharail village at Mohanpur upazila in Rajshahi.
Category: Governance
Attorney General again gets death threat
Dhaka, Dec 24 – Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam has received a death threat again. The threat was issued in five letter sent to his office on Sunday.
Police arrests one over infant death during mugging
Police arrested an alleged mugger over the death of a six-month-old baby who fell off his mother’s lap and died during a mugging incident in the city’s Doyaganj area on December 18. “The prime accused Rajib was arrested from the…
Govt seeks SC review of its verdict on 16th Amendment
Dhaka – A review petition against the Supreme Court verdict pronounced on the 16th amendment of the Constitution has been submitted to the respective section of the court. On behalf of the state the 908-page review appeal was submitted on…
2 held with venison in Khulna
Dhaka – Police arrested two men along with 20 kilogram of venison from Jorshing bazar area in Koyra upazila in Khulna early Sunday.
‘Mugger’ held over infant’s death falling off mother’s lap
Dhaka – Police arrested a suspected mugger from Doyaganj area of the capital early Sunday in connection with the death of a six-month-old boy falling off his mother’s lap from a rickshaw during a snatching incident on December 18.The arrestee…
One day BD navy to become builder from buyer: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed the hope that Bangladesh Navy will turn into a builder force from a buyer one gradually as the government has taken various steps to this end. “We’ll be able to make Buyer Navy…
3 drug peddlers held in Comilla
Dhaka – Police arrested three alleged drug peddlers, including a transgender, along with 10-kg of hemp and 20 liters of toxic liquor in separate drives in Kotbari and Nishchintapur areas in Comilla on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Saturday night. Two of…
2 JMB militants held in city
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB-Sarwar group) from two different areas in the city on Saturday night.
Youth’s throat-slit body found in Chandpur
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a teenager from Shaheb Bazar in Haziganj upazila in Chandpur on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Asad Hossain, 18, son of M Rafiqul Islam.Police said Asad went missing after he had…
5 kidnapped fishermen rescued in Laxmipur; 4 pirates held
Dhaka- Police rescued five kidnapped fishermen and arrested four pirates from Motirhat fishery ghat area in Kamalnagar upazila on Sunday morning.The arrestees were-Shah Alam, Jamal, Tarek and Shipon, residents of Char Ramni village.A gang of pirates numbering 10/12 swooped on…
Motor bike driver’s chopped body found in Sylhet
Dhaka – A motor bike driver’s chopped body was found in Laxmiprasad Pashchim union of Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Rubel Ahmed, 25, son of late freedom fighter Abdul Matin, and a resident of…
3 held with Phensedyl in Chittagong
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 987 bottles of Phensedyl and a covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway nearby Bhatiari officers’ residential area of Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on Thursday.
‘Robber’ killed in Kushtia ‘gunfight’
Dhaka-A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Chadagara on Kushtia-Rajbari highway early Friday. The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.Tipped off that a gang of robbers put barricade on the highway for…
One held with arms in Chapainawabganj
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged arms trader along with two pistols and four magazines from Sonamasjid border area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Friday.
Tk 3.4 cr Indian sarees seized in Khulna
Dhaka-Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized Indian sarees worth Tk 3.44 crore in Rupsha Khan Jahan Ali Bridge area in Khulna early Friday.Tipped-off, a team of coast guard, led by contingent commander of west zone Mujibur Rahman,…
Clash over land leaves 2 dead in Bagerhat
Dhaka- Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over harvesting paddy from a disputed land at Sonakhali village in Morelganj upazila on Friday.The deceased were identified as Polash Sheikh, 40, son…
Beyond justice – How Yugoslav tribunal made history
Bullet holes, bloodstains and brain matter marked the walls of an empty barn, a crime scene processed to document the worst crime in Europe since the Second World War: the deliberate killings of more than 7,000 men and boys from…
42 journalists killed in the course of work this year: CPJ
At least 42 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2017, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual analysis. While the overall number eased for a second consecutive year from record highs earlier this decade,…
Schoolgirl killing: Prime accused arrested
Dhaka – Police arrested the key accused of a schoolgirl murder case from Jalalabad area of Sylhet early Thursday, five days after the killing.The arrestee was identified as Yahiya, 22, son of Jamal Miah of the same upazila.After tracing the…
Youth stabbed dead in Ctg
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by some unknown assailants at Chakfirani village in Lohagara upazila in Chittagong on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Md Mozammel Haque, 35, son of Mafjolur Rahman Rahman of the village.
Riyadh detains more people, and asks banks to freeze new accounts
Saudi Arabia has detained more people for questioning and asked banks to freeze new accounts nearly seven weeks after its corruption crackdown started, according to reports. Earlier this month, the kingdom’s public prosecutor said 320 people had been subpoenaed to…
Melbourne crash driver arrested after hitting pedestrians
Australian police have arrested two people after a car drove into a crowd in Melbourne. The car “collided with a number of pedestrians” on Flinders Street, a busy junction in the centre of the city, said Victoria Police. Fourteen people…
Khaleda’s legal notice ploy to divert people’s attention from graft: AL
Dhaka, Dec 20 – Awami League on Wednesday claimed that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sent the legal notice to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina only to divert people’s attention to a different direction from her corruption. Speaking at a press conference…
BNP sends legal notice to PM against money laundering claim
Dhaka 19 Dec – The opposition BNP on Wednesday sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with the allegation of money laundering in foreign countries by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda begins argument in Zia Trust graft case
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia begun placing her, arguments in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on Wednesday.
3 held with Yaba in Dinajpur
Dhaka – Department of Narcotics Control in the district arrested three people along with 950 pieces Yaba and 1 kg of hemp during separate drives from Sadar and Birganj Upazila in Dinajpur on Tuesday night.
Worker’s body recovered from Ctg waterbody
Dhaka -The body of a worker, who had gone missing on Tuesday, was recovered from a waterbody at Fouzdarhat in Sitakundu upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Mostakin, 26, son of Sukkur Ali of Nikoli area in Kishoreganj…
Saudis intercept Yemen rebel missile: Dhaka denounces attack
Riyadh, Dec 20 (AP/UNB) — The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels said it intercepted a missile fired over southern Riyadh on Tuesday, which the rebels said was targeting a “top leadership” meeting at the royal palace in the kingdom’s…
Arrests over ‘alleged UK Christmas terror plot’
Action has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say. Four men were arrested early on Tuesday in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. An Army bomb disposal team…