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.
Category: Governance
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.
Bangladesh strongly protests violation of airspace by Burma
Bangladesh has strongly protested the instances of violation of its airspace by Myanmar military drones and helicopters on September 10, 12 and 14. Bangladesh also mentioned that these provocative acts may lead to unwarranted consequences.
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…
Amnesty decries burnings targetting rohingya
Amnesty International says it has turned up evidence of an “orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings” by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the last three weeks. The human rights group is releasing a new analysis of video,…
Burmese military torches homes near BD border
The Burmese military is deliberately burning ethnic Rohingya villages near the Bangladesh border, Human Rights Watch said today. Such acts of arson, after forcing residents to leave their villages, appear central to the Burmese military’s ethnic cleansing campaign against the…
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.
AL leaders will too face wealth info inquiry: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 14 (UNB) – In the wake of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comments on investigations into the alleged money-laundering by its Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family members, BNP on Thursday warned that the day is not far away…
Myanmar Rohingyas victims of ethnic cleansing
United Nations, Sept 14 (AP/UNB) – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and the U.N. Security Council condemned the violence that has led nearly 380,000 Rohingyas to flee…
North Korea fires stronger missile over Japanese airspace
Projectile likely reached altitude of 770 km and flew 3700 km: S. Korean military Chad O’Carroll North Korea launched a missile east towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in an alert…
Police Academy will be made centre of excellence: PM
Rajshahi – Prime Minister Sheik Hasina has pledged to make the Bangladesh Police Academy as a centre of excellence and said that she wants to see the Law enforcing agency as the saviour of the nation.
BNP dismisses PM’s allegation of graft against Zia family
BNP on Thursday described Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement in parliament about siphoning off money abroad by the Zia family and party senior leaders as ‘false, baseless and politically motivated one’. “The Prime Minister told parliament that investigations are on…
PM asks police to give topmost priority to human rights
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the fresh police officers for giving topmost priority to fundamental rights of the people, human rights and establishing rule of law in the country. She said, “I would like to tell the new…
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.
BD-India bus route operators appointment halted
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday halted tender to appoint operators for five India-Bangladesh bus-routes for a month as the circular for tender was published violating Section 15 of the Public Procurement Act.
Tight security for PM’s visit to Rajshahi
Rajshahi – Police have put in place strong security and traffic regulations along the route on occasion of Prime Minister Sheik-Hasina Visit to Rajshahi on Thursday.
‘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…
Khaleda’s family-men to face action for money laundering: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that the government is investigating the alleged money-laundering by the members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family, saying that appropriate actions will be taken against them accordingly. “After investigation, we’ll surely take…
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…