Benapole, Sept 13 (UNB) – Customs intelligence officials arrested a Bangladeshi national along with 80,000 pieces of banned Indian injections from Benapole customs check post on Tuesdaynight.
Category: Governance
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.
North Korea threatens US with ‘greatest pain’
North Korea has threatened the United States with the “greatest pain” it has ever suffered following new sanctions imposed by the United Nations. Pyongyang’s envoy to the UN accused Washington of opting for “political, economic and military confrontation”. US President…
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.
Marks deduction of 2nd-time admission seekers stayed
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed government decision to deduct marks from second-time admission seekers, who are eager to get themselves admitted in Dental and Medical Colleges. The High Court bench comprising Justice…
Warrant order hearing against Khaleda Sept 14
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday deferred the date about whether to pass warrant order against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to September 14.
HC grants bail to 94 BNP leaders in arson cases
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted six-weeks’ bail to 94 BNP leaders and activists in two violence cases filed with some courts of Narayanganj and Madaripur districts.
Parliament body asks govt to take Rohingya issue to UN
Dhaka – A parliamentary standing committee on Tuesday recommended to the government to project the real picture of Rohingyas before the United Nations.
4 RAB officers among 7 indicted for Ctg shrine robbery
Dhaka – A Chittagong court has indicted seven people including four officers of the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB in a case over the robbery of around Tk 20 million from a shrine in the port city.
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…
Rohingya crisis: Civilians ‘maimed by landmines’
The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar. One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in Bangladesh, lost both legs.
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…
21 gold sheets seized at Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka- Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday seized 21 gold sheets weighing of 2.228 kilograms and arrested a passenger in the connection.
US commemorates 9-11 in NY ground zero
While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the anniversary of one of the nation’s most scarring days. Thousands of 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected…
BD cabinet clears proposal to sign deal against nuke weapons
The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for signing the ‘Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ on the sidelines of the upcoming 72nd UN General Assembly session in New York this month. The approval was given at the regular…
48 including Jamaat activists held in Dinajpur
Police, in special drives from Sunday night to this morning, arrested 48 persons including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and seven drug traders from different areas of the district. Law enforcers also recovered 407 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and 200 pieces…
5 suspected muggers held in city; 2 sustain gunshot wounds
Dhaka-Two suspected muggers sustained bullet injuries in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Bosila Beribadh area in Hazaribag of city on Sunday night.The injured were identified as Abdul Haque, 35, son of Shukur Ali and Kabul…
‘Drug peddler’ arrested with Yaba pills
Dhaka – Detective Branch of police arrested a suspected drug peddler along with 120 Yaba tablets from Forest Department road in Magura on Sunday night.Tipped off that Mirazul Islam, 25, son of Shahar Ali of Dorimagura village, has been selling…
Farhad Mazhar abduction case report Oct 10
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed October 10 for submitting the report in the case filed in connection with the alleged abduction of the writer, columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar.
16th Amendment Verdict: AG yet to have instruction
Dhaka – The Office of the Attorney General till Sunday did not receive any instruction from the government to lodge an appeal on the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that upheld the High Court verdict scrapping…
Home Ministry sets up Rohingya Cell
Dhaka – The home ministry has formed a ‘Rohingya cell’ headed by an additional secretary of the ministry to monitor the ongoing situation of Myanmar citizen who took shelter in Cox’s Bazar.
Bangladesh Parliament to discuss Rohingya – 16th Amendment
Parliament is likely to discuss two crucial issues — the influx of Rohingyas and the Supreme Court’s verdict annulling the 16th amendment to the Constitution — in a day or two once notices from MPs are placed in the House.…
2 hacked dead over land in Munshiganj
Dhaka – Two men were hacked to death allegedly by their rivals at Kandipara in Tongibari upazila in Munshiganj on Saturday night over land-related dispute.The deceased were identified as Shah Alam Khan, 55, and Ali Hossain Sheikh, 50.Quoting family members,…
Housewife ‘gang raped’ in Joypurhat
Dhaka – Three people, including two night guards of a bazaar, reportedly confessed before a court here on Sunday to gang raping a housewife after picking her up from Tilakpur Railway Station in Akkelpur upazila in Joypurhat .Joypurhat Judicial Magistrate…
Rangpur school teacher missing for five days
Dhaka- A school teacher of Nidhiram Junior Secondary girls’ school in Pirganj upazila in Rangpur has been missing for five days.The missing man is, Nayeb Ali Akando, 40, an assistant teacher of the school and son of Abdul Kayum Kabiraj…