Dhaka– A court here on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a young man for killing a minor girl after violating her in Sadar upazila in 2014.The convict is Lavlu, son of Entaj Ali, resident of Arenda village in Sadar upazila.
Category: Governance
One held with 10 gold bars in Benapole
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man along with 10 gold bars from Benapole rail station here in Benapole on Tuesday.
13 lakh Yaba tablets seized in Ctg
Dhaka- Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard recovered 13 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 65 lakh from Nayaghat area in Teknaf on Monday night.
11 businesses fined TK Tk 2.92 lakh in city
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Tuesday fined some 11 business establishments Tk 2.92 lakh at Karwan bazaar kitchen market in the city on Tuesday for various irregularities.The mobile court, conducted by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), also evicted…
16th Amendment made scope to undermine judiciary: Dr. Kamal
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said the 16th amendment to the Constitution has created a scope to undermine the independence of judiciary and made it a vulnerable to interference. “I support the High Court order that declared illegal…
Bangabandhu Satellite to be launched by Dec, reiterates Tarana
Dhaka – State Minister for Posts and Communications Tarana Halim reiterated on Monday Bangabandhu Sattelite-1, the country’s first-ever satellite project, will be launched by the first week or the last week of December this year. UNB news reported
Banani rape case: Court asks to submit probe report June 19
Dhaka – The court here on Monday fixed June 19 as the date to submit the probe report of a case filed over the alleged rape of two private university students in Banani. UNB news reported
Protest mustn’t bring public suffering: Obaidul
Dhaka – Slamming the recent student protest at Jahangirnagar University, the Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said blocking roads triggering suffering of thousands of people for the death of two students cannot be a form of protest.…
North Korea launches projectile from near Wonsan
Launch is ninth missile test of the year Chad O’Carroll and Dagyum Ji North Korea launched an unidentified projectile towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea) from near Wonsan, Gangwon Province, early on Monday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of…
Youth found dead in Faridpur
Dhaka – Police recovered a bullet-hit body of a young man from Hothath Bazar in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
Lightning strike kills fisherman in Laxmipur
Dhaka- A fisherman was died and four others were injured by a lightning strike while they were fishing in the Meghna River in Charramani Mohan area of Sadar upazila early Sunday.The dead is identified as Shamsul Haque, son of Sultan…
Man hacks wife to death in Natore
Dhaka – A man allegedly hacked his wife to death and also injured himself over a family feud at Raninagar village of Gurudaspur upazila in the district on Saturday.The dead is identified as Rokeya Begum, wife of a day-laborer Shafiqul…
AL leader killed in Faridpur factional clash
Dhaka – A local leader of ruling Awami League was killed and 15 others were injured on Sunday in a factional clash between two rival groups over establishing supremacy at Gatti union of Saltha upazila.
Police say 8 dead in Mississippi shooting
Brookhaven — Authorities in Mississippi said Sunday that a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in a shooting, including a sheriff’s deputy. AP/UNB news reported
JU closed sine die
Savar – Authorities closed Jahangirnagar University (JU) for an indefinite period on Saturday night as its students burst into protests over the death of two fellow students in a road crash on Dhaka-Aricha Highway. UNB news reported
SC upholds Aslam Chy’s bail in sedition case
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court order that previously granted bail to BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case filed with Gulshan Police Station. UNB news reported
Full verdict in blogger Rajib murder case published
Dhaka – A 163-page verdict for killing blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2015 was published on the Supreme Court website on Sunday, sentencing two people to death, another to life term and six others to different jail terms. UNB news…
Maritime ports asked to hoist signal No-1
Dhaka —The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant cautionary signal No-1 as a depression was marked over Southeast Bay and adjoining Central Bay on Sunday morning. UNB news reported
Statue removal: 4 arrestees get bail
Dhaka – A court here on Sunday granted bail to four people, arrested during protests against the removal of the statue of Greek goddess from the Supreme Court premises, in a case filed for attempting to kill police and obstructing…
Grenades, bombs, suicide vests found in Savar militant den: Police
Law enforcers recovered seven grenades, three bombs and three suicide vests from a ‘militant den’ in Namagenda area here, on the outskirts of the capital, on Saturday. A bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) resumed their…
Bagladesh disaster management accaimed abroad
The global leaders lauded activities of disaster-prone Bangladesh taken for overall disaster management. They also praised Dhaka Declaration held in Bangladesh in 2015. The MPs of different countries including Japan, Italy, European Union, Thailand, Mexico, and Australia praised initiatives of…
Cop-JU student clash injures 20 over death of JU students
Savar – At least 20 students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) were injured in a clash with police during protesting the death two students of the university on Dhaka-Aricha Highway, on the outskirts of the capital, here on Saturday afternoon. UNB…
SC statue not Themis’ real copy: Law Minister
Dhaka – Defending the removal of the statue from the Supreme Court premises, Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said it was not the real representation of Greek goddess Themis. UNB news reported
2 people stabbed to death after confronting a man shouting ‘hate speech’ at Muslim women on train
Dhaka – Two people were stabbed to death on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, on Friday afternoon, after trying to confront a man who was verbally abusing two women who appeared to be Muslim, according to police officials cited…
Man killed over land dispute in Gopalganj
Dhaka – A man was beaten to death allegedly by his cousins over land dispute at Bashpur village in Kashiani upazila Gopalganj on Saturday. Kashiani Police Station Officer-in-Charge AKM Alinur said Jahangir Khan, 50, son of Yahar Ali Khan of…
One held with 2.3kg gold in Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged gold smuggler along with 2.3 kilograms of gold from Gotipara border area here on Saturday noon.
Two electrocuted in Lalmonirhat
Dhaka- Two people, including a schoolboy, were electrocuted at Sardubi cluster village in Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat on Friday.The deceased are Amzad Hossain, 13, son of Bulu Mia of the village and a student of Baura Public High School and…
Two workers die falling into septic tank in Lalmonirhat
Dhaka – Two workers died after falling into a septic tank while cleaning it at Tushbhandar union of Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Liakat Ali, 40, son of Ramjan Ali of Jambari area in Tushbhandar…
Bombs, bomb-substance recovered from ‘militant den’
Dhaka, May 27 – Illegal bombs and bomb-making materials, jihadi books and laptop have been recovered from a suspected militant den in Namagenda area of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Friday night, police said. Bomb disposal team…
Mosque imam hacked to death while leading prayer
Narayanganj, May 26 – A mosque imam was chopped to death by miscreants inside the mosque at Gabindapur-Majhipara village in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Friday night. The victim was identified as Abdul Aziz Munshi, 72, son of late Muslim…