Islamabad – Pakistan’s top court asked the government on Thursday to investigate corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, delaying for two months a decision that could have jeopardized his political future. AP/UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a Korean citizen in 2011.The tribunal also fined convict Manik Sardar, a dish cleaner of Arian Korean Restaurant, Tk 10,000, in…
Dhaka – Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked a Bangladeshi youth up from Hapania bordering point in Porsha upazila on Wednesday.The BSF members from Kadaripara camp dragged away Ramjan Ali, 16, son of Azhar Ali of Srikrishnapur village…
Dhaka – The chiefs of three separate panels of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) have expressed their intension to establish a corruption and irregularity free HAAB and Hajj management in future.
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, former chiefs of Air Force Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud, and the then United Traders’ director AKM Musa of charges in 24-year-old radar purchase scam case.
Islamabad – Pakistan’s army chief has signed off on the death sentences for 30 militants, including some convicted for the 2014 Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar that killed 144 schoolchildren. AP/UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A powerful landmine was recovered from the Bhairab river in Meherpur on Wednesday. The law enforcers recovered the unexploded ordnance around 2.30 pm from the spot. UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested four Bangladeshi people at Benapole check post for carrying USD 21,000 and a huge amount of Indian currency without documents on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a ‘drug peddler’ along with 3,200 pieces of Yaba tablets at Kana Pukur in Abhoynagar upazila on Tuesday night.
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a van driver from a paddy field at Golapbari village in sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Musa, 22, a bus helper and son of Nifaz Ali, Mamin, 28,…
Dhaka – Two workers died and another fell ill after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of Samibari Bazar in Sherpur upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as Anwar Hossain, 40, son of Aynal, and Solaiman, 55, of…
Dhaka – A fish trader was shot to death by miscreants over previous enmity at Kayetpara village in Alamdanga upazila early Wednesday.Police said a group of 10/12 miscreants opened fire on Ziaur Rahman, 40, son of late Abul Hossain, around…
Three white men were olice hkilled and another wounded when a black gunman opened fire in Fresno, California, in a suspected race attack, pave said.
Dhaka – A court on Tuesday ordered that the body of Maldivian MBBS student Raudha Athif, who was found dead at a dormitory of Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College Hospital on March 29, be exhumed for a fresh post-mortem. Mahbubur Rahman, judge…
Dhaka – A Jubo League activist was hacked to death at Lalkhan Bazar in the city on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sharif alias Tempu Sharif, 24. Sharif was the accused in Jubo League activist Khokan Sarkar’s murder case.Police…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended stay till May 8 on a High Court order that granted bail to Tangail-3 lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Dhaka – The investigator of Bangladesh Bank responsible for submission of the central bank’s reserves heist failed to submit charges for the 13th time yesterday.
Liquor baron and former Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya was on Tuesday arrested in London by local police, a little over a year since he left India after defaulting on loans worth more than Rs 9,000 crore. “Officers from the Metropolitan…
Dhaka, Apr 18 – Four people, including three policemen and a suspected robber, were injured during a fight between ‘robbers’ and cops at Chandipur of Keraniganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka early Tuesday.
Miami, Apr 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. wildlife officials can’t legally stop interstate trade of giant exotic snakes such as Burmese pythons, which threaten to eat all the native mammals in the Florida Everglades, an appeals court has ruled.
Face-to-face with North Korea’s top diplomat By John Sudworth BBC News, Pyongyang North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol warns the US against taking military action, in an interview with the BBC’s John Sudworth. Two days ago, I stood on the…
Dhaka – Police recovered some 500 rounds of bullets in an abandoned condition from the city’s Aftabnagar on Monday.Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station Abdul Jalil said some workers, who were filling up earth at Trimohoni in the area, found the…
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Monday sentenced a union parishad member to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal arms.The convict is Angur, 35, son of Hena of Sundarpur village in Nayladanga union of Shibganj upazila and UP member…
Middlesbrough (AP/UNB) – Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil secured Arsenal’s first English Premier League win on the road in three months on Monday, with the 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough reviving the London club’s tough pursuit of Champions League qualification.Sanchez curled…
Dhaka – A writ petition was filed on Monday with the High Court challenging the legality of Article 70 of the Constitution, which allows the cancellation of parliament membership for voting against his or her political party that called ‘floor…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of a human-trafficking gang and rescued two women from Gotatikar village under Mogla Bazar thana of Sylhet on Sunday night.
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives arrested three alleged Yaba traders of Myanmar, including one with bullet wounds, and recovered 6.5 lakh pieces of Yaba inTeknaf upazila early Monday.
Dhaka- Six policemen, including two with bullets, were injured in a reported gunfight between a gang of robbers and police on Chakaria-Lama road at Kumari Bridge in Chakaria upazila early Monday.Police said tipped off that a gang of robbers were…
The Election Commission has taken additional measures to complete the distribution of 90 million smart national identity (NID) cards among voters across the country within the stipulated time of December next. Director General of NID Registration Wing of the Election…