Dhaka – A former constable who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the sensational seven-murder cases of Narayanganj was arrested in Hizla upazila on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Habibur Rahman, former bodyguard of sacked Rab-11 official Lt Col…
The ‘Operation Maximus’ launched by members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) at a suspected militant den at Borohat in municipality area was postponed on Friday evening as darkness fell. Briefing reporters near the militant hideout around 7pm, chief of…
No militant was found inside the suspected militant den at South Bagmara in Sadar Dakkhin upazila during an operation on Friday afternoon. However, two powerful bombs, four hand grenades and two suicide vests were found at the hideout during the…
The Thailand media regulator’s decision to suspend a television station’s broadcasts for seven days is blatant censorship that further undermines media freedoms and reinforces military dictatorship, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 27, 2017, Lt. Gen. Peerapong Manakit of…
Yesterday, President Donald Trump said that, “Only by enlisting the full potential of women in our society will we be truly able to … make America great again.” Today, he sent Vice President Mike Pence to the Senate to help…
Dhaka, Mar 31 – Preparation were taken by members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and police to launch an operation at a ‘militant den’ at South Bagmara in Sadar Dakkhin upazila of Comilla on Friday morning.
Dhaka, Mar 31 – Sounds of gunshots were heard as the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) launched an operation at the suspected militant den at Borohat in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday.
Dhaka, Mar 31 – General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Staff of Indian Army, arrived in Dhaka on Friday on a three-day visit. The Indian Army chief, accompanied by his spouse Madhulika Rawat and a four-member delegation, arrived by a special…
Dhaka, Mar 31 – The head of the intelligence wing of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), Lt Col Abul Kalam Azad, who was injured during the raid on a ‘militant den’ in Sylhet, died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka…
Dhaka- Scattered body parts of seven to eight suspected militants were found yesterday by the joint forces when they entered into a militant hideout at the outskirts of Moulvibazar town after conducting a 22 hour long operation titled-‘Operation Hit Back’.
Dhaka– Police in separate drives arrested 35 people, including a suspected militant and three suspected members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Naogaon and Bagerhat districts on early Thursday.In Naogaon, police arrested Mobarak Hossain, 23, son of Kabil Uddin, and…
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced five people including a woman to life terms in prison for killing a housewife in 2011.The convicted persons are Mamun, 40, Kamal Hossain, 42, Jaynal Hajari, 48, Mizan Hossain, 37, and (in…
Dhaka– A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to death and two others to life imprisonment for killing a vegetable trader in Sonargaon upazila in 2007.The condemned convicts are Ataul Hamid Parag, Alamgir Hossain, Bhuttu Miah and Ratan while…
Fifteen members of ‘Raju Bahini’, a Sundarbans-based infamous robber gang, including its chief, surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan along with their arms and ammunition in the city here on Thursday. The gang members also deposited 21 firearms and 1237…
Dhaka – Limbs of at least 7-8 bodies were found scattered as the operation ‘Hitback’, carried out by Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, at Nasirpur den in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila ended inside on Thursday. Police suspected that all…
A US federal judge in Hawaii has indefinitely extended the suspension of President Trump’s new travel ban. Judge Derrick Watson’s ruling means Mr Trump will be barred from enforcing the ban on six mostly Muslim nations while it is contested…
Dhaka, Mar 30 –The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the High Court order that stayed the process of holding the FBCCI election for two months. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice…
Satkhira, Mar 30 – Police in a special drive arrested a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh from Bangal intersection in the district town on Wednesday night.
Dhaka, Mar 30 – The joint forces’ raid on two ‘militant dens’ at Nasirpur village in Sadar upazila and at Barhat in municipality area in the district of Moulvibazar, was suspended on Thursday morning due to heavy rain.
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Courat on Wednesday stayed the proceedings of the sedition case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for next six months.
Dhaka -The High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition of tannery owners that sought HC permission to operate their factories at Hazaribagh in Dhaka till Eid-ul- Azha.
Dhaka – After 111 hours of tense end of operation Twilight by the law enforcing agencies on Tuesday in Sylhet at Atia Mahal, the block of flats were remained to be fully sanitized by the police bomb disposal squads on…
Dhaka – The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately withdraw the officer-in-charge (OC) Ziaul Morshed Sub-Inspector Md Mahatab Hossain of Madaripur Sadar police station for keeping two mothers in custody and keeping outside their babies.
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday summoned former justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik on charge of contempt of court for his alleged ‘contemptuous comments’ about Chief Justice SK Sinha.
A Laxmipur court has sentenced four men to death in a 2014 case of rape on a housewife in the district. District and Session Judge AKM Abul Kashem delivered the verdict with the accused on the dock on Wednesday. The four…
Joint forces have launched an operation at one of the two suspected militant dens police cordoned off here early Wednesday. The joint team comprising members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Rapid Action…
Barely 14 hours after law enforcers cordoned off two suspected militant dens in Moulvibazar, police encircled a building at South Bagmara of Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Wednesday afternoon suspecting it to be a militant den. Based on intelligence information, a…
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Mar 29 – Pakistan has withdrawn from the 136th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to be hosted by Bangladesh on April 1-5. A Foreign Ministry official in Dhaka on Tuesday confirmed Pakistan’s decision…
Sylhet, Mar 28 – Bangladesh Army called off the ‘Operation Twilight’ at ‘Atia Mahal’ in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Tuesday night, 83 hours after its Para Commandos launched the raid on the militant den on Saturday morning. Army’s Military Intelligence…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a High Court order acquitting former Assistant Commissioner (AC) Md Akram Hossain of the Detective Branch (DB) in a case filed over the murder of Shamim Reza Rubel…