Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hazipur village in Kashba upazila early Saturday.Police arrested Zahirul Islam alias Kala Zahir from Kamalpur village and then conducted a drive there with him to capture…
Category: Governance
War Crimes accused held in Satkhira
Dhaka– Police arrested a war crimes accused at Bularati village in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.Abdullah Baki, 102, was arrested from his residence.UNB agency
Minor girl violated in Joypurhat
Dhaka – A minor girl has been raped by a young man at Srimantapur village in Panchbibi upazila.Victim’s father filed a case with Panchbibi Police Station in connection with the incident on Thursday night, said officer-in-charge Ashraful Islam of the…
31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast
Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter reportedly attacked the boat they were travelling in. Coastguard Mohamed al-Alay said the refugees, carrying official UN refugee agency (UNHCR) documents, were travelling from…
Security beefed up at airports, prisons
Security has been beefed up at airports and prisons across the county following the suicide bomb attack on the proposed site of Rab headquarters at Ashkona in the city on Friday. Under the new security measures, jail guards have been…
‘Suicide bomber’ killed in Dhaka’s Rab barrack blast
A suspected suicide bomber was killed as four bombs carried by him exploded at a Forces Barrack of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ashkona in the city on Friday noon. Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of legal and media wing of…
‘Suicide bomber’ killed in Dhaka’s Rab barrack blast
Dhaka, Mar 17 – A suspected suicide bomber was killed as a bomb carried by him exploded at the proposed Rab headquarters’ site at Ashkona in the city on Friday noon.
Suspected robber killed in Kushtia ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 17 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and DB police at Sehala Adabaria in Doulatpur upazila of Kushita early Friday.
2 killed in Comilla landslide
Dhaka- Two workers were killed and another was injured in a landslide while constructing a wall beside a hillock at Tipra Bazar near the Cantonment area on Thursday night.
Social media trolls threaten activists
How everyone can address such threats, help protect activists Peter Bouckaert Over the past week, two human rights colleagues of mine received rape and death threats over social media. One, who works with refugees, was sent a Facebook message saying,…
Irad put on remand again for defaming BB
The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday put Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddique on a three-day police remand in a case filed with Dhamrai Police Station of the district under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
Pay back Tk 615 cr realised during emergency: SC
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed separate appeals filed by the Bangladesh Bank against the High Court verdicts that directed the government to return around Tk 615 crore, which was realised during the emergency rule,…
Husband gets life for killing wife in Khulna
Dhaka – A Khulna court here today sentenced a husband to life imprisonment for killing his wife in Natunbazar Char area under Sadar thanain Khulna on January 28, 2010.The convict is Md. Sheikh Mirajul alias Amanullah, 27, of village Natunbazar…
Female banker hacked dead by ‘ex-husband’ in city
Dhaka – A female bank officer was hacked to death allegedly by her former husband in the city’s Central Road area on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Arifun Nesa, 25, who used to work at Jamuna Bank’s Paltan branch.…
‘Drug peddler’ held with 1000 Yaba
Dhaka – Detectives detained an alleged drug peddler with 1000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Ronhatta Chowrongi village under Haripur Upazila in Thakurgaon on Wednesday.Farhat Ahmed, Superintendent of the district police made the announcement at a press briefing on Thursday.UNB…
Farmer stabbed dead in Chuadanga
Dhaka – A farmer was stabbed to death by miscreants at Panka village in Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 28, son of Khokai Biswas of the village.UNB agency
US judge blocks Trump’s new travel ban order
A Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin at midnight on Thursday. US District Judge Derrick Watson cited “questionable evidence” in the government’s argument that the ban was…
Cricketer Sunny secures bail
Dhaka – The Cyber Tribunal Bangladesh on Wednesday granted bail to national cricketer Arafat Sunny in the case filed against him under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act in presence of the cricketer.
Police raid ‘militant den’: Three suspects killed
Dhaka, Mar 16 – Three suspected militants, including a female, were shot dead by police during an overnight raid on a militant hideout in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong, officials said on Thursday.
Return Tk700 cr taken by caretaker govt to businesses: SC
Dhaka, Mar 16 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld the High Court order that had directed the government to return around Tk 700 crore collected from different business conglomerates during the army-backed caretaker government.
No approval to border mobile towers sans forces’ clearance
Dhaka – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said it will not approve Banglalink’s base transceiver station (BTS), popularly known as mobile tower, which have been set up near the border areas, until these BTSs get clearance from the border security…
‘Militant dens’ busted in Ctg; couple held
Dhaka – Police unearthed two ‘militant dens’ in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements of two suspected militants — Hasan, 30, and Jasim, 32, arrested from Chandina upazila in Comilla while hurling bombs at police —…
Ctg female teacher’s attacker lands in jail
Dhaka – A court here sent a youth, who beat a female schoolteacher in the classroom in Patiya upazila following refusal of his love proposal, to jail on Wednesday.Patiya Senior Judicial Magistrate Mahitul Islam passed the order after sub-inspector of…
11 held in city over ATM card forgery
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested 11 people from different areas of the city for their alleged involvement in ATM card forgery.The arrestees are Md Jalal Hossain Sumon, 27, Md Shah Aziz Sohel, 36, Md Nur-e-Alam,…
3 to die for killing Kushtia freedom fighter
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing freedom fighter Khabir Uddin in Daulatpur upazila in 2012.The condemned convicts are Abdus Salam, 31, Jamil Mondal, 41 and Abdul Hamid Malitha, 41.According…
Why do some men rape?
Robert J. Burrowes A recent report from Equality Now titled ‘The World’s Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic’ offered a series of recommendations for strengthened laws to deter and punish sexual violence against women and girls. However, there is substantial evidence…
Magura couple held with hemp
Dhaka – Detectives arrested a couple along with two kilograms hemp of from Derua village in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.The arrestees were identified as Bulbul Ahmmed, 40, and his wife China, 25, a resident of the same village.UNB agency
Stalkers beat mother, daughter in Bagerhat
Dhaka – A woman and her younger daughter were injured in an attack allegedly by a stalker and his accomplices at Kandarpara village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.Nurunnhar Begum, mother of the two girls, said she filed a complaint…
HC rule on 4 including RU VC for reported graft
Rajshahi – The High Court division of Bangladesh Supreme Court has summoned Rajshahi University (RU) VC, Pro-VC, Registrar, and Treasurer concerning direction of investigation over the corruption in the university authority on Thursday.
Miscreant attacks female teacher in Cittagong classroom
Dhaka, Mar 14 – A miscreants stormed into the classroom and beat a female schoolteacher at Dengapara in Patiya upazila of on Tuesday following refusal of his love affair, breaking her two hands and the left leg.