Dhaka – Students of the North South University (NSU) at last withdrew its demonstration after getting assurance that the perpetrators who assaulted one of its fellow students would be brought to justice.
Category: Governance
Husband gets death sentence for killing wife in Natore
Dhaka – A court Husband gets death sentence for killing wife in Natorehere on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife in Baraigram upazila in 2015.The condemned convict is Kajal Kumar Sarker, son of…
Teacher abets SSC examinee’s cheating!
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Thursday sentenced a teacher and an SSC examinee to a month and 15 days in prison respectively for adopting unfair means during the exam in Mathbaria upazila in Pirojpur .The teacher’s name is…
12 girls return from India serving jail term
Dhaka – Twelve Bangladeshi young girls returned home from India on Thursday after languishing in jail there for three years.Those returned are Sathi Khan, 22, of Rajbari district, Sonia, 21, of Sreepur village in Magura district, Sima Akter, 23, Rupa,…
Militants looking for right path to be rehabilitated: PM
Dhaka, Mar 1 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that her government will take steps to rehabilitate those militants who want to return to the right path alongside giving them the necessary legal assistance. “Bangladesh is now…
Robber suspec killed in Sundarbans ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Dhaka, Mar 2 – A suspected forest robber was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Sukhpara Char under Sundarbans east zone in Sharankhola upazila early Thursday. The deceased, Billal Mir alias…
Hustand kills housewife, infant girl in Gaibandha
Dhaka, Mar 2 – A housewife and her four-month-old baby were strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Khamarballomjar village in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha early Thursday.
Suspected Neo ‘JMB member’ killed in Bogra ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 2 – A suspected neo JMB member was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Jamnagar in Sherpur upazila of Bogra district early Thursday.
Detectives arrest 8 suspects for SSC question paper leak
Dhaka, Mar 2 – Detectives arrested eight suspected members of a gang involved in leaking SSC examination question papers from different districts on Wednesday night.
Son held for murder attempt on Jhalakati mayor
Dhaka – Police arrested the son of Jhalakati municipal mayor Liakat Ali Talkudar from the district town on Wednesday on charges of attempted murder and carrying firearms illegally.Officer-in-Charge of Jhalakati Police Station Mahe Alam said mayor Liakat rebuked his son…
Gulshan café attack ‘arms supplier’ held
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the suspected arms supplier of the Gulshan café attack from the city’s Banani area on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as ‘Boro Mizan’, 60, the…
Kim Jong-nam death: Two women charged with murder
Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, have been charged with his murder. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, allegedly smeared deadly VX nerve agent on Mr…
Two women charged with Kim Jong-nam murder
Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, have been charged with his murder. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, allegedly smeared deadly VX nerve agent on Mr…
Two held with 4000 Yaba tablets in Jessore
Jessore, Mar 1 – Detectives arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 4000 pieces of Yaba tablets from in front of NavaranFajilatunnesaGirlsCollege in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday night.
Knifed by friends, schoolboy dies at DMCH
Dhaka, Mar 1 – A schoolboy, who was stabbed allegedly by his two friends over a trifling matter at Pashchim Shewrapara in the city’s Mirpur area on Tuesday night, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning.
Writ seeks transport strike withdrawn in 24 hours
Dhaka, Mar 1 – A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of the ongoing countrywide transport strike and seeking an order to stop the strike within 24 hours.
Chaos on roads across country as transport strike continues
Dhaka, Mar 1 – The countrywide indefinite transport strike, enforced by Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, protesting the life term imprisonment of a bus driver in a case filed for a road accident that killed five people, including noted filmmaker…
Miscreants torch Primary school in Brahmanbaria
Dhaka, Mar 1 – Unidentified miscreants set fire to a primary school at Tarua in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday morning.
Transport workers fight with cops at Gabtoli Bus Terminal
Dhaka, Mar 1 – An unspecified number of transport workers were injured in a clash with police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said the trouble began when…
9 ‘kidnapping gang members’ held in city
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested nine alleged members of a kidnapping gang from Agargaon (South) area in the city on Monday night.The elite force members also rescued a victim from the clutches of the kidnappers.
One killed in Satkhira road crash
Dhaka– A human-hauler driver was killed in a collision between his vehicle and a trolley near Tala Government College in Tala upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday morning.
Attack on Cox’s Bazar Ansar camp: Mastermind held
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Nurul Alam, the mastermind of the attack on an Ansar camp in Teknaf upazila that killed an Ansar member, from Kutupalang Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila on Tuesday.Tipped off, a team…
Ex-BNP leader’s son Irad sent to jail
Dhaka – A court on Tuesday sent Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddique, son of former BNP leader Tanvir Ahmed Siddique, to jail in a case filed for making disparaging remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.Metropolitan Magistrate M…
HC stays 2nd phase gas price hike for 6 months
The High Court on Tuesday stayed for six months the government decision for raising gas prices for all consumers in the second phase scheduled to be effective from June 1. Meanwhile, the court also issued a rule asking the authorities…
No extrajudicial killing in country: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday told Parliament that no extrajudicial killing is taking place in the country as the government is determined to establish the rule of law. “No extrajudicial killing takes place in Bangladesh. The present democratic government…
Freedom fighter beaten to death in Satkhira
Satkhira, Feb 28 – A freedom fighter was beaten to death at Ghona Bazar in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The victim was identified as Abul Kalam Azad, 65, a resident of Ghona village and owner of a rod-cement shop.
Husband given 10 years in jail for prompting wife’s suicide
Dhaka – The Speedy Trial-3 of Dhaka on Monday sentenced husband of Rajshahi University’s former student Wahida Sifat, 27, to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed for provoking Sifat to commit suicide in March 2015.
Shifat murder: Husband gets 10 yrs imprisonment
Dhaka – Husband Asif Pisly has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years behind the bar on charge of instigating his wife Wahida Shifat, a former student of Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Rajshahi University, to commit suicide…
AL activist killed in Khulna
Dhaka -Miscreants killed an AL activist of Daulatpur Thana due to controlling over the supremacy of a shrimp gher at Beel Pabla area in the early hours of today.Police recovered the dead body from a shrimp gher at Beel Pabla…
3 languishing in jail without trial get HC bail
The High Court on Monday asked the trial court to dispose of cases filed against three prisoners, who have been languishing in jails without trial for long, within three months. An HC bench of Justice AKM Abdul Hakim and Justice…