Dhaka – Five shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Dakkhin Bazar in Bhandaria upazila on Friday.Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bhandaria Police Station, said the fire originating from electric short circuit broke out at a plastic shop owned by…
Dhaka – A schoolboy, who went missing on Wednesday, was found dead in a water body at Atabaha in Kaliakoir upazila on Thursday night.Police said local people spotted the body of Pantha Saha, a class VIII student of Chapair Bibi…
Dhaka – Two suspected members of an outlawed party were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with a Rab team at Gayeshbari in Ataikula of Sathia upazila in Pabna early Friday.The deceased were identified as Moyon Uddin, 25, son of Motaleb Hossain…
Dhaka -Muggers looted Tk 4.5 lakh from a rice trader after stabbing him at Lautara village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – A housewife was found dead at her Madhukhali Poura Bazar residence in Faridpur on Thursday.The victim was identified as Madhumala, 22, wife of Nitya Mondol of Shibpur village in Megchami Union.Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Madhukhali Police Station, said…
Chitttagong: A court here will hear on November 13 the charge-framing in an arms case filed over the killing of former Police Super Babul Akhter’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. Metropolitan Session’s Judge Md Shahe Nur fixed the date on Thursday,…
Dhaka: Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Thursday imposed a ban on the operation of any flying object like drone, remotely piloted aircraft system and remote control plane/toy plane, in the Bangladesh airspace without its prior permission. UNB News Agency…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a young man with seven lakh fake Indian rupees from Lahapur area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified was Suman Ali, 28, son of Hazrat Ali, a…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested four people along with 1,946 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Rabna Bypass in Sadar upazila in Tangail on Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Mahmudul Hasan Pias, 38, son of Abdul Hakim…
Dhaka – Police recovered the hanging body of a female garment worker from a house at Dakkhin Salna in the city on Thursday.Locals said Rozina Begum, 22, a garment worker of a local garment factory and wife of Afar…
The annual ceremony to mark the “Memorial Service” to honour United Nations peacekeepers who lost their lives in service of peace was held at the Trusteeship Council of United Nations Secretariat on Wednesday.Between January 2015 and June 2016, a total…
Dhaka – A mobile court here jailed 9 fishermen to 15 days each for catching hilsa fish defying government ban in Araial Khan and Padma rivers on Wednesday.The mobile court, led by executive magistrate Sarwar Hossain, conducted two separate drives…
Dhaka – A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced seven fishermen to one month’s imprisonment each for catching hilsa fish defying the ban.A team led by executive magistrate Khalekuzzaman conducted a drive in the Padma river in Louhajong upazila in Munshiganj…
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2013.The condemned convict was identified as Akbar Ali, 48, a resident of Chetonapara in Pirganj upazila.According to the prosecution,…
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Robert J. Burrowes Punishment is a popular pastime for humans. Parents punish children. Teachers punish students. Employers punish workers. Courts punish lawbreakers. People punish each other. Governments punish ‘enemies’. And, according to some, God punishes evildoers. What is ‘punishment’? Punishment…
Dhaka-There is no scope of raising any question about the probe into the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella as the investigation agency pressed charges on the basis of ‘proper information and evidence’, claimed a senior police officer on Wednesday.
Dhaka-The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed for four weeks a High Court order for transferring Sakhipur Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and officer-in-charge of Sakhipur Police Station Mohammad Maksudul Alam in Tangail over sentencing a schoolboy. Chamber Judge…
Dhaka – A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling fan of her room at Uttar Bazar in Golapganj upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sweaty Das, 16, class VI student of Baraya High…
Dhaka – A man was arrested allegedly for killing his two sons from Chintamoni village in Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday morning.The arrestee was identified as Satir Ali, 36, a resident of the village.Superintendent of Sylhet police Moniruzzaman said…
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive arrested six alleged members of a fake currency racket with Tk 66 lakh counterfeit currency notes from different parts of the city on Tuesday night.Identities of the arrestees could not be known yet,UNB News…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 700 kg smuggled betel nuts from Battola in Putkhali border area early Wednesday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Police arrested the main perpetrator in connection with the stabbing of a schoolgirl from Nirisinghopur village in Sadar upazila in Jhenidah early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Litu Hasan, son of Altaf Hossain, a resident of Nagirat village…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Tuesday afternoon fined four minor boys Tk 2,000 each for catching hilsa fish at Rajarajeshwar of Sadar upazila in the Padma river defying the ongoing ban,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against Dhaka city BNP’s Joint Convener MA Qaiyum and six others in the case filed in connection with the murder of Italian aid worker Tavella Cesare.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed one Jibon Kumar alias Babu on a five-day remand in a case filed for stalking and beatings two twin college girls in Mirpur area of the city.
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh recovered one lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from Nazirpara area in Teknaf upazila early Tuesday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 2.7 kg hemp from Chandrapur village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Mashiar Munsi, son of late Jaynal…
Dhaka – Two Jamaat-Shibir men were killed in a gunfight with police on Bypass road in Bhutiargati area of Jhenidah early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Jahurul Haque, ameer of Jhenaidah municipal unit of Jamaat-e-Islami and Tarik Hasan Sabuj, advisor of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed October 31 for hearing the petition seeking stay on BTRC’s decision suspending the spectrum of Citycell, the country’s oldest mobile phone operator, for its failure to pay the outstanding payment of Tk 477.63 crore.…