Berlin (AP/UNB) — A 22-year-old Syrian man arrested in Germany for a suspected Islamic extremist bomb plot killed himself Wednesday in a prison cell in Leipzig, Saxony’s state Justice Ministry said late Wednesday. Justice Ministry spokesman Joerg Herold told The…
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested a businessman, Manzur Elahi, from city’s Uttara last night for financing militant outfit Shaheed Hamza Brigade, official news agency BSS reported on Wednesday.
By Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refugee camp, Beirut: The intense summer heat was gone and the evening was breezy and cool that fateful Thursday evening, September 15, 1982, according to survivors of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre who, 34 years later, still…
Dhaka – Members of Shia community took out a ‘Tajia’ procession from Hosni Dalan in the old part of the city on the occasion of holy Ashura on Wednesday morning amid tight security measures taken by the law enforcement agencies,…
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Nimtala adjacent to Kushtia-Meherpur regional highway in Mirpur upazila in Kushtia early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Akhtarul Islam alias British, 30, son of Shamsul Islam, a…
Dhaka – Australia has the best environment for preventing illicit trade, according to The Illicit Trade Environment Index released today by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The Index, sponsored by the European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, looks at 17 Asian economies.…
Dhaka – Family members on Tuesday identified six of the seven suspected militants who were killed in a drive at a house in Patartek area in Gazipur on Saturday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Detectives arrested a man and his son along with 500 bottles of liquor from Deogaon area in Savar upazila on the outskirts of the capital early Tuesday.The arrestees were identified as Tapan D Costa and his son Harry…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three alleged arms traders along with two foreign pistols and two rounds of bullets from Rajganj village in Putkhali border area in Benapole on Monday night,UNB News Agency Reported.
Gazipur – Family members on Tuesday identified two of the seven suspected militants who were killed in a drive at a house in Patartek area here on Saturday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Detectives arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh from Khakchapra area in Islampur union parishad of Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj district early Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed November 13 for further charge hearing in a sabotage case filed with Shahjahan Police Station of the city against 23 BNP leaders including the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the hearing to frame charges in the sedition case against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia. S The court granted plea of the former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s counsel and fixed…
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Monday convicted two members of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and sentenced them to 20 years jail in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.The convicts are Saiful Islam, 20, son…
Dhaka – A man was shot to death by miscreants at Satiantala in Sadar upazila in Jessore early Monday.The deceased was identified as Ejaj, 50, son of Abul Hossain, a resident of the village,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a young man along with $ 28,000 and some cameras from the International Passenger Terminal at Benapole Check Post in Benapole on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Amir Hossain, 25,…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a man along with one pistol and two magazines from Gazipur village at Benapole in Benapole on Sunday night.The arrestee was identified as Bablu Hossain, 40, son of Abdul Aziz, a…
Dhaka – An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight with police in Uttar Koroya area of Raipur upazila in Laxmipur early Monday, UNB news agency reported.
The BNP has described the death of suspected militants in raids as ‘extra-judicial killings’ and termed it a ‘crime against humanity.’ “As a lawyer, I think the killings without solving the mystery these are tantamount to crimes against humanity,” BNP…
Dhaka – The Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed a High Court order that recognized 2,367 members of ’71 ‘guerilla force’ as freedom fighters, UNB news agency reported. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Hasan Foez Siddique…
Dhaka-Several courts of Dhaka on Sunday sent BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel to the jail rejecting his bail petitions in 41 cases.
Dhaka: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hear on October 31 BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s leave-to-appeal petition in the Niko graft case. SC vocation chamber judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique fixed the date on Sunday and sent the…
Dhaka – Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Sonaichandi Bazaar in Nachol upazila in Chapainawabganj on Saturday night in connection with sabotage cases.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Bari, 46, rokon of Kasba union unit of Jamaat and…
Dgaka – A housewife was killed and raped by miscreants at Deora village in Akkelpur upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Aroti Rani, 27, wife of Ujjal Chandra,a resident of the village,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Alleged financer of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Abdur Rahim, who suffered injuries in a raid by Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), died at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar on Saturday night.
Dhaka – The condition of Sylhet college girl Khadiza Akter Nargis, who was brutally hacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Badrul Alam, has slightly improved after the 96-hour observation, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday arrested an alleged financer of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with Tk 30 lakh from a house at Baipail in Ashulia of Savar, UNB news agency…
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Satrurday Major (retd) Zia, the mastermind of the Gulshan café’ terrorist attack ‘will hopefully be nabbed at anytime’. “Major (retd) Zia is now under the close watch of detectives . . . He…
Dhaka – Eleven suspected militants, including JMB Dhaka regional commander Akash, were killed in separate operations conducted by police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in their hideouts in Gazipur and Tangail districts on Saturday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A woman was chopped to death allegedly by her ex-husband at Choitanayapur village in Shibganj upazila on in Chapainawabganj Friday night.The deceased was identified as Farzana Akhter, daughter of Nur Islam of the village,UNB News Agency Reported.