Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Saturday said police have not found any connection of Piyar Ahmed Akash, a Bangladeshi businessman deported by Malaysia, with militancy, including the Gulshan café attack.Akash was wanted in two arms cases, the…
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque has been relived from the advisory council of district Awami League for violating party discipline.The decision to relieve Sayedul, also the MP of Brahmanbaria-1 constituency, was taken at a meeting of the working…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued six kidnapped fishermen following a gunfight with forest robbers in the Sundarbans under Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district on Friday, UNB news agency reported. The Rab force also recovered four firearms…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man along with 12 gold bars weighing 1.5 kg from Shikari Battala at Benapole border in Benapole on Friday noon.The arrestee was identified as Asanur Rahman, son of Nur Islam,…
Dhaka – Detectives arrested eight suspected members of an inter-district robber gang from in front of Kushtial Medical College Hospital on Kushtia-Rajbari highway in Kushtia on Thursday night.The arrestees were identified as Rajib Hossain, 23, Kamal Hossain,32, Hasan Pramanik, 25,…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Dharmatal intersection in Jessore early Friday.The arrestee was identified as Salam, 45, son of Mohor Ali of Dharmatala area.
Dhaka – A cattle trader was stabbed to death and 14 others were injured in an attack by some robbers at Madhukhali in Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Bhulu Mandal, son of Rabiul Islam…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged arms dealer along with one pistol and three rounds of bullets from Jagannathpur village in Chougachha upazila in Jessore district on Thursday night.Rab-6 sources said a team of Rab,…
Dhaka – Local people snatched an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, arrested in a violence case, from policemen, leaving two cops injured at Dumurkhali Bazar in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night, UNB news agency reported.
Afghanistan (AP/UNB) — Afghanistan’s government signed a draft peace deal on Thursday with a designated “global terrorist” after lengthy negotiations that could pave the way for a similar accord with the Taliban, who have been waging war on Kabul for…
Dhaka: A three-month-old girl was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The victim was identified as Khadiza, daughter of Bahadur Dhali and Nasima Begum, hailing from Kathalbari of Shibchar upazila in Madaripur…
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred submission of the re-investigation report in a case filed in connection with sexual harassment of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations, October 17.
New York – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that those who unleashed arson attacks and burnt people to death in the name of movement in the country and their order giver BNP chief Khaleda Zia will surely be punished.…
Dhaka -A mobile court sent ten people to jail handing them a four-day imprisonment for possessing Indian Phensidyl syrup in Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday.Those who were jailed are Sunny, 25, Zahirul Islam, 28, Rakib Hasan, 24, Munna Khandaker,…
Dhaka – The five militants and one of their suspected associates, who were killed in a commando operation at Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan on July 2 after a 12-hour hostage crisis, were buried at Jurain Graveyard in the city…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two people along with two kilograms of hemp from Chandgaon area in the port city on Wednesday night.The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Alam, 60, hailing from Napitakhali…
Dhaka – Police arrested a man along with 11,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Moinamati area on the Comilla-Sylhet regional highway in Burichong upazila in Comilla on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Bachchu Miah,40, son of late Monohor Ali of…
Dhaka – Police arrested a man and his son along with fake currency notes worth TK30,000 from Safarmali area in Sadar upazila in Chandpur on Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Sheikh Kaboraj and his son Habib, a resident of the…
Dhaka- A Jessore court on Wednesday convicted three people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 1997.The convicts were identified as Monajat Gain, son of Haider Ali, Shahjahan Gain of Sharsha upazila, and Yunus Ali…
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Thursday issued arrest warrant against 14 BNP leaders and activists, including BNP Vice Chairman Selima Rahman, in a case filed with Pallabi Police Station under the Special Power Act.
Dhaka – After confiscation of a six storied building of former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in Gulshan, the government has further confiscated his 50-acre of lands at Rupganj in Narayanganj. The concerned district administrations have hung notices at…
Islamic State forces have fired crude chemical weapons at US troops in Iraq, the Pentagon has confirmed, a startling disclosure that US officials promptly downplayed as resulting in no deaths or injuries. The attack came from a powdered mustard agent…
Finance minister AMA Muhith is not going to release the final report on the Bangladesh Bank (BB) cyber heist submitted by a government-commissioned probe committee as it may hinder the recovery process of heist money. “We are corresponding with Philippines…
AFP – At least 30 countries will on Wednesday formally join the Paris agreement on climate change, moving it closer to reality, according to the United Nations. The global body said 30 states would submit their ratification at the UN…
DMP commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Miah today said the success of Bangladesh police in tackling militancy has been lauded worldwide.”The kind of success we have achieved in tackling militancy in such a short period of time is remarkable. Many developed nations…
Dhaka – A seven-year-old boy was found dead at Shyampur in the capital on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Abdullah, son of Golam Mostafa of Mehendiganj upazila in Barisal district. Mostafa used to live at Natun Ali Bahar of Shyampur…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged female drug peddler along with 800 pieces of Yaba tablet from Dighirpar area in Benapole on Wednesday morning.The arrestee was identified as Rekha Khatun,35, wife of Asadul, a resident…
Dhaka – A couple were killed and eight other people injured when a bus ploughed through their house in Baharampur rail crossing area of the city in Rajshahi early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Bashir Hossain,40, and his wife Reshma…
Lagos (AP/UNB) – Islamic extremists said Tuesday they killed more than 40 troops from a multinational force in an attack on a convoy in northeast Nigeria – the fourth attack in three days following a lull as Nigeria’s home-grown insurgency…
United Nations (PTI) – Describing terrorism as an “existential threat”, India has said that “hypocrisy” towards the menace is unacceptable and underlined that terrorism is the “principle cause” of the large-scale refugee movement. “It is important to stress that today…