Bagerhat – A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing a young girl in 2012.Condemned convict Azad Khan, 40, son of Dalil Khan of Khalishakhali village in Kachua upazila, was also fined Tk…
Category: Governance
Bomb blasts injure 5 in Savar
Savar -Four restaurant employees and a schoolboy received injuries as miscreants blasted crude bombs in two separate incidents in Savar upazila on Monday morning.Three of the restaurant employees were identified as Samir, 15, Billal, 16, Saikat 14.In Ashulia, three miscreants…
Mir Quasem’s death warrant at Dhaka jail
The death warrant for condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971 reached the Dhaka Central Jail on Monday.The Jail Super received a copy of the death warrant in the…
Mir Quasem’s death warrant at Dhaka jail
The death warrant for condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971 reached the Dhaka Central Jail on Monday.The Jail Super received a copy of the death warrant in the…
Motorcycle riding by more than two banned
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said the government has banned riding motorcycles by more than two people across the country. The minister came up with the announcement a day after the brutal killing of a police officer’s…
Bike used in Chittagong SP’s wife killing recovered
Dhaka, – Police claimed to have recovered a motorcycle used in killing of Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter’s wife from Solokbahar area in the city early Monday, Unb news agency reported.
Two stabbed dead in sleep at Jessore filling station
Dhaka – Two staff of a filling station were stabbed dead in Charabhita area of Bagharpara upazila of the southwestern Jessore district on Monday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Provide Tonu’s full DNA report: Court orders CID
Dhaka-A court here on Sunday ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to provide the full report of the DNA test, conducted on the body of slain college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, to the medical board formed for her 2nd autopsy.
Suspended GCC mayor Mannan lands in jail again
Dhaka-A court here on Sunday again sent suspended Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan to jail in an arson case.
Keep Morshed Khan’s Hong Kong bank account frozen: HC
Dhaka-The High Court on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned to keep frozen the accounts of BNP Vice-chairman M Morshed Khan, his wife and son with a Hong Kong bank for 10 days in a money laundering case.
Writ petition to cancel licence of 20 Medicine manufacturer companies
Dhaka-A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking its directives upon the government to cancel licenses of 20 drug manufacturing companies for producing substandard medicines.
SC grants bail for Barrister Shakila
Dhaka-The Supreme Court upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to Barrister Shakila Farzana in two cases filed on charges of terror financing.
SP’s wife, Christian grocer in Ctg, Natore: Militant link sensed
A police officer’s wife and a Christian grocer were killed in daring attacks by unknown assailants in Chittagong and Natore districts on Sunday. Mahmuda Khanam, 33, wife of police super Babul Akhter and grocer Sunil Gomej, 60, are the latest…
Arson case: Charge-framing against Khaleda, 37 others Jul 18
A court here on Sunday fixed July 18 for framing charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 BNP-Jamaat men in a case filed over an arson attack on a bus at Jatrabari in the city last year. Metropolitan Session’s…
Unwed Indian women targeted in ‘black-market baby scam’
In an intensive care unit, a nurse soothes a crying baby rescued in a raid on a private Indian hospital that police suspect was selling abandoned newborns on the black market. “She is too weak and needs special care,” the…
Chittagong police super’s wife shot dead
Dhaka – Unidentified miscreants gunned down the wife of a superintendent of police of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) at the port city’s GEC intersection on Sunday morning, Unb news agency reported.
Amid violence 4 killed in UP polls;CEC blames ‘social tension’
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Saturday said ‘social tension’ is the major reason behind election violence.
Polling in 698 UPs underway in final phase
Dhaka – Voting in the election to 698 union parishads (UPs) of 82 upazilas across 47 of the country’s 64 districts began on Saturday morning in the 6th and final phase of the polls to the lowest tier of the…
698 UPs polls today,pre-polls violence kills 1
Dhaka-Some 698 Union Parishads (UPs) across the country are going to polls on Saturday in the 6th and final phase of election to the lowest tier of the local government. The voting will be held from 8am to 4pm without…
Terrorist attacks, deaths in BD increased in 2015: US
The United States has said terrorist attacks and total deaths increased in Bangladesh in 2015 though Bangladesh has articulated a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy towards terrorism and remained committed to counterterrorism cooperation.
2 killed in separate incidents in Ctg
Chittagong – Two people were killed in separate incidents in Alkaran area of the city early Friday.Jashim Uddin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Rafiq, 48, manager of a restaurant, was stabbed to death and its another staff was injured…
‘bKash’ agent robbed of Tk2 lakh in Gazipur
Gazipur – Miscreants looted Tk 2 lakh from an agent of mobile money transfer service provider ‘bKash’ after shooting him at Mirerbazar in the city on Thursday.Three people riding a motorcycle intercepted Mohammad Azmir, 22, and shot him while he…
Case filed against AL MP for assaulting Banshkhali election officer
Chittagong -A case was filed against Awami League MP Mustafizur Rahman for allegedly assaulting Banshkhali Upazila Election Officer Zahid Hossain. Officer-in-charge of Banshkhali police station Md Alamgir Hossain filed the case mentioning names of three people, including the MP, and…
Increase policewomen in peacekeeping: UN Secy General to IGP
United Nations requested Bangladesh police to increase its female members in UN peacekeeping missions (UNPKM) considering role of female Formed Police Unit (FPU) in the UNPKM.
Khaleda’s statement of self-defence deferred
Dhada-The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the deposition of the self defense statement of BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, to June 23.
Three awarded life-sentence for killing eng Asad
Dhaka-A tribunal of Dhaka on Thursday sentenced three persons to life term imprisonment and three others to a 10-year rigorous imprisonment each for killing engineer Asad Khandaker of Sirajdikhan upazilla of Munshiganj in 2013.
Youth held with firearms, ammo in Rajshahi
Rajshahi – Police arrested a young man in possession of four foreign-made pistols, eight magazines and 20 rounds of bullet from Halidagachhi area in Charghat upazila on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Bani Islam,35, son of Moksed Ali, a resident of…
‘Drug smuggler’ killed in Joypurhat ‘gunfight’
Joypurhat – An alleged drug smuggler was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police at Ratanpur village in Panchbibi upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Tariqul, son of Ayez…
SC asks govt to demolish BGMEA building in 90 days
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court order that had declared the BGMEA building illegal and asked the government to demolish it within 90 days. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division,…
Muslim girl picks Norwich after Citadel says no to her hijab
Northfield — A Muslim high school student from Florida who hopes to become a Navy officer is going to attend Norwich University after the Vermont military school said it would allow her to wear her headscarf beneath her uniform. Sana…