Police arrested three fake DB men from Rupdia Bazar of Sadar upazila in the district on Sunday night.The arrestees were identified as Asaduzzaman, 30, son of Nuruzzaman,a resident of Khrishnagar village; Imran Hossain, son of Arafat Mallick, a resident of…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka once again deferred the submission of the probe report in the much-talked Sagar-Runi murder case and fixed January 18, 2016 for submitting the report.
An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Jungle Gunagori in Banshkhali upazila early Monday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-charge of Banshkhali Police Station Swapan Kumar said a gang of…
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said action will be taken against those Ulema who are instigating militancy through their speeches in different places in waz mahfils (gatherings of religious sermon). “We’ve information that militancy is being…
The High Court will deliver its order on December 9 on a petition filed seeking further investigation into the sensational seven-murder incident of Narayanganj.
Questioning the Election Commission’s (EC’s) neutrality, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday doubted whether the municipal polls will be held free on December 30.
Condemned convict Oishee Rahman on Sunday filed an appeal with the High Court against the tribunal verdict that sentenced her to death for killing her parents–police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman–in 2013.
Dhaka-Around 100 female members have been recruited for Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for the first time and they will start training from January next year.
A young man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself after stabbing a friend of him to death at Haripur in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Sujan Ali,17, a first-year student of Amla Government College and son…
Malaysia’s police said on Saturday that it had arrested five people, including a Bangladeshi and a European employed as a teacher, on suspicion of links with militant groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.Malaysia is on heightened alert after reports…
Dhaka – Democracy Day is being observed in the country today (Sunday), marking the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990. On December 6, 1990, military dictator HM Ershad stepped down in the face of a mass upsurge, and…
Police arrested five leaders and activists of Swechchhasebak League, volunteer front of the ruling Awami League, from Noymile area of Shajahanpur upazila on Friday on extortion charges.The arrestees were identified as Manir,32, Manik,22, Masud,25, Based,28, and Shamim.
At least six people got injured in an explosion in the Jatra pandal during Raash Mela, held on Kantaji Temple premises in Dinapur’s Kaharol upazila on early Saturday.Police have held three people in this connection.The injured were rushed to Dinajpur…
Dinajpur – Ten people were injured as three crude bombs went off under the canopy of a jatra show in the premises of Kantaji Temple in Kaharole upazila early Saturday. Police and witnesses said a series of blasts happened at…
Dhaka–Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested a suspected leader of banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB), reportedly involved in Gupibagh six murder, from the city’s Shahid Faruq Road of Jatrabari on Thursday noon.
STAFF REPORTER A total of 1,223 aspirants have filed their nomination papers for mayoral posts while 9,798 for councillor posts and 2, 668 in reserved councillor posts to contest in 235 municipalities.
The United States and China have reached agreement on guidelines for requesting assistance on cyber crime or other malicious cyber activities, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday.The agreement was reached in talks in Washington this week among officials including…
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested six members of an international human trafficking and fake currency syndicate, including a Pakistani national, along with huge fake currency notes from different parts of the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas early…
The High Court on Thursday directed the Gulshan thana police to arrest United Hospital staff (brother) Saiful Islam and produce him before the court on December 7 for ‘sexually harassing’ a female patient. It also issued a rule asking the…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) placed six suspects of new militant organisation, Al Mujaheed of Bangladesh, on a six-day remand each in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Court Correspondent The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed December 10 for next Hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a young man along with a touchstone Bishnu statue from Maizgaon area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Badrul Islam, 24, son of Monajjir…
Joint forces in separate drives from Wednesday night to early Thursday arrested 35 people, including three Jamaat activists, in different places of the district on sabotage charges.Enamul Haque, sub-inspector of Satkhira district police, said the joint team conducted separate drives…
War crimes convict and Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami’s lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Wednesday told the Appellate Division that even if his client is proven guilty of any charge, he is eligible for any punishment other than the capital…
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will not appear to court for hearing in the Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases Thursday. The hearing will be held at the Special Judge’s Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar setup on…
Hackers broke into the website of Sonali Bank on Tuesday and took control of it for a few hours.On Wednesday morning, the home page of the Sonali Bank website was found carrying a notice by the hackers.A picture of a…
Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz on Tuesday turned down BNP’s allegation that the Commission has hurriedly announced the municipal election schedule at the government’s behest, saying it is a false statement.
The High Court on Tuesday said there is a serious error in the chargesheet submitted by detectives in the sensational seven-murder cases of Narayanganj.
Two alleged robbers were injured in a firing by police during a robbery incident at Panchshira Bazar in Kalai upazila early Tuesday. The injured were identified as Raju Miah,32, and Ziarul Islam,23. Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station, said…
The regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institutions (BSTI) has expedited drives against selling of substandard and adulterated foods and other consumer items and fined owner of a bakery Taka 50,000 in the metropolis yesterday.According to the officials concerned,…