Detective Branch of Police has held two alleged drug peddlers from Bandarban Sadar upazila, following a gun fight on early Friday.DB inspector Monjurul Alam confirmed the incident at Bandarban district police superintendent’s office.The arrested are, chief of Bulu Bahini, Ilias…
Robbers looted valuables from three houses at Kisundi village in Sadar upazila early Thursday.Sunil Das, owner of a house, said a gang of robbers numbering 12-15 stormed his house and two other houses—one of Ramen Das and another of Raghunath…
A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her son-in-law at Chapapukur village in Bagatipara upazila on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Rawshan Ara.Quoting family members, police said an altercation ensued between Sadek Ali, a resident of Chapapukur village…
Pierre Mayaudon, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, condemns the attack on the Italian doctor and priest Piero Parolari in Dinajpur.
Interpol has identified only 5,800 foreign fighters of the roughly 25,000 believed to have joined jihadist groups in conflict zones like Syria and Iraq, the head of the global police body said Wednesday.He was speaking at an anti-terrorism conference in…
STAFF REPORTER The government has decided for building a ship building and re-cycling zone in Barguna, shipping minister Shajahan Khan said yesterday.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed three accused in the blogger Niloy murder case on a five-day remand each to them about the incident.
A joint force arrested 40 people, including 10 activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir, from different areas of the district on various charges in a drive from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.A team comprising members of police, Rapid Action Battalion and…
The full verdicts of the Supreme Court rejecting the review petitions of Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were read out to the two war crimes convicts at Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday night.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed Wednesday (today) for delivering its order on the review petition filed by death-row convict Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences.
An Italian citizen sustained bullet injuries in an attack by unknown miscreants at Mirzapur BRTC bus stand in Dinajpur town on Wednesday morning. The injured, Piyara Samio,50, is a physician of Kasba Missionary Hospital in Dinajpur.
Court Correspondent Two more witnesses testified yesterday (Tuesday) in the blogger Rajeeb murder case. Judge Sayed Ahammed of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 recorded their depositions and they are DNA testing physician Dr Mahmud Hasan and SI Anisur Rahman of Pallabi…
Court Correspondent BNP leader MA Qaiyum’s younger brother MA Matin, accused in the Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case denied to confess in the case on Tuesday.
Police arrested a young man in connection with two valance and extortion cases from Parnanduali village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Soukhin Molla,22, son of Quddus Molla, a resident of the village.
A mobile court here last night sentenced a pharmacy owner to six months’ imprisonment and also fined him Taka 50,000 for keeping date expired medicines.The convicted person was identified as Golam Nabi, 50, owner of ‘Nabin Pharmacy’ and son of…
Police arrested 15 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir during a drive in different areas of the district on various charges on Monday night, report news agency UNB.Inspector Mahbubur Rahman of Special Branch (SB) said a team of police…
Nuclear energy regulators in South Africa and China have signed a technical cooperation agreement as Africa’s most industrialised economy presses forward with controversial plans to build eight new nuclear reactors.The deal, which includes “licensing procedures, vendor inspections, inspector training and…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday started hearing review petitions of war crimes convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against its verdicts upholding their death penalties for crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation…
A bill titled ‘Public Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Bill, 2015’ was passed in Parliament on Monday, scrapping the Public Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Ordinance which was promulgated in 1976 during the martial law regime.
Senior Correspondent A Dhaka court on Monday fixed Thursday for hearing on a bail petition of Jesmin Jahan Nitto, wife of cricketer Shahadat Hossain, in a case filed for torturing their domestic help.
Dhaka – The prime accused in the sensational Narayanganj 7-murder case Nur Hossain was shifted to Kashimpur high security prison from Dhaka central jail on Sunday afternoon.
Rajeeb murder (15-11) Court Correspondent Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka, who recorded the confessional statement of Mufti Mohammad Jasim Uddin Rahmani, accused in the blogger Rajeeb murder case, yesterday (Sunday) testified in the same…
A housewife was slaughtered to death allegedly by her husband over family feud at Gopinathpur village in sadar upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Aliya Khatun, 38, wife of Raham Ali, a resident of the village.Suruj Hossain, deceased’s…
Police commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Abdul Jalil Mondol has said the entire city will be brought under CCTV network very soon. He disclosed this while addressing the installation ceremony of CCTV camera in Akbar Shah thana in city recently.
Law enforcers in separate drives arrested 31 people, including 13 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of the district.The drive was conducted from Friday night till Saturday morning.
Detectives arrested a young man, said to be the driver of an MP, from Sankipara area of the district town early Friday in connection with the killing of a schoolgirl.The arrestee was identified as Shahjahan Habib Munna, a resident of…
CHITTAGONG, Nov 13, 2015 (BSS)- The Customs Intelligence (CI) in a drive arrested a man with huge amount of foreign currencies from city’s Station Road area on Thursday night.The arrestee was identified as Jafar Ahmad, 45.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says it has arrested three men in Chapainawabganj for their suspected involvement in last month’s murder of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi.They are said to be activists of Rangpur’s Juba League and Juba Dal, having past…
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Thursday sentenced Oishee Rahman to death for killing her father, Special Branch Police Officer Mahfuzur Rahman and her mother Swapna Rahman in 2013. Judge Syed Ahmed of the tribunal passed the order in…
Dhaka – Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases, was brought back home from India Thursday night. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed Nur Hossain over to a Bangladesh joint team of police and Border Guard…