Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 26 BNP men including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir till October 26 in a sabotage case.
Two separate mobile courts here on Wednesday jailed 31 fishermen for catching hilsa fish from the Meghna river violating the on-going ban.Separate joint teams led by executive magistrates conducted a drive in different areas of Sadar and Haimchar upazilas and…
Police recovered decomposed floating body of a young woman from the Buriganga river in Doleshwar area of the upazila on Wednesday.Identity of the deceased, aged around 20, could not be confirmed immediately.
Coast Guard members in a drive seized huge current nets from a passenger-laden launch on the Meghna river in the district early this morning.
A 50-year-old man in northern India was killed in a mob lynching on Monday night allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home. BBC Hindi’s Salman Ravi went to Dadri in the state of…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all countries to unite against terrorism and violent extremism, the biggest challenge the world faces today. Her appeal to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) followed the Islamic State’s claim that…
The Home Ministry on Wednesday said intelligence agencies here are yet to find any statement of the Islamic State (IS) regarding the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella.
A court here yesterday sentenced a man to suffer life term imprisonment for killing his wife at Uttar Palongpara in Alikadam upazila of the district in 2009.The court also fined him Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer one more year…
Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a raid arrested two persons with 500 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from city’s Shah Amanat Bridge area on Tuesday morning.The arrestee were identified as Mohammad Ilias, 32, son of Abdul Gofour, of Cox’s Bazar Sadar…
A Chittagong court on Tuesday granted five-day remand to five persons who were detained in connection with the recovery of 2.71 crore Indian rupees from a container that was seized at Chittagong port on September 18 last.The court of Senior…
Four persons were convicted and sentenced to suffer four years jail on charge of extortion here yesterday.The convicted persons were identified as Akkash Ali, Matiur Rahman, Habibur Rahman and Ashraf Ali. All of them hails from Kazla Dharampur area under…
Police arrested an alleged drug trader with 505 bottles of contraband Indian phensidyl from Jamtala Tinpukuria village under Sadar thana of the district last night.The arrested person was identified as Md. Nasir Uddin, 60, son of Late Sabed Ali of…
Police headquarters on Tuesday formed a special investigation team headed by Joint Commissioner (Detective Branch) of DMP Monirul Islam to investigate the killing incident of Italian national Cesare Tavella.
A woman was killed and a teenage girl went missing as a boat sank in Boithakhali canal at Islamabad village in Austagram upzila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Sokhila Begum, 40, wife of Hazrat Ali, a resident of…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all members of the peacekeeping community to work together to ensure peace and security around the world. The Prime Minister said this at a Summit on Peacekeeping Operation at the UN Headquarters here on…
An Italian air worker was shot dead by unidentified assailants in city’s Gulshan diplomatic zone on Monday evening. The killing took place on Road no 92 in Gulshan-2 diplomatic zone in capital Dhaka. An aid worker the victim was identified…
The Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon has condemned the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella employed by the Netherlands-based NGO, ICCO on Monday evening by unidentified gunmen in the Gulshan diplomatic zone. Terming it as…
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the murder of an Italian national in Bangladesh, a jihadist threat monitoring portal, SITE Intelligence Group, says. An NGO official, Cesare Tavella, aged around 50, was shot dead on Monday evening at the…
A 14-member delegation of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) reached in Shiliguri of India on Monday morning to attend a 3-day firing competition with its counterpart Indian Border Security Force (BSF).
The officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station was closed to Gaibandha Police Line on Saturday night for negligence of duty over the murder of Awami league leader’s son Ashiqur Rahman.The district’s superintendent of police Ashraful Islam said the action was taken…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 504 bottles of Indian phensidyl syrup from a sugarcane field at Khoyerhuda village under Jibannagar upazila of the district on Monday night.
An alleged robber was injured in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Chalkidanga village in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.The injured was identified as Akbar Ali, son of Abdus Sattar, a resident of Pardia area of…
A mobile court of Chittagong District Administration today fined six pharmacies Tk 60 thousand for selling doctors’ sample medicines and unapproved Indian medicines.Deputy Revenue Collector and Executive Magistrate of Chittagong District Administration Mohammad Ruhul Amin led the mobile court at…
Twenty-five fishermen were kidnapped by forest robbers from Kakrakhali canal of the Sundarbans under Shyamnagar upazila on Monday. Seven of the victims were identified as Rafiqul, 38, Mazid, 28, Sannasi, 38, Kawsar, 55, Khokon, 25, Amirul, 28, and Farid, 35.…
A man was beaten to death and a woman injured by a group of villagers foiling the duo’s alleged bid to flee with a boy after kidnapping him from Rajapur village in Sadar upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified…
A court here on Monday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment on charge of keeping a firearm illegally in Sadar upazila of the district. Meherpur District and Sessions Judge M Robiul Hasan gave the verdict after completing hearing of the…
A mobile court has fined two food factories for manufacturing substandard foods in the city yesterday, sources concerned here said today.On a tip-off, Regional office of Bangladesh Standard and Testing
Three days after they were closed to the District Police Lines, six policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, of Pirganj Police Station were suspended on Monday over extortion charges.Police super of Thakurgoan Farhat Ahmed took the action against sub-inspectors Nur Alam…
Miscreants looted cash and valuables from six people after making them unconscious in three separate incidents across the district on Tuesday.Station Master of Natore Railway Station Ashok chakrabarty said guards of Lalmoni Express Train dropped three passengers from the train…
Charges have been framed against 13 people for the murder of Samiul Islam Rajan, who was tortured to death in July this year. The court of Sylhet’s Metropolitan Sessions Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha indicted them on Tuesday and set Oct…