Detectives arrested two activists of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) along with one shutter gun, four live bombs and one round of bullet from Takpara area on the Gholdari-Madhupur road in Alamdanga upazila early Sunday.The arrestees were identified as Shamsul…
A college girl was assaulted by four young men in Demra area of Dhaka on Saturday afternoon allegedly for refusing a love proposal. Police arrested three of the assaulters after the victim filed a case with Demra Police Station in…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested seven members of an organised kidnapping gang from Shahjalal International Airport area in the city on Friday night.
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned till September 10 the hearing in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Special Judge Court-3 conducted his…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)seized 1,500 kilograms of hilsa while those were being smuggled to India through Alipur check post area at Bhomra border point in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
Members of Airport Armed Police (AAP) seized 267 cartoons of contraband cigarette worth around Tk 5 lakh and arrested one person in this connection from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. The arrested person was identified as Harun Mia, 50.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged criminals from the city’s Mirpur area on Tuesday night in connection with the looting of goods from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after beating customs officials. The arrestees were identified as Badrul…
A minor girl was killed as a human hauler ran over her on the Belkuchi-Ullapara road in Saldair Mahmudpur area in Belkuchi upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Riya Sutradhar, 3, daughter of Bijoy Sutradhar, a resident of…
Police arrested two people, including a Jubo League leader, from Latifpur area in Sadar upazila early Wednesday in connection with the killing of Chandraganj union unit Awami League leader vice-president Omar Faruk.The arrestees were identified as Ismael Hossain, former joint…
A Jubo League leader sustained stab injuries in an attack allegedly by an activist of a rival faction in Sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon.The injured was identified as Saiful Islam Sentu, son of Sobhan Sheikh, a resident of Hossainpur area,…
A youth was allegedly chopped to death by his nrelatives at Noapara village under Lohagara upazila of the district early this morning. The deceased was identified as Saddam Sheikh, 25, son of Haru Sheikh of the same area.Police said a…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death for killing an O-level student in the capital 15 years ago. Judge Abdur Rahim Sardar of the Speedy Trial Tribunal 4 of Dhaka pronounced the verdict on Tuesday afternoon in…
Two different courts of Dhaka on Tuesday placed BNP Chairperson’s Adviser and journalist leader Shaukat Mahmud on a four-day fresh remand in four cases filed with Paltan, Motijheel and Rampura police stations in the capital. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM)…
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police submitted the charge sheet of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu murder case to a Dhaka court against five people on Tuesday afternoon. The accused whose names are included in the charge sheet are…
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested six suspected members of an alleged counterfeit money syndicate and seized forged currency notes worth about Tk 1.20 crore from the city’s Mirpur area on Monday night. The law enforcers also…
Three leaders of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the Awami League, were suspended on Monday on charge of assaulting seven teachers of the university in an attack on Sunday. They…
A court here on Monday asked the authorities concerned to produce three fugitives accused in the Rajon murder case before the court within seven days. The three fugitive accused are — Quamrul Islam, his brother Shamim Ahmed and Pavel. Judge…
A Special Tribunal on Monday imprisoned two top officials of Chick Textiles for their share market scam of 1996. Judge Humayun Kabir of the Special Tribunal sentenced Chick Textiles Managing Director Md Maksud Rasul and its director Iftekar Mohammad to…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka passed orders on Monday to pronounce its decision on November 2, whether the two charge sheets against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others in two cases will be taken into cognizance…
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) recorded the deposition of three more prosecution witnesses in the case filed about the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in Pallabi area of the capital. Judge Syeed Ahmed of tribunal recorded…
An alleged member of a terrorist group was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with his rivals at Honak in Maheshkhali upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mojammel Haque, 40, a resident of Kalarmarchhora village of the upazila.Officer-in-charge of…
A young widow and her two daughters were killed allegedly by feeding poisoned food at Panchlia Dakkhinpara village in Ullapara upazila on Sunday evening over a land-related dispute. The deceased were identified as Amena Begum, 35, wife of late Rana,…
A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrant against BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and 19 others in two separate arson cases filed with Mirpur Police Station of the city in June of 2010. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubur Rahman…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the date for submission of report to September 19 in the defamation case filed against BNP Senior Vice President Tareque Rahman and Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir…
Police rescued a kidnapped garment businessman and arrested one alleged kidnapper from the city’s Dhanmondi on early Sunday. The arrested alleged kidnepper was identified as Fuad Mohammad Shah.
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Kasinathpur area on the Magura-Jessore highway under Sadar upazila this morning.
A court here on Sunday placed three Myanmar nationals, who were arrested for their suspected link to Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’, on a five-day remand each.Senior Judicial Magistrate Roknuddin Kabir passed the order after police produced them before the…
A man was stabbed by his son for obstructing his (son’s) terrorist activities at Baro Achra village here on Saturday night. The victim, Abdur Rahman, a resident of the village, was admitted to Jessore Medical College Hospital with severe injuries.Police…
A man was killed after receiving a punch in a bid to stop quarrel between his two brothers-in-law at Dakshin Koralia village in Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Afsar Kazi, 50.
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room at Kabirpur village in Shailakupa municipality area on Friday.The deceased was identified as Kanak Rani,35, wife of Suranjan Karmaker, a resident of the village.