Police in a drive early Saturday recovered a pipe gun and five rounds of bullet from the house of a drug peddler at Laxmipur village in Bhandaria upazila.
Category: Governance
Freedom at midnight as 111 enclaves awake to new life in Bangladesh
Dotted lights pierced the midnight darkness to herald a new dawn of freedom in 111 enclaves which became part of Bangladesh when the clock struck a minute past midnight on Friday.The swap of control of 162 little ‘land islands’ with…
5 extortionists get life imprisonment in Khulna
Five extortionists rewarded life imprisonment by a trial court here on Wednesday (Yesterday) on charge of killing a youth under Batiaghata upazila in the district on June 06 in 2003.Judge of the Additional Session Judge Court of Khulna Md. Al…
One to die for killing wife
A court here today sentenced one person to death for killing his wife at Hartokirtek village under Sripur upazila of the district in 2011. Additional District and Session Judge A K M Enamul Hauque pronounced the judgment.
Another girl ‘gang-raped’ in Dhaka
A teenage girl has allegedly been gang-raped by her colleague and two others in Dhaka while returning home from work.The incident reportedly took place on Thursday night at Uttara, barely two months after a girl of Garo tribe was gang-raped…
Hearing on acquittal of BNP leaders in cop killing case deferred
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the hearing on the acquittal of 20 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance, including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to August 30 in a case filed…
One arrested with yaba in Faridpur
One youth was arrested by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 last night with 201 pieces of yaba tablets from Laksmipur area of this town.
2 human traffickers held in Khagrachari
Police in a drive arrested two alleged human traffickers from Rashiknagar village in Dighinala upazila on Wednesday evening. The arrestees were identified as Khalilur Rahman, 50, and Ripon Miah, 24.
Charge framed against 132 in petrol bomb hurling case
The District and Sessions Judge Court today framed charges against 132 Jamaat-Shibir men for hurling petrol bombs and burning six persons to death and injuring many others in Mithapukur on January 13 this year.After hearing on the charge sheet submitted…
Rapist gets life imprisonment in Rajshahi
A college-teacher has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court here yesterday on charge of raping a schoolgirl in the district over 12 years back.Judge of the Special Tribunal against Women and Child Repression KM Shahid Ahmed found…
‘Election Commission info on female voters unauthentic’
Claiming that the statistic of Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) over the declining share of female voters is authentic, the non-government organisation on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission published untrue and half true information in this regard. “We want to…
Handwritten passports phase out Nov 24
All passport users, both at home and abroad, have been requested to swap their handwritten passports with the new machine readable ones by November 24. The deadline was fixed at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the Civil Aviation and Tourism…
Bnp’s student affiliate chief Rajib sent on remand
Two courts of Dhaka on Wednesday put Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan on eight days’ remand in four cases filed in connection violent activities. Magistrate Shamsul Arefin of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka granted six days…
Bnp expresses frustration at SC verdict against Salauddin
BNP has expressed its frustration, surprise and shock as the Appellate Division upheld the death sentence o party leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury on charges of crimes against humanity. “Our party considers like his lawyers that he did not get justice.…
4 held with 39 kg hemp in Sirajganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four people along with 39 kg hemp from Chandaikona Bazar area in Raiganj upazila of the district on Tuesday.
Three Bangladeshis held from Hili frontier
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three Bangladeshi nationals after their illegal intrusion into Bangladesh from Hili frontier under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur this afternoon, BGB and police sources said.The arrested persons are: Subornolota, 50, wife of Dulal Nath and Maloti…
Mobile court fines eight gamblers in Pirganj
A mobile court fined eight gamblers with Taka 600 each in Pirganj upazila town in the district this afternoon, police sources said.Earlier, Pirganj Thana police arrested them from a house in village Chotrahat area under Chhatra union of Pirganj upazila…
1 held with Indian liquor in Sunamganj
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in a drive arrested a person and recovered 310 bottles of Indian liquor from his possession at Boithakhali jetty in the town early Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Osman,60, son of late Anwar Ali,…
Fake cigarette factory unearthed in Rajshahi
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed a fake cigarette factory in Bagsara area under Paba Upazila of the district today, RAB Sources here said.On a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a sudden raid at the area…
Supreme Court seals Salauddin Quader’s fate, confirms death penalty for BNP leader’s war crimes
War-time terror of Chittagong Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will have to hang after the Supreme Court in the final verdict has confirmed the death penalty of the war crimes tribunal.The four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered…
SC upholds Salauddin Quader’s death verdict
The appellate division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of condemned war crime convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the court, led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, delivered…
Hearing against Fakhrul 25 other Bnp leaders Aug 25
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again deferred the hearing against 26 BNP members, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on whether to frame charge or not to August 25. The case was filed on the charges…
Two held with phensidyl in C’nawabganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 249 bottles of phensidyl from Pirojpur area under Shibganj upazila of the district this afternoon.
One lakh yaba seized in Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered one lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Natun Transit Ghat area of Chowdhurypara in Teknaf upazila early this morning.On a tip-off, a BGB team conducted the drive in the area…
2 held with 545 yaba pills in Munshiganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, along with 545 pieces of Yaba tablet from Sirajdikhan upazila of the district on Monday.The arrestees were identified as Jiasmin Begum,35, wife of Anowar Bepari and…
2 college students stab each other in Sylhet
Two college students stabbed each other in a state of frenzy over posting a photo on social networking site Facebook at Beanibazar Government College in Beanibazar upazila on Monday.They were identified as Rejwan, son of Chunnu Miah, a resident of…
Cop held for ‘selling Yaba’ in Cox’s Bazar
Police arrested a police constable allegedly for selling Yaba tablets and seized 23,500 pieces of the tablet from his possession in the district Ansar Office area in Sadar upazila on Monday noon.The arrestee was identified as police constable Saddam Hossain,…
Schoolgirl killed after rape in Natore
A schoolgirl was killed after rape allegedly by her cousin and his friend at Yarpur village in Naldanga upazila on Monday.The victim was a resident of the village and a class V student of Yarpur Primary School.
RAB nabs 2 with spurious soft drinks in Rajshahi
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two persons and seized huge spurious soft drinks and sex-stimulating tablets from a city area yesterday afternoon, RAB sources here said this morning.The arrestees are: Raju Ahmed, 26, son of Nurul Islam, and…
Schoolgirl killed after rape in Natore
A schoolgirl was killed after rape allegedly by her cousin and his friend at Yarpur village in Naldanga upazila on Monday. The victim was a resident of the village and a class V student of Yarpur Primary School. Police sources…