Anti-Smuggling Task Force conducted raid at Uttara Express train at Panchbibi rail station under Joypurhat this morning and recovered Indian smuggled goods worth over Taka one crore and detained five smugglers.
Category: Governance
Report submission on Salman Shah’s death deferred
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the submission of report on further inquiry into the death of actor Salman Shah to June 10. Magistrate Wayej Kuruni Khan Chowdhury of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka passed the order…
Money loan court summon against Khaleda to newspapers
Dhaka’s Money Loan Court-1 (Artha Rin Adalat-1) on Sunday directed the authorities to publish gazette notification in newspapers summoning BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and three others in the case filed for the loan default of Dandy Dying Limited. Judge…
Bnp optimistic about getting Salahuddin back alive
BNP joint secretary general Mahbub Uddin Khokon on Saturday said they believe they would get back BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed alive soon. “After a meeting with Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner we’ve become a bit optimistic that Salahuddin Ahmed is…
Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman hanged
The death penalty of Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was executed at the Dhaka Central Jail at 10-31 pm on Saturday night, different sources confirmed last night. The sources said as per norms the IG Prison Brig Gen Syed Iftekharuddin, additional…
2 held with fake currency notes in Chandpur
Police in a drive arrested two members of a currency forger syndicate along with fake currency notes worth Tk 1.46 lakh from a residential hotel at Chairman Ghat in the town on Friday.
Indian contrabands worth Tk1 cr seized in Joypurhat; 5 held
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested five alleged smugglers and seized Indian contrabands worth over Tk one crore from a train at Panchbibi Rail Station here early Saturday.
Drug peddler sent to jail in Sherpur
A court here on Friday sent a drug peddler to jail for possessing drugs in Nakla upazila.
IG Prison in Jail apparently for Kamaruzzaman’s execution
The Inspector General of Prisons entered the Dhaka Central Jail along with other officials on Saturday evening in what appeared to be the start of formalities for execution of death row convict Jamaat Leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman Bangladesh authorities are expected…
Kamaruzzaman’s family asked to see him for last time
The Dhaka Central Jail authorities have called the family of death row convict Kamaruzzaman to see him on late Saturday afternoon indicating his death sentence might be executed by the same night. His son Hasan Iqbal said that they had…
Smuggled drugs recovered in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an Indian bicycle,200 amples of sedative injection and 65 bottles of phensidyl in separate drives last night and early today.
Stay in khaleda’s coalmine case extended by six months
The High Court has extended its stay order on the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The bench of Justice Md. Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed gave the order, extending the stay by six months on…
Kamaruzzaman’s death sentence execution apparently postponed
Jail authorities on Friday evening apparently postponed a decisioin to go ahead with executing the verdict given against Jamaat Leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman who has remained in a death row for sometime. Earlier two magistrates visited the Dhaka Central Jail to…
2 held with Phensidyl in Faridpur
Members of elite force Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-8 stationed in Faridpur district recovered 208 bottles of contraband phensidyl and arrested two drug peddlers in this connection from Khondoker Nuru Mia by-pass road on Wednesday.
5 arrested with 3,000-kg jatka in Lakshmipur
Fisheries Department in a drive arrested five persons and recovered 3,000-kg jatka (small hilsa fish) from Khaserhat Bazaar area under Raipur upazila of the district this morning.
Two held with Phensidyl in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 208 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Munsi Bazar area in the district town on Wednesday morning.
BGB arrested youth, seized 2,448gr gold in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh in a raid arrested a man along with a total of 21 gold bars of 2,448.05 grams of weight worth Tk 1,00,00,000 from Benapole land port area, Lieutenant Colonel Jahangir Hossain, commanding officer, 26 Border…
3 Ex-Rab officials, AL leader charged in N’ganj 7-murders
Police have submitted charge-sheets in court over the sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj against 35 people, including three former RAB officials and Awami League leader Nur Hossain. The chargesheets were submitted in two cases with Senior Judicial Magistrate Chandni Rupam’s court…
One held with yaba Tablets in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)-8 stationed in a drive arrested one young drug peddler and recovered huge number of contraband yaba tablets from Shariatullah market area of the town yesterday afternoon.
SC verdict reaches prison, Kamaruzzaman to see lawyers
Dhaka Central Jail authorities on Wednesday afternoon received the copy of the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the review plea sought by Jamaat leader M Kamaruzzaman against death penalty. The verdict was read out to the Jamaat leader who sought time…
Alleged terrorist killed in Laxmipur ‘gunfight between gangs’
An alleged terrorist was killed and two others injured in a gunfight between two gangs of people, termed as criminals, at Ganeshshyampur in Sadar upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hanif Moma, son of Selamat Ullah, a…
Charge sheet holds two responsible in Jihad murder case
The Investigation Officer (IO) of the Jihad murder case on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet accusing two persons. The case was filed following the death of four-year old Jihad after falling into Wasa’s deep tubewell pipe in Shahjahanpur area. Shahjahanpur…
Manna’s bail plea rejected again
A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s in two cases filed for sedition and inciting the army. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Kamrul Hossain Molla rejected the bail plea after hearing. On March…
Farmer shot dead in Natore
A farmer has been shot dead by some miscreants in Bahimali village under Boraigram Upazila of the district last midnight, police and locals said today.
Firearm, ammo recovered in BGB drive in Kushtia
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a foreign pistol, two magazines and five rounds of bullets from Alaipur Ghat in Doulotpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
‘Gold smuggler’ held with 21 gold bars in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected gold smuggler along with 21 gold bars, weighing 2.5 kg, from Benapole check post area here on Tuesday.
2.30 lakh Yaba pills seized in Teknaf
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 2.30 lakh pieces of Yaba tablet from Ledha area near the Naf River in Teknaf upazila on Monday night.
Top appeals court rejects war criminal Kamaruzzaman’s review petition
Monday’s rejection removes all legal hurdles to execute the Jamaat-e-Islami leader for the crimes he committed against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha rejected the petition in the morning after…
Top appeals court rejects war criminal Kamaruzzaman’s review petition
Monday’s rejection removes all legal hurdles to execute the Jamaat-e-Islami leader for the crimes he committed against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha rejected the petition in the morning after…
Community policing for peace, preventing repression
Speakers a views-sharing meeting have stressed for strengthening activities of the community policing, involving the common people, to ensure peace in the society, prevent repression and violence against women.