Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul-Haq yesterday assured Hasina Ahmed, wife of untraced BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed that he would stand by the family and give her legal assistance. He made the assurance when he met Hasina Ahmed at her…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized contrabands, including firearms and ammunition, cumin and Indian Phensidyl syrup, from separate bordering areas of Gomostapur upazila of the district here early Saturday.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized fake Indian currency notes worth 6 lakh rupees from Azmatpur area in Shibganj upazila on Friday.
An alleged criminal was injured in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Balaishpur in Chandraganj of Sadar upazila early Saturday.
Police in a drive arrested five warranted accused in a CR (Complaint register) case from different parts of Dohar upazila early Saturday.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested four alleged members of the banned Islamic militant-Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) and recovered explosives and petrol bombs. The arrested persons have been identified as Abdur Razzak Haider alis Mamun, 35, Ziaul Bari alias…
Detectives have arrested an Awami League leader of Narayanganj on Friday in connection with the sensational seven murder case involving some Rab officials. The arrested man was identified as Abul Bashar, assistant publicity secretary of Siddhirganj thana unit of Awami…
Samedur Rahman alias Mithu Biswas, the younger brother of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, was released early Thursday, hours after he was picked up by people masquerading as detectives. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)…
Ten days after her abduction, a class VIII girl was rescued from Shukria Market area of Jindabazar in the town on Tuesday. A joint team of Kanaighat Police Station and Kotwali Model Police Station conducted a drive in Jindabazar area…
Robbers looted 18 ‘bhori’ gold ornaments and Tk 86 thousand from a house in Tala upazila early Thursday.
The wife of a US blogger who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to “pursue a thorough investigation.” Rafida Bonya…
Police recovered a petrol bomb, two crude bomb and some bottles filled with petrol from the house of a ‘BNP activist’ at Derua village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 40 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from Begunbari in Gomostapur upazila on Tuesday.
Two alleged criminals were arrested while trying to snatch a motorcycle from a man in Gojar Beel area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
Sadar upazila fisheries administration with the help of locals seized 250 kilograms of hilsa fry from a pickup van at Dalalbazar area and arrested one person in this connection on Tuesday.
The British House of Commons has recorded an early day motion (EDM) supported by 10 MPs noting with alarm the lack of free and open democratic process in Bangladesh. The motion sponsored by liberal democrat Huppert Julian calls upon the…
Airport Armed Police (AAP) members and Custom officials arrested two people along with 113 turtles at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Monday. The arrestees, identified as Mobarak Ali, 45, and Asif Alauddin, 27, were supposed to fly for Malaysia…
Miscreants mugged money from an NGO employee after shooting him at Baliadanga area on the Jessore- Narail Road under Jessore sadar upazila at around 1:30pm on Sunday, said Hasib Newaz, public relations officer, Jagorani Chhakra Foundation.
Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday asked police authority to explain their inaction during attack on blogger Avijit and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonna. The standing committee in a meeting held at Sangsad Bhaban with its…
Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her two children from Borobakhair village in Nabiganj upazila on Sunday morning.
Members of the Coast Guard seized different Indian smuggled goods worth about Tk 11 lakh from Rupsha Bridge area in the city on Saturday night.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 40 people, including women and children, from Gazipur border area in Sadar upazila on Sunday night while they were being trafficked to India.
Ten people, including eight workers, suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a sand-laden truck at Moghirdhal on Magura-Jessore road in Sadar upazila on Saturday night. Nine of the victims were identified as Imran, 25, Faruk Lashkar, 35,…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested eight people including three women while going to India illegally through Putkhali border here on Friday night.
Police in an overnight drive arrested 37 saboteurs from different parts of the district till Saturday morning.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two alleged criminals along with firearms and bullets from Madhyam Kanchana village in Satkania upazila on Saturday.
BNP chairperson’s adviser and president of Supreme Court Bar Association Khandaker Mahbub Hossain yesterday said the Prime Minister will have to face trial if the government fails to find out whereabouts of Salahuddin.
Police recovered a touchstone statue of Lord Bishnu weighing nearly 37-kg from a pond at Arjundah village under Maksudpur upazila of the district today.
Gaibandha police searched remote char areas of Phulchhari in Gainabdha district on Thursday evening to find out Bnp joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed on the basis of a phone call, but subsequently confirmed that it was a hoax. The superintendent…
A Dhaka court on Thursday once again deferred the argument in the case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy HM Ershad and others in the case filed for corruption in connection with the purchase of ruder…