Police in a drive recovered 12 Molotov cocktails from Jatamrul village in Atrai upaizla here early Friday, during the ongoing indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Category: Governance
Two firearms seized in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized two foreign made pistols from Gatipara bordering area here on Thursday night.
HC rule on Govt: Why not to ask find Salahuddin
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government to explain why directions should not be given to find out BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and bring him before it. Responding to a petition under section 491…
Bomb explodes in Dhaka judicial magistrate court
Unidentified miscreants exploded a remote controlled bomb on the veranda of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court building of Dhaka on Thursday afternoon. Assistant Commissioner Aminul Islam of the Prosecution Department of the court has told newsmen after the incident,…
Abul Manzoor murder case report deferred again
A Dhaka court on Thursday once again granted two more months to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to complete their investigation in the General Manzoor murder case. Judge SM Saiful Islam of the First Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court…
Women used as instrument of corruption: TIB
Apart from being the worst victims of corruption in availing of services from different public institutions, a new TIB study reveals that women are frequently used as an instrument of corruption in these institutions. The research shows that women have…
5 sentenced to death for killing colleague’s son
A court of Dhaka Wednesday awarded death sentence to five employees of Mitford Hospital and life imprisonment to three others for killing their colleague’s son in 1999. Judge Md ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of…
Railway Engr on remand in Zihad ‘killing’ case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed engineer Abdus Salam, a contractor of Bangladesh Railway on a two-day remand in case filed in connection with the death of child Zihad falling in a pipe of a pump, set at Shahjahanpur Railway…
Manna falls illl in custody, hospitalised: No torture – DB
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday night as he fell sick in police custody. Inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of…
Beheaded body found in Jessore, bullet-hit body in Rajshahi
Police recovered beheaded body of an unidentified man from Gopalpur Rail Gate area in Sadar upazila of Jessore district while a bullet-hit body of another unidentified young man was found in Rajshahi on Wednesday morning. The body of the deceased,…
Court allows police for Avijit’s DNA test thru US FBI
A court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) gave permission to police to conduct DNA test of slain blogger Avijit Roy through US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBA). The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Dhaka Bikash Kumar Shaha passed the order yesterday…
Destiny sues 3 looting Tk 6 crore worth of valuables
Multi-level marketing company Destiny Group on Tuesday lodged a case against thee people for looting valuables worth about Tk six crore from its headquarters in the city. Mahabubur Rahman, Chief Auditor of the company filed the case with the Chief…
Submit statements in Nizami appeal by 31 March: HC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday again asked both the defence and prosecution lawyers to submit by March 31 the concise statement before it on the pending appeal filed by condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against…
Three hurt in Khulna petrol bomb attack
Three people were injured as miscreants hurled a crude bomb at a bus in Kabir Battala area under Daulatpur thana of the city on Monday night.
Wife slaughtered for dowry in Laxmipur
Housewife Rasheda Begum was slaughtered last night by her husband for dowry at Char Kadira village under Kamalnagar upazila of the district.
RAB arrests two drug peddlers with yaba in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 stationed at Faridpur arrested two drug peddlers along with huge yaba tablets from separate places of this town yesterday.
Kamaruzzaman’s review petition hearing April 1
Hearings on the review petition filed against the death penalty for war crimes awarded to Jamaat assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman will start on Apr 1. The full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the…
Blogger Rajib killing: Court hears charge framing
A court of Dhaka on Sunday heard charge framing in the case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider and fixed March 18 to decide on whether the eight accused of the case would be indicted…
Woman held over RU professor Shafiul killing
Detectives arrested a woman for her suspected link to the killing of Rajshahi University Professor Shafiul Islam from Meherchandi area in the city on Friday.
Fake SSC examinee jailed for 1 yr in Khulna
A young boy was jailed for one year after he was detected to be taking the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations impersonating a candidate at the Mahsin Girls’ School centre in Daulatpur upazila of the district on Friday.
Land office set afire in Noakhali
Miscreants torched a local land office in Sadar upazila early Saturday, during the indefinite countrywide transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
‘Terrorist’ held with 3 firearms, ammo in Natore
Police arrested an alleged terrorist in possession of three firearms, 56 rounds of bullet and four bullet shells from his house in Chowdhury Barogachha area of the district town early Saturday.
One jailed for snatching BCS question paper
A mobile court here today jailed one youth for two years on charge of snatching away a question paper of BCS preliminary test at Government Azam Khan Commerce College center in the city.
Historic 7 March Saturday
Historic March 7, a Red- letter day in the history of Bangladesh, is being observed Saturday. On this day in 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his epoch- making speech at the Race Course Maidan, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka.…
US FBI team visit spot spot of blogger Avijit Killing
A team of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which arrived in the capital on Wednesday, started its activities on Friday for giving support to Bangladeshi investigators to find out the killers of writer Avijit Roy, who was murdered…
Sc order on Kamaruzzaman’s review plea Sunday
The review petition for Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was filed by his lawyer Shishir Monir filed the petition with the Supreme Court on Thursday. Following a plea by the state to hear the matter, chamber judge Justice Hasan…
Khoka, Manna charged with sedition
A sedition case has been filed against BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna. The case was filed this evening with Gulshan Police Station, police sources said. Manna was arrested following the leakage of…
‘Farabi blames Hizbut Tahrir men for killing Avijit’ – Police
Suspect in the Blogger Avijit murder case Shafiur Rahman Farabi has been quoted by police investigors to have told interrogators of the Detective Branch (DB) of police that the extremist members of the outlawed Hizb ut-Tahrir, killed Bangladeshi born US…
Kamaruzzaman to file review in Appellate Division Thursday
Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman who has been sentenced to death for war crimes would file a review pitition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Thursday. Five defence counsels visited Kamaruzzaman, the Jamaat-e-Islami’s assistant secretary general, at Dhaka Central…
AL leader stabbed in Benapole
A local Awami League leader was injured as some miscreants stabbed him at Kagajpukur in Sharsha upazila on Tuesday evening.