Dhaka, Sept 26 – Lokman Hossain Bhuiyah, director of Mohammedan Sporting Club and director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) also has earned crores of taka from the casino. He was arrested yesterday by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) for renting out…
Category: Governance
Woman behind French #MeToo movement fined for defamation
A Paris court ruled on Wednesday that the woman who launched the French version of the #MeToo movement must pay 20,000 euros ($22,000) for defaming the man she accused of harassment.
4 members of a family found dead in Cox’s Bazar
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of four members of a family, including two children, from a house at Purba Ratnapalong village in Ukhiya upazila on Thursday.
Suspected drug trader killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’
Khulna, Sept 26 – A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Dhanibunia in Dumuria upazila early Thursday.
World faces ‘unprecedented threat’ of intolerance: UN Chief
United Nations, Sept 26 (AP/UNB) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is facing “an unprecedented threat from intolerance, violent extremism and terrorism” that affects every country, exacerbating conflicts and destabilizing entire regions.
Criminals hack young couple to death in Gazipur
Gazipur, Sept 26 – A young couple was hacked to death by miscreants at their Pubail residence in the city early Thursday.
Casino chips imported declaring as shoe raw materials
Dhaka, Sept 25 – Casino chips were imported illegally in the country in the name of importing shoe manufacturing materials and under different invoices by some companies, members of Customs Intelligence unit detected this during their investigation.
ACC seeks list of Cars or jeeps of 2500cc, above of 5 years
Dhaka, Sept 25 – The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday sent a letter to the Bangladesh Road and Transport Authority (BRTA) seeking a list of private cars or jeeps of 2500 cc and above, which were registered at the…
RU student calls 999 to safety from ‘sexual harassment’
Rajshahi, Sept 25 (UNB) – A female student of Rajshahi University (RU) was rescued by police from a house in city’s Dharampur area on Wednesday after she sought their support calling 999 to save her from ‘sexually harassment’.
e-Passport project fails to kick off: 2mn MRPs sought
Dhaka, Sept 24 (UNB) – The government has moved again to procure 2 million more machine readable passports (MRPs) on an emergency basis directly from the existing supplier through the direct procurement method (DPM).
Suspending UK Parliament was unlawful, Supreme Court rules
Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr Johnson suspended – or prorogued – Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but j udges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties…
Taka 50mn, 8kg gold, six guns found at city AL VP’s house
Dhaka, Sept 24 – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday recovered more than Tk 50 mln, 730 bhori (nearly 8kg) of gold ornaments and six guns from the residences of Sutrapur Awami League (AL) Vice President Enamul Haque and…
70pc women harassed online belong to 15-25 age group
Dhaka, Sept 24 (UNB) – Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Cyber Security and Crime Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mishuk Chakma has said 70 percent of the women, reportedly harassed online in the city, are in the 15-25 age…
Army chief hails ongoing anti-corruption drive
Savar, Sept 24 (UNB) – Hailing the ongoing drive against corruption and misdeeds, Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed on Tuesday said action will be taken if any retired army official is found involved in casino business in the…
Huge torn currency notes found in Bogura
A huge amount of torn currency notes were recovered from Bagbari in Shahjahanpur upazila on Tuesday.
Drive to arrest 2 city AL leaders for casino business
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday cordoned off a multistorey building at Banianagar in Sutrapur area and seized Tk 1.5 crore and huge gold from it.
Court stay on activities of BNP’s student wing JCD committee
Dhaka, Sept 23 – A Dhaka court yesterday passed a temporarily stay order on all kinds of activities of the newly formed committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD).
Revenue Board orders freezing GK Shamim’s Bank accounts
Dhaka, Sept 23 – The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday gave instruction to all banks to provide information on the accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim.
‘Jubo League’ leader held with firearms in Chattogram
Chottogram, Sept 23 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday night arrested a self-proclaimed Jubo League leader with firearms and ammunition from Shulokbohor area of the city.
Police use robot in Fatullah drive recover explosives
Narayanganj, Sept 23 (UNB) – Monirul Islam, the chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), has said explosives recovered from the ‘militant den’ in Tokkar Maath area of Fatullah resembled those were sued…
4 more BD Election employees held in Chittaong NID forgery
Chattogram, Sept 22 (UNB) – Police on Sunday detained four more employees, including a female one, of Election Commission’s local server station to interrogation about enlisting Rohingyas into the voter list and providing them with national identity cards.
Police, DB cordon off suspected militant den in N’ganj; 3 held
Narayanganj, Sept 23 – Police and the Detective Branch cordoned off the house of a former bank officer, suspecting it to be a militant den in Tokkar Math area of Fatullah here on Monday.
SC restricts judicial officers’ social media use at office
Dhaka, Sept 22 – The Supreme Court (SC) authority on Sunday issued a circular fixing the criteria of using social media by judicial officers.
Khilkhet bomb attack: 5 JMB members get 12 yrs in jail
Dhaka, Sep 22 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday sentenced five members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 12 years imprisonment each in a case filed over the 2005 bomb attack in city’s Khilkhet.
Bangladesh now becomes country of gamblers: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the ‘misdeeds of ruling party leaders are getting exposed as they crossed the limit by indulging in widespread corruption and plundering’.
Casino instruments recovered from 4 Dhaka sports clubs
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) – Police recovered casino instruments and Tk 1 lakh from Mohammedan Sporting Club, Arambagh Krira Sangha, Dilkusha Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club in the city’s Motijheel area on Sunday.
Rohingya couple killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 22 (UNB) – A Rohingya couple was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Leda Rohingya camp hilly area on early Sunday.
GK Shamim: The rise of village man to urban ring leader
Son of a schoolteacher from Sonargaon upazila, Golam Kibria Shamim aka GK Shamim, who was arrested along with FDRs worth Tk 165 crore, around Tk 1.8 crore in cash and a large stash of dollars, became the ‘king’ of extortion…
Victim’s marriage with rapist: Marriage registrar held
Lalmonirhat, Sept 21 (UNB) – Police arrested a marriage registrar for allegedly conducting the marriage of a rape victim with the rapist from Buzir Bazar area in sadar upazila of the district on Friday night.
Rab conducts drives at three Chittagong club offices
Chittagong, Sept 21 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted raids on three sports clubs — Abahani, Mohammedan and Muktijoddha –- in the city on Saturday evening.