A debauch named Abdus Sattar (50) of Chitalmari under Chitalmari Upazila headquarters in the district was arrested when he tried to commit rape on a seven-year-old girl, daughter of one businessman of Chitalmari bazar on Saturday.
Category: Governance
Mobile phone service quality falling: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said the quality of services by all the mobile network operators in the country is falling.
EU to provide 500,000 Euro to promote community radio
The European Union (EU) will provide about 500,000 Euro for a project to strengthen community radio in Bangladesh which was formally launched on Sunday.
Jamaat leader held in Moulvibazar
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami at Rajnagar upazila headquarter in Moulvibazar district on Saturday noon.
Country still lags behind in core telecom infrastructure
DHAKA – Policymakers and telecom experts at a dialogue on Saturday said that the country is still lagging behind in developing core telecom infrastructure that requires for providing quality internet service at affordable cost to maximise benefit from information and…
Two found dead in Ctg hotel
Police recovered the bodies of a couple from a residential hotel near Olankar intersection in Pahartali thana of the port city on Saturday morning.
Ex-UP chairman held with firearms in B’baria
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in a drive arrested a former union parishad chairman along with firearms from Rauthat village in Kosba upazila of the district on Saturday.
2 held with huge VoIP equipment in Comilla
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two young men along with huge illegal equipment of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) from the city’s Ujir Dighir Par on Friday night.
Indian cloths worth Tk12.62 lakh seized in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized a haul of smuggled Indian cloths worth Tk12.62 lakh in Chalandia area in sadar upazila of the district on Friday.
Jamaat man held in cop killing case in Jhenidah
An activist of the Jamaat e Islami was held by the Harinakundu police in Jhenidah on Friday noon for his alleged involvement in the death of a police man in the upazila.
18 kilograms of gold seized at airport
The customs authority has recovered 156 gold bars weighing nearly 18 kg at the Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in yet another major gold haul in the airport.
Bd Telecom MD, 3 ex-MDs among 22 sued for graft
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed four cases against 22 people, including four top officials of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL), on charge of swindling over Tk 607 crore by erasing international incoming call lists.
Court orders Oishy be sent to Jail
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to send Oishy Rahman, arrested in connection with the killing of her parents, to jail from the Juvenile Correctional Centre in Gazipur.
Daughter suspects relatives for ASP murder
Police are yet to make arrests in the killing of retired Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Fazlul Karim, but his daughter suspects her relatives had committed murder over property matters.
34 held in Jessore foiling illegal entry into India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 34 people, including women, while they were trying to enter India illegally through Putkhali border on Wednesday night.
2 held with 2 stolen CNG-run auto-rickshaws
Two suspected members of an organised gang of CNG-run auto-rickshaw lifters were arrested along with two vehicles from the city’s Rayerbagh bus stand early Wednesday.
‘Donors meet Election Commission, stress fair inclusive polls’
Representatives from the United Nations, other donor countries and organisations on Tuesday expressed hope that the next parliamentary elections in Bangladesh would be free, fair and credible with all political parties participating in it. They said this after one-and-half-hour long…
Jamaat man held in Sylhet from ‘secret meeting’
Police arrested a local Rokan (qualified member) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Shamimabad area in the city on Tuesday.
Five arrested on murder charge in Comilla
Police in separate drives early Tuesday arrested five people from different places of Muradnagar upazila in connection with the Bashir killing case.
Two fake homeopathic doctors jailed in Rajbari
A mobile court here in a drive on Tuesday sentenced two fake homeopathic doctors to two months’ imprisonment each.
Local Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer held in Comilla
Police arrested an upazila-level nayeb-e-ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Perul village in Sadar Dakshin upazila on Tuesday.
One suffer 14 years for kidnapping woman at Jessore
A court here on Tuesday sentenced an abductor to 14 years in jail for kidnapping a woman.
Mufti Jasim on remand in blogger Rajib murder case
Dhaka – A Dhaka Court on Tuesday placed Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani, reported chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team, on a seven-day remand for police interrogation in blogger Rajib murder case.
EC defends move to delete article 91 (E) from RPO
Defending its move to erase the impugned article 91 (E) from the Representation of the People Order (RPO), 2009, the Election Commission has said it will enjoy the authority to cancel the candidature of any election contestant for valid ground…
Govt mull CrPC amendment for quick disposal of cases
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday said the government has taken steps to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) aiming at quick disposal of cases.
Man gets 17 yrs for attempted murder in Sunamganj
A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 17 years’ rigorous imprisonment for an attempt to kill a person in 2004.
21 BNP activists sent to jail in Comilla
A court here on Monday sent 21 local activists of the main opposition BNP to jail rejecting their bail prayer in a case filed for subversive activities.
Section 144 clamped in Natore
The local administrations have imposed section 144 in Boraigram upazila and Gurudaspur upazila for today (Tuesday) as the local Jamaat-e-Islami and ruling party Awami League called separate programmes at the same venue and time.
District budget in future for balanced dev: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government would go for district budget in near future for decentralisation of power and balanced development of the country.
‘Strengthening village courts for ensuring justice at grassroots stressed’
Speakers at a participatory meeting have stressed for strengthening the village courts through enhancing capacities of all stakeholders including public representatives to ensure justice to the grassroots level rural people.