A total of 37,225 people were arrested and 25,575 cases were filed in the drives against narcotics across the country so far, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said on Wednesday.
Category: Police
2 suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfight’ with police
Dhaka, Jul 16 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights with police in Kushtia, Mymensingh districts early Monday.
Don’t isolate me from people, PM to SSF
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Special Security Force (SSF) personnel to remain alert so that she does not get isolated from the mass people for whom she does politics.
Police foil pro-BNP Zia Parishad programme in Dhaka
Dhaka, July 14 – The police on Saturday foiled a seminar scheduled to be organised by Zia Parishad, a pro-BNP organization, at the Engineers’ Institution, Bangladesh (IEB).
Suspended cop among 3 held with Yaba in Ctg
Detectives arrested a suspended assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and two of his associates along with Yaba tablets from Bahaddarhat area in the city on Thursday.
2 suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfights’
Two suspected drug traders were killed in ‘gunfights’ with police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Tangail and Bogura districts early Friday.
BD-Burma talks end with promise of better border management
Dhaka, July 12 – The border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) ended here on Thursday where delegations from both sides agreed to prevent transnational crimes, enhance border security and ensure better border management.
Five including 4 suspected drug traders killed in gunfights
Dhaka, July 11 – Four suspected drug traders and one suspected robber were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police and Rab in Kushtia, Natore, Laxmipur districts and Keraniganj on Tuesday night and early Wednesday as the anti-narcotics crackdown continues across…
Burnt body of missing cop found in Gazipur forest
Burnt body of a police officer was recovered from a forest in Rayerdia area of Kaliganj upazila in the district on Tuesday.
Two suspected drug traders, one robber killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Jul 10 – Two suspected drug traders, one ‘robber’ were killed in gunfights with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirpur of the Capital, Narayanganj and Rangpur early Tuesday.
3 suspected drug traders killed in Jhenidah, Mymensingh ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Jul 8 – Three suspected drug traders were killed in gunfights with law enforcers in Jhenidah and Mymensingh districts early Sunday.
‘Drug trader’ injured by bullet in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’
A suspected drug trader sustained bullet injuries in a reported gunfight with detectives at Yusufpur in Charghat upazila early Saturday.
Years of untold suffering at Ethiopia’s Jail Ogaden
Ethiopia’s Regional Special Police Tortured, Beat Detainees Audrey Wabwire, Felix Horne In the Somali region of Ethiopia, it seems like everyone knows someone who was locked up in the dreaded Jail Ogaden, but no one wants to speak about the…
Worker held over sexual harassment at RU
Rajshahi, July 5 – A worker of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Hall of Rajshahi University has been detained over harassing a female student of the hall on Thursday.
Save us from stalkers – Twin sisters to Charbhadrasan UNO
Faridpur, July 5 – Following weeks of harassment by a group of stalkers enjoying the protection of local influentials, a pair of twin sisters submitted their written allegations in letter form to the Charbhadrasan Upazila Nirbahi Officer, after fleeing an…
Badda AL leader murder suspects killed in Dhaka ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, July 5 – Two suspects in a Badda Awami League leader Farhad Hossain murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Dhaka’s Uttar Badda area early Thursday.
Seymour Hersh’s memoir full of useful reporting secrets
By Matt Taibbi May 2018 – Late in his new memoir, Reporter, muckraking legend Seymour Hersh recounts an episode from a story he wrote for the New Yorker in 1999, about the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.
DU teachers, students protest police assault on its professor
Dhaka University Teachers and students on Wednesday held a human chain at the foot of ‘Aparajeyo Bangla’ protesting the assault on Prof Fahmidul Haq by police on Tuesday.
Suspected drug trader killed in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’
Mymensingh, July 4 – A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Habirbari in Bhaluka early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jalal Uddin, 38, of the village.
Police arrest two teachers from protest rally at JPC
Police on Tuesday dispersed university teachers, guardians and activists of different left-leaning political parties as they tried to gather at the Jatiya Press Club to hold a rally protesting the attacks on the leaders and activists of Bangladesh General Students’…
Tributes pour in for Dhaka café attack victims
People from all walks of life, including Bangladesh’s foreign friends, on Sunday paid their deep respect to those who lost their lives in the Gulshan Holey Artisan Café terror attack on July 1, 2016.
2 years of Holey Artisan attack: Govt to act tough
2nd Holey Artisan attack anniversary: Japan lauds untiring efforts Dhaka, Jul 1 – The government and Bangladesh’s foreign friends want to continue cooperation against radicalisation and terrorism on the second anniversary of deadly Holey Artisan attack.
Custodial deaths, extrajudicial killings 275 in 6 months: ASK
427 women raped, it says Dhaka, June 30 – Some 275 people were killed in incidents of ‘gunfight’ and ‘crossfire’ with law enforcers, and in custody of law enforcement agencies, or being shot by law enforcers from January 1 to…
Ex-mayor Puthia municipality held in sabotage case
A former mayor of Puthia municipality was arrested in a sabotage case from his house in Puthia upazila on Saturday.
39 JCD men held from Kushtia house of BNP leader
Kushtia, June 30 – Police arrested 39 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) while they were ‘planning sabotage’ at the house of a BNP central leader in the town on Friday night.
Youth’s bullet-hit body found in Jashore, one killed in ‘gunfight’
Jashore, Jun 30 – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man from Kayemkhola intersection in Jhikargachha upazila headquarters on Saturday morning.
Shahjahan murder: Main accused killed in ‘gunfight’
Munshiganj, June 28 – The prime accused of freethinking writer and publisher Shahjahan Bachchu murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with police at KKhas mahal Baluchar in Sirajdikhan Upazila early Thursday.
Drive against drugs to continue: PM
Dhaka, Jun 27 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the ongoing anti-narcotic drive will continue to build Bangladesh as a drug-free country.
Two suspected drug peddlers killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’
Khulna, June 27 – Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight between their cohorts and police at Bagmara in Khulna city early Wednesday.
Drug trader, two murder accused killed in BD ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, June 26 – A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Bagmara Beribadh area in Sadar Upazila of Bhola district early Tuesday. Two murder accused were killed in gunfights in Kushtia on the same day.