Stephen Paddock, the gunman who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 in Las Vegas on Sunday, set up a number of cameras in and around his hotel suite. Two cameras in the hallway and one in the peephole…
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Syrian refugees being summarily deported from Jordan
Amman – Jordanian authorities have been summarily deporting Syrian refugees – including collective expulsions of large families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Syrians are not being given a meaningful chance to challenge their removal and…
Tillerson says US has direct channels to talk to N Korea
Beijing, Oct 01 (AP/UNB) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United States is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea even as tensions rise over the North’s nuclear and missile programs and the…
‘Extremism could arise in BD for absemce of democracy’
New York – South Asia specialists in the United States worried about democracy in Bangladesh. Concerns about democracy in Bangladesh, experts from the concerned South Asian think-tank They said that extremism could arise in the absence of democracy. Besides, the…
‘Cannibal couple’ in Russia admits killing 30
A couple arrested for murder in the south-west Russian city of Krasnodar have admitted killing up to 30 people, local media report. Dmitry Baksheev, 35, and his wife Natalia, were reportedly arrested after a dismembered body was found at the…
House owner of ‘militant den’ remanded in explosives case
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Habibullah Bahar Azad, owner of a suspected militant den in city's Mirpur Mazar Road area, on a 3-day remand in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
BA plane evacuated on Paris airport runway
London-bound passengers were evacuated from a British Airways plane after a “direct security threat,” airport officials said. Travellers were escorted by armed officers and searched by sniffer dogs from flight BA0303 at Charles De Gaulle Airport, in Paris, this morning.…
UK police makes second arrest over Tube bombing
A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicion of a terror offence and is in custody…
Magura schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
Magura, Sept 17 – A third-grade student was reportedly raped by a youth at Sajiara village in Sadar Upazila on Saturday afternoon.
London underground blast a terror incident, say police
An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District Line train from Wimbledon, is being treated as terrorism,…
AL leaders will too face wealth info inquiry: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 14 (UNB) – In the wake of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comments on investigations into the alleged money-laundering by its Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family members, BNP on Thursday warned that the day is not far away…
Police Academy will be made centre of excellence: PM
Rajshahi – Prime Minister Sheik Hasina has pledged to make the Bangladesh Police Academy as a centre of excellence and said that she wants to see the Law enforcing agency as the saviour of the nation.
PM asks police to give topmost priority to human rights
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the fresh police officers for giving topmost priority to fundamental rights of the people, human rights and establishing rule of law in the country. She said, “I would like to tell the new…
Tight security for PM’s visit to Rajshahi
Rajshahi – Police have put in place strong security and traffic regulations along the route on occasion of Prime Minister Sheik-Hasina Visit to Rajshahi on Thursday.
2 injured in Joypurhat passengers-cops clash
Dhaka, Sept 13 – Two people suffered wounds in a clash between passengers and Government Railway Police (GRP) at Akkelpur Railway Station in Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat on Tuesday night.
Another slaughtered at Munshiganj shrine
Munshiganj, Sep 13 (UNB) – Two women, including a khadem (caretaker) of a Mazar (shrine), were found dead at a Mazar (shrine) in Sadar Upazila here on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Taijul Begum, 48 and Amena Begum,60, a…
One held with 80k ampules of banned Indian injections
Benapole, Sept 13 (UNB) – Customs intelligence officials arrested a Bangladeshi national along with 80,000 pieces of banned Indian injections from Benapole customs check post on Tuesdaynight.
4 RAB officers among 7 indicted for Ctg shrine robbery
Dhaka – A Chittagong court has indicted seven people including four officers of the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB in a case over the robbery of around Tk 20 million from a shrine in the port city.
Hizb-ut-Tahrir man held in city
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an activist of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from the city’s Mohammadpur area on Friday afternoon.
US police kills tiger that wantered on busy interstate
Georgia police shot and killed a Bengal tiger on Wednesday after it escaped from a truck and wandered along a major interstate near Atlanta, frightening residents of a nearby subdivision. Feld Entertainment spokesman Stephen Payne said Suzy, a 6-year-old Bengal…
7 killed in Mirpur blasts burned to death: Autopsy
Dhaka – All the seven bodies found at the den of suspected militant Abduallah in Mirpur were burnt to death following explosions igniting by them, according to the post-mortem physician.
Rab recovers seven charred bodies from militant hideout
Dhaka – Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered seven charred bodies including two women and two children from the militant hideout in the capital on Wednesday.
7 skulls found at Mirpur militant hideout
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered the skulls of seven people, including two women and two children, from the suspected militant hideout at Mirpur’s Mazar Road in the city on Wednesday. “We found the skulls of militant Abdullah, his…
Indonesia ready to help BD over Rohingya issue
Dhaka, Sept 5 – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsu di on Tuesday expressed her country’s readiness to help Bangladesh “ease burden” on it over the Rohingya issue.
Mirpur suspected militant hideout rocked by bombs blasts
Dhaka, Sept 5 – The suspected militants cordoned off in a hideout at Mirpur’s Mazar Road failed to surrender before law enforcers within a stipulated time on Monday evening today, and then commenced a ‘daring counterattack of bomb explosions and…
Ports, border points to have container scanning facility
Dhaka, Sept 5 – The government has planned to install container scanning system at the country’s ports and border points to ensure correct revenue collection and ensure security.
Rab cordon off suspected ‘militant hideout’ in capital
Dhaka, Sep 5 –Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have cordoned off a house at Mirpur Mazar Road under Darus Salam Police Station in the capital suspecting it as a militant hideout.
Rooney arrested drink-driving
Everton striker Wayne Rooney has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving. England’s all-time record scorer was stopped by police near his home in Cheshire on Thursday night. Rooney, 31, announced his international retirement last week, after 53 goals for his…
Two burnt in fire caused by an explosion in N’ganj
Dhaka – Two persons were burnt in an explosion at a two-storey building in Narayanganj in the early hours of Friday. The explosion was heard at about around 3 am Friday at the ‘Comilla House 2’ building at Borab Graveyard…
Four-tier security measures for Nat’l Eidgah: Police
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken up a 4-tire security measures for the National Eidgah at the High Court premises in the capital. DMP Commissioner Md. Asaduzzaman Mia came up with the information while briefing reporters after inspecting security measures…