Create Independent Body to Investigate Missing Persons Beirut, August 30 – International backers of negotiations to end the conflict in Syria should ensure that any transitional process includes a robust independent body to investigate thousands of “disappeared,” Human Rights Watch…
Dhaka – Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an order allowing the customs authorities to conduct searches at the jewellery shops in the country for finding whether the jewellery…
Dhaka, Aug 27 – A suspected militant was killed in a bomb explosion at a house in Kashor area of Bhaluka Upazila of Mymensingh on Sunday evening. The deceased could not be identified yet.
Dhaka, Aug 25 – Shahedul Khabir Chowdhury, secretary of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Dhaka, sustained splinters injuries in an involuntary gunshot from an on-duty policeman in front of the hotel The Westin Dhaka in the city on Thursday…
Dhaka, Aug 25 – A suspected Neo JMB member was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Boalia in Daulatpur Upazila of Kushtia early Friday.
Noakhali, Aug 24 – A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police at Alaiyapur in Begumganj upazila on Wednesday night.
Bogra, Aug 22 (UNB) – A BNP leader was allegedly beaten to death by police at Shahjahanpur of the district on Tuesday.
Dhaka, Aug 21 – Police arrested a former leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Chowkidekhi area of Sylhet city on Sunday night.
Tens of thousands of anti-racism protesters have opposed the “Free Speech” rally in the US city of Boston that featured right-wing speakers. The rally on Boston Common, which attracted only a small crowd, disbanded early and the participants were escorted…
Mentioning that the number of cyber crime-related incidents is on the rise, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Saturday said they were facing trouble in controlling the new type of crime in the country. “We’re facing difficulties…
The driver in Thursday’s van attack that killed 13 people in a tourist area of Barcelona may still be alive and on the run, Spanish police say. They are hunting for Moroccan-born Younes Abouyaaqoub, named by Spanish media as the…
“It is a clear warning for anyone who thinks they can torture with impunity.” New York — In a first for a case involving CIA torture, the American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement today in the lawsuit against the…
A terror suspect killed in an anti-terror raid in Dhaka was a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing and his father is a leader of the Islamist party in his native Khulna, police officers say. The man, who blew himself up…
Dhaka, Aug 15 – A suspected member of Neo JMB was killed in a ‘suicide blast’ during an anti-militant drive at Hotel Olio International in the capital’s Panthapath area on Tuesday.
A British model who was allegedly abducted in Italy has said she understands why people may doubt her story, but insists she was “terrified” and certain she would die during the ordeal. Chloe Ayling says she was lured to Milan…
Dhaka – Police will examine the claims of Rabeya Sultana alias Rubi, a beautician, that Salman Shah, the popular movie hero did not die, rather he was killed, said concerned police officials.
Dhaka, Aug 8 – Two suspected robbers sustained bullet injuries in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Ekota Housing area of Mohammadpur in the city early Tuesday.
A case has been filed against eight people, including six policemen, over the death of a murder accused in police custody. The accused are- officer-in-charge Anwar Hossain, three sub-inspectors Abdul Barik, Ahsan Habib, Johurul, assistant sub-inspector Md Shamsul, constable Chand…
Dhaka, Aug 5 – An alleged drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” between his associates and police at Nurpur village in Akhaura Upazila of Brahmanbaria early Saturday.
Dhaka – Some injury marks were found on the head and neck of Laily Begum, a domestic help who was found hanging in a house in Capital Dhaka’s Banasree area on Friday, said doctors after conducting an autopsy on her…
Chuadanga, Aug 5 – Three police constables including a female one, have been sued on charge of joining government job showing fake freedom fighter certificates.
A special counsel investigating claims of Russian meddling in the US election has reportedly empanelled a grand jury.
Dhaka, Aug 3 – An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police on Baniachang-Shibpasha road in Anjan Bridge area in Baniachang Upazila of Habiganj early Thursday.
Dhaka, Aug 2 – Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of two sisters from their house at Deoliabari village of Sadar Upazila of Jamalpur on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka – An alleged top terrorist was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Mirerbagh area of Dakhshin Keraniganj early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Mukter Hossain Amir alias Lengra Amir, accused in nine cases including murder, abduction with…
Cox’s Bazar, July 30 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a Bangladeshi national and Myanmar citizen along with 14,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a sweet shop at Ekram Market in Ukhia Upazila on Saturday evening.
Condemning ‘police obstruction’ towards holding Yunus Centre’s scheduled international conference on social business here, BNP on Friday said it has demonstrated the government’s ‘despotic and vicious attitude’.“Police denied permission to Yunus Centre to hold its seventh international conference on social…
Gulnara Karimova, the once-powerful daughter of late Uzbek ex-President Islam Karimov, has been in detention since a corruption conviction in 2015, officials have confirmed. Ms Karimova, 45, was tipped to succeed her father, who died last year, until she fell…
A man suspected of killing his wife while on a cruise ship in the US state of Alaska did so because “she would not stop laughing” at him, a witness says. Kenneth Manzanares has been charged with the murder of…
Dhaka, Jul 28 – Police arrested another mastermind of Gulshan Café attack from Singra Upazila of Natore district early Friday.