Doctors of Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday found a bullet in the body of teenage boy Afif Quaderi who was killed during a police raid on a militant den at Ashkona in the city.Professor Sohel…
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17 grenades, 2 suicide vests, 2 pistols, teen’s body recovered
Dhaka – Police Sunday recovered 17 grenades, two live suicide vests, two pistols and the dead body of teenager lying beside unexploded suicide vests from the nest of neo JMB at Ashkona, according to police sources. Senior police officials suspect…
‘Militant Musa who fled early Saturday to be arrested soon’
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said militant Musa, who managed to flee the militant’s den at Ashkona, will be arrested soon.
2 ‘militants’ killed in blasts, 2 women surrender in Dhaka city
Dhaka – Two militants blew themselves up while two women and two children surrendered during a raid in a house in the capital’s Ashkona area on Saturday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque…
Police raid ‘militant hideout’ in Dhaka: 2 women surrender
Dhaka – Police has unearthed a militant hideout at Ashkona of Uttara area in capital Dhaka early Saturday. Two women along with two children surrendered to police during a raid on a militant den at Ashkona of Uttara area in…
Berlin truck attack suspect killed in Milan police shootout
Milan (AP/UNB) — The Tunisian man suspected in a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol outside a train station, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.…
Pahela Baishakh sex assault: Chargesheet against lone arrestee
Dhaka – Police on Tuesday submitted the chargesheet against the lone arrestee in the case for sexual harassment of some women at Dhaka University (DU) during Pahela Baishakh celebration in 2015.
Rights group counts 100s of deaths in Indian police custody
New Delhi – Nearly 600 people died in Indian police custody from 2009-2015, many of them after being tortured, a human rights group said Monday, urging India to enforce often-ignored regulations and prosecute officers who mistreat prisoners. -AP/UNB
Two Iranian nationals arrested for ‘stealing’ bank money
Dhaka – Police arrested two Iranian Nationals on charge of trying to steal Tk 1 lakh from a counter of Bangladesh Bank in the city’s Motijheel on Wednesday. The arrestees are Karam, 55, and Jalali Nejad Mostafa, 36.
Migrant worker union members are being arrested in Lebanon
By Richard Hall Lebanese authorities have detained two Nepalese migrant domestic workers who were involved with campaigning for greater rights for foreign workers in the country.
HC orders probe into ‘police involvement’ in Gaibandha arson
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gaibandha investigate to dig out whether police had any involvement in setting fire to the houses of Santal community during the eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila.…
Traffic police collects Taka 12 lakh fine from rule violators
Dhaka – The Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 3,755 cases and collected fines of Tk 11,93,050 during special drives against traffic rules violators in the capital on Wednesday.
DMP’s traffic restrictions for Victory Day
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has asked all vehicles to avoid some roads surrounding the National Parade Ground in the city on the Victory Day on Friday for smooth holding of the Victory Day parade. Only the vehicles of…
Bomb kills 25 at Egypt’s main Coptic Christian cathedral
Cairo (AP/UNB) – Sunday morning Mass was drawing to a close at the chapel next to St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of Egypt’s ancient Coptic Orthodox Church, when Magdy Ramzy said there suddenly was a “shattering explosion like nothing I…
5 Huji men held from Chittagong ‘militant training camp’
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested five suspected members of Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) Bangladesh from a reported ‘militant training camp’ in port city Chittagong’s Colonel Haat area on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Nazim…
RAB surrounds hideout’, another militant case unfolding in BD
Dhaka – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has surrounded a suspected militant hideout at Colonel Haat in Chittagong.
4 alleged ‘robbers’ killed in Dhaka, Faridpur ‘gunfights’
Dhaka – Four suspected robbers were killed in separate gunfights with law enforcers in Faripdur district and Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka district early Thursday. In Keraniganj, two suspected robbers were killed in a gunfight with police at Agrakhola area under…
Autopsy finds no injury sign on Shakil’s body
Dhaka – Forensic specialists at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday said no injury mark was found on the body of Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s special assistant, who was found dead at a city restaurant on…
3 alleged ‘robbers’ killed in Meherpur ‘gunfight’
Meherpur – Three suspected robbers were killed in a gunfight with police at Motmura village in Gangni upazila early Tuesday. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Aug 21 grenade attack under ISI patronage: IO
Dhaka – Five militant outfits carried out the grisly August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the city in 2004 under the patronage of Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence, special police super of Criminal Investigation Department Abdul…
Alleged ‘grug peddler’ held with heroine, pipe gun in Jessore
Benapole – Police arrested an alleged drug peddler along with one kg heroine from Uposohor Park of Jessore district town on Sunday night.
Alleged ‘robber’ killed in Dhamrai ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jhaubada village in Dhamrai upazila of Savar in Dhaka district early Monday.
Border Guard Bangladesh seize Tk 919-cr contraband items
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various contraband items, including Yaba tablets, heroin and foreign wine, worth over Tk 919.45 crore in the last 11 months. UNB news agency reported
3 Jamaat men among 55 held in BD’s Satkhira
Dhaka – Police arrested 55 people, including three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of Satkhira district on various charges.
Don’t arrest Mannan sans court order: HC
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday asked the government not to show suspended Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor MA Mannan arrested in any criminal case without court order. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice…
HC asks Tarique to surrender before court in 30 days
The High Court on Tuesday asked BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to surrender before the lower courts concerned within 30 days in three extortion cases filed against him in 2007.An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad…
One held with firearm in Joypurhat
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 in a drive arrested a man with a foreign-made pistol, three magazines and ten bullets from Debipur area under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat last night.The arrested person is Budu Islam, son of Abdus…
12 robbers surrender in Barisal
Dhaka – Twelve members of infamous robber gang ‘Khokababu Bahini’, including its ringleader, surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzamna Khan at Rab headquarters in the district on Monday.All the robbers formally surrendered with 22…
College teacher among 2 killed in Phulbaria fight with cops
Dhaka – Two people, including a teacher of Phulbaria Degree College, were killed and 20 others injured as police allegedly charged baton on teachers and students during their demonstrations seeking nationalisation of the college in the upazila in Mymensingh on…
2 traffic constables held in city for mugging trader
Dhaka – Two traffic policemen were arrested at Karwanbazar in the city on Friday on charge of trying to snatch valuables from an egg trader.