Government has decided to deploy additional forces of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in five districts of Chittagong division in order to maintain a law and order during Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.
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Imran receives death threat
Dr Imran H Sarker, a organizer of a faction of Ganajagaran Manch, received death threat through his facebook Id on Saturday morning.
Special initiative from DMP for Durga Puja
Dhaka-Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will start special drive in the capital from early Sunday to ensure smooth observances of Durga puja as well as the Holy Muharram.
RAB mobile court fined 4 hospitals & diagnostic centre
Dhaka- A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court on Friday fined three hospitals and one diagnostic centre in the city’s Mohammadpur area Tk 6.19 lakh for providing treatment in dirty and unhygienic environment as well as operating without specialized doctors,…
Yunus Social Business Centre at Hong Kong University
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Hong Kong on October 14. He gave the “I CARE-University Lecture on Civility” in the packed Sir Run Run Shaw Hall of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The university has 20,000 students.…
Khijir killing case, 2 accused on remand
Court Correspondent Two suspected, arrested in the murder case filed in connection with the killing of Khijir Khan, former chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board were placed on a three-day remand each for interrogation by police, on Thursday afternoon.
Mirza Fakhrul Secures Bail
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a violence case.
Russia’s new step towards the closed nuke fuel cycle
Russia’s Nuclear Industry Day, on 28th of September, Rosatom’s Mining and Chemical Plant in Krasnoyarsk Krai started commercial production of MOX fuel – a fuel for nuclear reactors of the future. Mixed oxide (MOX) fuel is nuclear fuel that contains…
RAB arrests 7 fraud including 2 women from city
Dhaka, Oct 14 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued an abducted Maldives expatriate Md Ziaul Huque and arrested seven alleged members of a fraud gang, including its two female members, in this connection from Kafrul area in…
Hearing against Mosharraf deferred
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred recording the deposition of witnesses in a defamation case against BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to January 25 of 2016.
Govt seeks stay order from apex court in Liton case
STAFF REPORTER The government yesterday filed two petitions seeking stay on the High Court order that asked Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1, Manjurul Islam Liton to surrender before trial court by October 18 in two cases, one filed for shooting…
4 drug dealers held with 50K yaba
Dhaka -Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) arrested four alleged illegal drug dealers and recovered 50,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets from Shahbagh area on Monday night. The arrested drug dealers are—Sayed Alam, Md Masud Rana, Md Akibul…
Five killed, 10 hurt as bus hits human hauler at Gazipur
Dhaka – Five people, including a woman, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a human hauler (Leguna) at Tan Sutrapur in Kaliakoir upazila of Gaziur District on Tuesday morning.
Court fixed hearing against Khandaker Mosharraf
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court yesterday (Monday) fixed October 18 for further hearing on charge hearing against BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a case filed for laundering Tk 9.55 crore to the United Kingdom.
Court deferred hearing against 41 BNP leaders
Court Correspondent The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 41 leaders and activists including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed under the Explosive…
Garment village at Bangladesh’s Port City soon, says Mayor
Chittagong – The newly elected office bearers and leaders of BGMEA, Chittagong chapter called on city mayor AJM Nasiruddin at his office chamber on Saturday. The BGMEA team headed by the newly elected first vice President Moinuddin Ahmed Minto greeted…
2 Malaysian carrying gold bars on remand
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday placed three Malaysian citizens on a three-day remand for carrying 45 bars of gold weighting 45 kilogram.
Physicians on fresh remand for death of 2 infants
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court yesterday (Sunday) placed three physicians of a private hospital of the city on a fresh remand for one day in a case filed for the deaths of two newborn babies due to their negligence.
3 Malaysian nationals held with gold at Dhaka Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials arrested three Malaysian nationals along with 45 kg gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Saturday morning. The arresteed Malaysian nationals were identified as Hee Wooi Khong, 28, Johari Bin Harun, 41, and Mohd Azwan…
Khijir killing at ‘Khanka’ mystery to be resolved soon: IGP
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Saturday hoped that the mystery behind the killing of former Power Development Board (PDB) chairman Khijir Khan would be unearthed soon. “We’re working actively to have the clue to…
Yunus Addresses Innovation for Cool Earth Forum in Tokyo
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe convened a global conference on October 7-8 on Innovation for Cool Earth Forum in Tokyo. The Forum assembled experts around the world in order to address climate change through innovation of energy and environmental…
Mobile court punishes fish traders for selling contaminated fish
A Rapiod Action Battalion mobile court sentenced eight fish trader to one month to one year simple jail term and seized 600 kgs of shrimp and 700 kgs of banned African magur fish (Cat fish) raiding three fish wholesale markets…
Beef lynching: Modi breaks silence, calls for interfaith unity
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broken his silence over the mob killing of a Muslim man rumoured to have eaten beef. Hindus and Muslims should fight poverty and not each other, he told a campaign rally in Bihar. Mr…
Ex JCD leader shot, held for bomb attack on bus in 2004
Police arrested an accused in a case filed for the bomb attack on a bus near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the city’s Paribagh area during hartal enforced by BNP-led alliance on January 3 in 2004. The arrestee was identified as…
Prime accused of Krishna murder sent to jail
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday sent the prime accused in teacher Krishna murder case to the jail after her surrendered to the in the morning.
CMM allows police to interrogate Shahadat
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday allowed police three days to question cricketer Shahadat Hossain alias Rajib in a case filed for physically torturing his domestic help in the city.
JCD leader arrested in Magura
Police arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from his house at Gopal village in Shalikha upazila in Magura on Wednesday in connection with the cases for subversive activities and terrorism.
4 JMB suspects put under 15-day remand in Chittagong
A court in Chittagong on Wednesday put four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 15-day remand each in three cases filed with Karnaphuli police station. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Hakim Abdul Quader passed the order…
MP Lition have to face trial on court: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said Manjurul Islam Liton, MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, will have to stand trial after surrendering to the court in connection with the shooting of a minor boy.
Election Commission bid to keep Rohingyas out of voter list
The Election Commission (EC) has sought information over Rohingya refugees from three ministries with a view to keeping them out of the country’s voter list.