Category: Metro

A rickshaw-puller, who failed to repay regularly the installment of a loan he had taken from for the treatment of his wife, attempted to end his life in the city’s Narda area on Friday. The victim was identified as Rezaul…

A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned the argument of the case in connection with the Ramna Batamul carnage till March 9. Judge Ruhul Amin of Dhaka’s Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court heard the arguments of the for three consecutive…

Police recovered the hanging body of a newlywed housewife from a house in the city’s Sabujbagh area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Marzina, 22, wife of Ajay of Manda under Sabujbagh Police Station. Ajay has been absconding since…

The committee, formed by the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to probe the fire incident at the depot of Jamuna Oil Company, has found four officials concerned responsible for the incident. BPC Chairman Yunusur Rahman said the committee that submitted its…

A Chittagong court has sent the railway’s former General Manager (East Zone) Yusuf Ali Mridha to jail in two cases over irregularities in appointing staff. Metropolitan Sessions Judge SM Mojibur Rahamn issued the order on Monday after Mridha turned himself…

A Dhaka court on Monday fixed March 5 for hearing on a 10-day remand of the four accused in the case filed in connection with the death of journalist Shah Alam Mollah Sagar, 41, who died as the police claimed…

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday seized about 11 kilograms of gold and arrested a man after a private car was searched in capital Dhaka. The arrested man has been identified as Bijoy Sarker, 42. Operation Officer of…

Dhaka – Rajuk chairman Nurul Huda on Thursday denied allegations of corruption in allotment of Rajuk-managed land. His denial came during nearly three hours of questioning by Anti Corruption Commission deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy at ACC office, sources at…

Jagannath University Teachers’ Association (JnUTA) has announced to continue their agitation programme on the university campus until the recovery of its Tibet Hall occupied by an Awami League leader. JnUTA President Sarkar Akkas Ali and university Proctor Ashok Kumar Saha…

Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) faces no interference from the government as it probes into graft allegations against some ruling party politicians, said ACC commissioner M Shahabuddin on Sunday. “If the government puts pressure on the anti-graft body,…

Jagannath University Teachers Association (JnUTA) has issued 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw DC Lalbagh Harun-ur-Rashid and Kotwali OC Mohammad Moniruzzaman, following a clash between students and police over occupying a students’ hall that injured 50 people. The association president Akkas Ali…

Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from the Buriganga river in Dhaka on Saturday. Keraniganj model thana officer-in-charge Md Shahjaman said local people found the floating body of the woman, aged about 35, near Potkajor Gudaraghat area around…

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday granted bail to three journalist of the Daily Inqilab in a case filed with Wari Police Station under the Information and Communication Technology Act. Magistrate MA Salam of the CMM…

Dhaka – In separate incidents, two people, including a teenage girl, have been murdered in the city’s Mirpur and Uttara areas. One of the deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 44, a private company employee while the identity of the…

Customs officials have detained a cleaner with 40 gold bars worth Tk 20 million at the Shahjalal International Airport. ‘Jainal’, 45, a cleaner of the airport was arrested around 12 noon on Wednesday, said Quamrul Hassan, assistant commissioner of Customs…

Dhaka –Police arrested two directors and a manager of Dhaka Regency Hotel and Resort from the capital’s Khilkhet area on Tuesday evening following a case filed over cheating, murder attempt and money embezzlement.

Two suspected terrorists were killed during a gunfight with police in the city’s Jatrabari area on Saturday afternoon.  The deceased were identified as Salahuddin, 28, and his cohort Jewel, 27.

Police on Saturday recovered three bodies of newborn babies from different spots of the city’s Mohammadpur area.

A Dhaka court on Thursday directed the Deputy Police Commissioner of Gulshan Zone in the capital to submit a report within a month in a case filed against two Sub-Inspectors of Police. The Sub-Inspectors are Md Israil and Sajal Kanti…

Keraniganj – Two people were murdered in separate incidents in Keraniganj on the on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday.  A young man was killed by his younger brother over a family feud in Kaliganj Purbapara area in the…

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Saidur Rahman alias Shahid Commissioner to jail after he was produced to the court on completion of a 5-day remand. City’s Gandaria Police Station SI and Investigation Officer (IO)…

In a mobile court drive in the capital, the BSTI fined four companies Tk 140,000 for using textile dye and substandard fragrance in producing bread, biscuits, cake and chanachur.   The BSTI, in cooperation with the district administration, conducted the drive…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha – the state-run news agency. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification regarding the appointment…

Savar – Armed robbers stormed into a jewellery shop in Ashulia EPZ area here on Sunday evening and looted 250 tolas of gold ornament. Witnesses said a gang of 8-10 masked bandits swooped on ‘Pijus Jewellers’ situated at ‘Shamser Plaza’…

Dhaka – Muggers shot two employees of a ‘bKash’ agent and took away Tk 10 lakh from them near Kadam Fuara in the High Court area on Sunday. The injured were identified as M Sohag Khan, 28, and Doulat Gazi,…

An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Sutrapur Police Station has been accused of extorting money in public in Dhaka. ASI Saiful Islam had allegedly extorted various sums from pedestrians in Old Dhaka after frisking them on Wednesday evening. He behaved…

A police investigation report submitted to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 on Monday claimed that the allegation of the assault and threat of murder on two Jahangirnagar University (JU) students by six of the accused killers of Zubair Ahmed, a student…

Police on Monday arrested eight fake Detective Branch(DB) of police personnel from Banasree area in the city.   Police also recovered one country made pipe-gun, two wireless sets, a handcuff and a microbus.