A man died after setting himself on fire at the remote Gotiar village river island to escape arrest on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

A man died after setting himself on fire at the remote Gotiar village river island to escape arrest on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Dhaka, Dec 01 – Thousands of protesters belonging to 65 pro-liberation, socio-cultural organisations jointly demonstrated against the new leadership of Hefazate Islam – newly-elected Ameer Junaid Babungari and Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque – for their opposition to installing a…
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis was arrested Sunday after being allegedly involved in a fatal crash with a cyclist, who died instantly, just outside the country’s capital Colombo, police said. The 25-year-old batsman was driving an SUV at…
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Retired soccer star Ronaldinho was released from a high-security jail in Paraguay on Tuesday after more than a month, but was ordered to serve house arrest at a luxury hotel while he’s investigated for using a…
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court issued an arrest warrant for former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday after he skipped court on grounds of needing medical treatment, but the judge stayed the warrant until his corruption trial resumes on…
Police here on Friday arrested 16 leaders and activists of Jamaat –e–Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from Charmohanpur area in Sadar upazila with cocktails and gunpowder.
A court here on Monday accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused and issued arrest warrant against four fugitive ones in Bangladesh University of Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad killing case.
Dhaka, Sept 26 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Thursday asked the government to arrest the main organisers of casino business and put them on trial instead of detaining some ‘gamblers’ only.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Tuesday cordoned off a multistorey building at Banianagar in Sutrapur area and seized Tk 1.5 crore and huge gold from it.
Dhaka, Sept 17 – The government has started selling onion through the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on yesterday at Tk 45 per kg to cool down the hike rates of this widely consumed item in the local markets.
BNP on Saturday demanded that the Election Commission immediately stop the ‘wholesale’ arrest of its leaders and activists, release its arrested men and reshuffle the local administration.
President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Thursday sought the intervention of the Election Commission (EC) in stopping the arrest and harassment of opposition leaders and activists for the sake of a credible election.
Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who became one of the auto industry’s most powerful executives by engineering a turnaround at the Japanese manufacturer, was arrested Monday and will be fired for allegedly underreporting his income and misusing company funds, the automaker…
BNP on Friday sought the intervention of the Election Commission (EC) in stopping the arrest and harassment of its leaders and activists, and withdrawal of ‘false and fictitious cases’ filed against them.
Tunisian authorities are confiscating and searching the phones of men they suspect of being gay and pressuring them to take anal tests and to confess to homosexual activity, Human Rights Watch said today. Prosecutors then use information collected in this…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested ten suspected robbers along with six firearms and huge explosives from Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar district early Monday.
Police reportedly arrested at least 20 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, including Sramik Dal president Anwar Hossain, after the party’s human chain programme in the city.
Plainclothes police arrested BNP Chattogram divisional organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim and city BNP general secretary Abul Hashem Bakkar from the city’s GEC intersection on Monday.
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…
Dhaka – Police recovered one kg gunpowder and arrested six youths in this connection from Rampura in the cit on Monday night.
Police arrested 121 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its front organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) on charges of planning to carry out subversive activities from Basupara area in the city today.
Police arrested a BNP leader in Borhanuddin upazila on Sunday night in a case filed in connection torching a bus.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 10 Bangladeshi nationals while entering the country through Baro Anchra border point here on Tuesday night, after going to India illegally. The arrestees hail from different areas of Jessore and Narail districts. Benapole…