The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld a verdict of the subordinate court sentencing five members of Banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for murdering a Jhalakathi Public Prosecutor in 2007.
Tag: Crime
Suspected robber killed in Comilla ‘gunfight’
Comilla, Feb 10 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in an area near the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway in Burichang upazila early Monday.
Sexual assault on BD children increase dangerously in January
Dhaka, Feb 09 – A recent report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMB) published on Sunday said that the number of rape incidents and child rape and sexual assault on children increased significantly in January.
Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest shooting spree in Thailand
A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand’s worst shooting spree before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country’s northeast on Sunday, officials said.
Man killed in mass beating after ‘stabbing wife to death’
A man was killed in a mass beating after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death over family feud in Nagarmahal road area near Hakkani Mosque in Dakkhin Keraniganj early Friday.
Bangladeshi jailed in UK for killing wife, daughters
A Bangladesh national has been sentenced to life term imprisonment by a London court for killing his wife and their two daughters on December 31, 2006.
Taliban who shot Malala escapes from Pakistan jail
Ehsanullah Ehsan, the Taliban terrorist responsible for shooting Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai in 2012 and carrying out the deadly Peshawar Army school terror attack in 2014-in which 132 students were killed-has escaped from prison, according to an audio…
Attack on journalist on election day: Accused put on remand
A court here on Thursday placed a man on a one-day remand in a case over attacking a journalist on the day of Dhaka City Corporations elections.
106 drug traders killed in Rab’s anti-narcotic drives: Asad
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said 106 drug traders have so far been killed in anti-narcotics drives conducted by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
কাউন্সিলর মোঃ ইবরাহীমের অফিসে হামলার প্রতিবাদে মানববন্ধন
ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি কর্পোরেশনের ৬৭নং ওয়ার্ডে বিপুল ভোটে সদ্য বিজয়ী কাউন্সিলর হাজী ইবরাহীমের কার্যালয়ে ২ ফেব্রুয়ারি (রবিবার) রাত ৮:৩০ এর দিকে পরাজিত প্রার্থী এর প্রায় দেড় শতাধিক দেশীয় অস্ত্রধারী সন্ত্রাসী বাহিনীর নেতৃত্বে ৬৭নং ওয়ার্ডের আমতলায় অবস্থিত কাউন্সিলর কার্যালয়ে হামলা ও…
BNP men clash with AL activists at Nayapaltan
Awami League and BNP activists locked into a clash in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on Saturday afternoon.
‘BCL activists’ attack BNP supporter on DU campus
A man was assaulted reportedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists near the Curzon Hall on Dhaka University campus on Saturday morning after he voted for BNP candidates in the Dhaka city election.
‘Crossfire’ Threat: 7 DB men suspended for extortion
The Dhaka District Police yesterday suspended of its own seven detective members for their alleged involvement in taking Tk 4.5 lakh in extortion from a businessman after ‘threatening to kill him in crossfire’.
Death reference in Nusrat murder case hearing soon
Dhaka, Jan 30 – The paper book of the much talked about the death reference of Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case is ready for hearing.
Girl gang-raped at birthday party: 4 on remand in Gazipur
A court in Gazipur on Tuesday placed four people on a three-day remand each over the alleged gang-rape of a teenage girl at a birthday party at Nayanpur of Sreepur upazila.
Hearing against Minni’s bail in husband’s murder case Feb 2
A court here on Sunday fixed February 2 for further hearing on a petition seeking cancellation of Aysha Siddika Minni’s bail in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.
BNP mayor candidate Tabith Awal comes under attack in city
BNP’s mayoral candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election Tabith Awal came under attack during electioneering in the city’s Gabtoli area on Tuesday.
Abrar murder case: Court takes charges into cognisance
A court here on Tuesday took the charges into cognisance against 25 in the case over the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.
Panic militant attack on police was to spread terrorism: DMP
Dhaka, Jan 20 – The main purpose of the panic attacks by the militants on law enforcers last year was to spread terrorism and get publicity, said Monirul Islam, Additional Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Head of…
10 sentenced to death in CPB bomb blast case
A court here on Monday sentenced 10 people to death in a case filed over the bomb blast at a CPB rally in Paltan area in 2001.
1988 Laldighi Massacre: Five sentenced to death
After long 32 years of the gruesome killing of 24 people attending Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina’s rally in Chittagong in 1988, a court here on Monday sentenced five people to death in a case over the killing.
ডা. সারওয়ার আলী ও তার পরিবারের সদস্যদের হত্যা চেষ্টার নিন্দা
অন্ধকারের অশুভ শক্তির বিরুদ্ধে সোচ্চার প্রতিরোধ গড়ে তোলার আহ্বান সমতা ভিত্তিক সমাজ প্রতিষ্ঠা ও অসাম্প্রদায়িক চিন্তার নীতিনিষ্ট ব্যক্তিত্ব, মুক্তিযুদ্ধের চেতনায় অগ্রসর বাংলাদেশ গড়ার সাহসী বীর মুক্তিযোদ্ধা, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জাদুঘরের অন্যতম ট্রাস্টি, ছায়ানটের নির্বাহী সভাপতি ও সম্মিলিত সামাজিক আন্দোলনের অন্যতম প্রেসিডিয়াম সদস্য…
DU student rape: Protesters for capital punishment of rapist
Dhaka University (DU) students staged demonstrations on the campus again on Tuesday morning demanding capital punishment of the man who raped one of their fellow.
Rajshahi schoolgirl ‘gang raped’ at councilor’s house; 3 held
Police on Tuesday arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the ‘rape’ of a schoolgirl at the residence of a municipality councilor in Godagari upazila on Monday.
Offender was alone, says DU rape victim: Govt assures action
The rape victim, a second-year student of Dhaka University (DU), on Monday informed police that the perpetrator was alone who violated her in the city’s Kurmitola area.
AL activist hurt in Jessore gun attack by ‘rivals’
Jessore, Jan 05 – A local Awami League activist suffered bullet injuries in an attack reportedly by party rivals at Chandpur village in Chougachha Upazila of Jessore on Saturday night.
3 cleaning staff arrested with gold at Dhaka airport
The Armed Police Battalion arrested three cleaning staff with gold weighing around 2.3 kilograms from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday.
Tea boy loses Tk 65,000 to Bkash scam
Brahmanbaria, Jan 03 – Bkash scammers tricked a tea seller into sending them Tk 65,000 on Thursday night.
Murder suspect killed in Chattogram ‘gunfight’
A youth was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Majher Ghona of Bayazid Bostami area on early Friday, several hours after his arrest.
Crude bomb goes off near JCD’s event venue in city
Two crude bombs went off in front of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) in the city where BNP’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was celebrating its founding anniversary on Wednesday.