Mexico City (AP/UNB) — An attack on a bar in Mexico’s Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos killed 23 people and injured 13 late Tuesday. The attackers started a fire that ripped through the bar, killing eight women and 15 men.…
Tag: Crime
Woman in Jamalpur DC video scandal faints as she seeks leave
Jamalpur, Aug 26 – After three days behind the shadows, Office Assistant Sanjida Yasmin Sadhana, whose indecent video with the now replaced Jamalpur DC went viral, fainted in the confidential section of the DC office when she appeared there to…
US wants action, accountability for Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing
Dhaka, Aug 25 – The United States has called upon all those involved in Myanmar to respect human rights, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and engage in political dialogue to pursue peace. The US further said military abuses continue in Rakhine…
16 teen-age gang-men given 1-year each in correction centre
Dhaka, Aug 25 – A mobile court in a drive, arrested 17 members of a teenage gang from Dhaka’s Rayer Bazar area. The mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate Mohammad Sarwar Alam, sent 16 gang members to one-year imprisonment to…
NASA investigating first crime committed in space
US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported today. Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife’s private financial records while…
Burning Amazon Rainforest: Crime Against Humanity – C40 Chair
Paris, France (23 August 2019) — Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris and Chair of C40 Cities, issued the following statement today: “The lungs of our shared planet are on fire. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important common…
ACC probe against 12 officials who wrongly implicated Jaha Alam
Dhaka, Aug 21 – The Anti-Corruption Commission filed departmental cases against its 11 officials who were investigating 26 corruption cases in which jute mill worker Jaha Alam was wrongly implicated and suffered in jail for three years.
Irked by accused-death in custody, HC asks why not Minni gets bail
Dhaka, Aug 20 – After expressing dissatisfaction over the death of accused in police custody and producing of arrestees to media before their trial, the High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain within a week…
Girl ‘gang-raped’ for not withdrawing rape-attempt case
Dhaka – Being furious after their repeated threats to withdraw a rape-attempt case went unheeded, miscreants have gang-raped a madrasa girl abducting her from her residence in Alamdanga upazila.
Two suspected robbers lynched in Pabna
Pabna, Aug 17 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Sondaha Kanelpara village in Santhia Upazila here early Saturday.
Police probing sexual harassment of RUET teachers’ wife
Dhaka, August 15 – The police of Boalia thana of Rajshahi are investigating the assault incident on a teacher of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) by a group of miscreants, for protesting sexual harassment of his wife at…
Suspected criminal killed in Gaibandha gunfight with police
Gaibandha, Aug 9 – A ‘criminal’ was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katakhaliin Gobindaganj Upazila early Friday.
‘Drug peddler’ killed, alleged Sharbahara leader found dead
Barishal, Aug 8 – A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Harinafulia in the city on early Thursday, reports UNB.
On brutality of violence against women
By Farhana Haque Rahman and Raghav Gaiha Horrific violence against women is unabated and rising in South Asia. Rome and New Delhi, Aug 6 2019 (IPS) – On a cold night in December 2012, a ghastly crime was committed in…
3-men body to prove rape charge against 5 Khulna policemen
Dhaka, Aug 05 – A three-member probe committee was yesterday formed to investigate the allegation made by a woman that five police personnel raped her in a police station on Friday in Khulna.
Gang-rape accused, drug trader, robber killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Aug 5 – Three people, including an accused in a gang-rape case, a suspected drug trader and a suspected robber were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in Mymensingh and Habiganj districts early Monday.
Walmart gun attack leaves 20 dead in El Paso City, Texas
Twenty people have been killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting in the Texas city of El Paso. Governor Greg Abbott described it as “one of the most deadly days in the history of Texas”.
Four suspected robbers killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 3 – Three suspected robbers and a drug peddler were killed in separate‘gunfights’ at Nurullaghona hill and Dorgapara of Marine Drive road in Teknafupazila early Saturday.
CID to train 2000 female students on cyber crime
IT Desk Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police and Dhaka University IT Society (DUITS) have taken initiative to train 2,000 female students on cyber crime, explanation of laws, safe usage of social media and process to give complaints. A…
Alleged drug trader killed in Jashore ‘armed-battle’
Benapole, July 27 – An alleged drug trader was killed in an ‘armed-battle’ with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Agrovulot border area here early Saturday.
দেশে অপরাধ বেড়ে চলছে। সাথে যুক্ত হয়েছে ছেলেধরা গুজব: আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলনের আমির মুফতি সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করিম (পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই) বলেন, ক্ষমতাসীনরা জনগণের প্রতিনিধিত্ব না করায় দেশে খুন, গুম, ধর্ষণসহ সকল অপরাধ বেড়েই চলছে। সম্প্রতি এর সাথে যুক্ত হয়েছে ছেলেধরাসহ নানা গুজব। যার ফলে ইতিমধ্যে বেশ কিছু নিরীহ মানুষের…
Quit for ‘failure’ to tackle floods, dengue, crime: BNP
Dhaka, July 25 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday urged the government to quit for its “utter failure” to tackle the worsening flood situation, prevent dengue and the growing incidents of killing and rape and social anarchy. “Though the dengue situation…
Don’t take law into handson child-lifting rumours: Police
Dhaka, July 20 –The police administration on Saturday urged all not to take law into own hands by resorting to mass beating suspecting someone as a child-lifter. “Refrain from hearing any rumour and spreading it. Hand over to the police…
A murder suspect stabs to death another suspect in Comilla
Dhaka, July 15 – A murder accused has been stabbed to death by another suspect of a murder case in front of a judge inside a courtroom in Comilla. The incident took place at the courtroom of Fatema Ferdous, judge…
Wife complains of bid to save real killers of Refat Sharif
Dhaka, Julu 14 – Ayesha Siddiqa Minni on Sunday claimed that conspiracies were afloat against her in a bid to save the “real killers” of her husband Rifat Sharif, who was brutally hacked in broad daylight in Barguna.
Barguna Rifat murder accused Rifat Farazi on 7-day remand
Dhaka, July 03 – A Barguna Court on Wednesday granted seven-day remand to Rifat Faraji, a suspect in connection with Rifat Sharif Murder case. Police arrested Rifat Farazi at 2.30 am on Wednesday, just a day after the prime accused,…
Rifat murder in broad daylight was plotted for seven days
Dhaka, June 28 – The gruesome killing of Barguna youth Rifat Sharif in front of his wife was pre-planned. It was at least seven days’ plot of the murderers. The final meeting was held on Tuesday (June 25th), the day…
Sexual assaults in BD take horrific turn: Two held
Dhaka, June 15 – Two minor girls have reportedly been raped in Netrakona and Comilla while a bus driver and his helper arrested in Manikganj for ‘rape attempt’ on a woman in their moving vehicle. Besides, a youth has been…
5 testify in Holey Artisan Café attack case
Dhaka, June 13 – The Anti-terrorism Special Tribunal of Dhaka yesterday recorded the depositions of five policemen in the Holey Artisan café attack case and later Judge Md Mojibur Rahman of fixed June 18, as the date for next hearing…
Alleged dangerous killer rapist caught, says Rab
Narsingdi, June 12 – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have cracked the rape and murder case of Sabina Akhter in Shibur upazila, saying they arrested the ‘killer’ who did sexual intercourse with the victim after killing her. At a…