Sylhet, Oct 23 – In a latest reshuffle, 19 police officers, including the Commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP), were transferred on Thursday.
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Dynamic test runs begin on Riyadh Metro project
French company Alstom has started conducting initial dynamic tests for the Riyadh Metro project in Riyadh. The tests have been ongoing for the past few weeks at the Line 4 depot test track in Riyadh. The test campaign includes the…
Search on for girl ‘drowned’ in city water body
Divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) has been searching for a minor girl who reportedly drowned in a water body near Mohakhali inter-district bus stand on Wednesday afternoon. The missing girl was identified as Sanjida, 6, daughter of…
Fire at Dhaka slum
At least 30 shanties were gutted in a fire that broke out at a slum in Dhaka in the early hours of Wednesday.Fire service officials said one of the shanties at a slum near the Dhaka Udyan at Mohammadpur caught…
50 structures demolished, Gulistan area to be cleaned in 30 days
Dhaka – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon on Sunday announced that all footpaths of Gulistan area will be cleaned within 30 days for smooth movement of pedestrians. However, the DSCC mayor also assured that hawkers can…
Shahed Reza elected Dhaka Club president
Dhaka – Former Bangladeshi ambassador to Kuwait Syed Shahed Reza has been elected president of prestigious Dhaka Club Limited for the year 2015-16. Reza bagged 478 votes while his nearest contestant Khandkar Mashiuz Zaman (Romel) got 408 votes.
BFUJ biennial election tomorrow
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) is set to stage tomorrow the biennial elections to elect a 56-member executive committee of the apex body of newsmen for the next two years.According to the commission constituted to conduct the election, the…
Suspected robber killed in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka-A suspected robber was killed in what police said a gunfight with law enforcers in the city’s Uttarkhan area early Monday.
ASI killed in the city yesterday
Miscreants stabbed to death an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Darus Salam Police Station in the city’s Gabtali area on Thursday night.
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…
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…
Labor killed in wall collapse
Staff reporter A labour was killed and four others were injured as a boundary wall collapsed in Bangshal area of the city on Saturday afternoon.
City dwellers worried about Qurbani on Govt. authorised places
Although the government has earmarked some spots for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha to keep the city clean, the initiative seems to be ineffective as city dwellers are worried how they will carry the meat back home from…
Youngman held for allegedly giving threat to Mayor Annis
Rapid Action Battalion (rab) arrested a youth from FDC gate area of Tejgaon in the city on Monday in connection with giving threat to DNCC mayor Annisul Huq. The arrested person was identified as SA Nahid Happy.
Suspect arrested allegedly with bomb making material
Police arrested a crime suspect while allegedly making bombs in the city’s Khelkhet area on Wednesday night. The police also recovered 70 chocolate bombs, 5.5 kg powders, including 1.5 kg gunpowder, bomb making meterials and huse quantity of books and…
Youngman killed under passenger bus in city
A young mas was crushed under the wheeels of a passenger bus in the city’s Shewrapara on Friday morning. The victim was known as Selim, 28, hailed from Tangail. He was a residewnt of Iqbal road of West Shwewrapara.
7 alleged currency forgers, one robber held in city
Detectives in separate drives arrested seven people in connection with fake currency note trading and one suspected robber from different areas in the city on Monday night. Law enforcers also recovered various types of ornaments weight around 41 tolas around…
Angry mob sets fire to bus that killed a boy in capital
An angry mob set to afire to a passenger bus as a minor boy was crushed under its wheels on Mirpur Road near science laboratory in the city on Wednesday. The ill-fitted child was known as Fahim, 10. Contacted, the…
HSC examinee hit as city garbage collectors fire shot on rivals
An HSC candidate suffered bullet injuries when a local group opened fire on its rivals over collecting household garbage in the city’s Dakkhinkhan area on Friday morning. The injured was identified as Md Ruman Hossain, 19, who is appearing at…
Asia Foundation hosts map-up event for city polls Saturday
The Asia Foundation Bangladesh will host a map-up event for the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka, in partnership with the OpenStreetMap (OSM) in Bangladesh.
Oishee’s friend granted bail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to an accused in the murder case of Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Shapna Rahman. Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 Judge Syeed Ahamed granted the bail to Oishee’s friend Mizanur Rahman…
Body of 4-year-old found in travel bag on city bus identified
The body of a 4-year-old was found in a town service bus in Dhaka city on Monday afternoon. The incident occured in the Kalsi area of Mirpur after the bus crossed the Banani flyover. Khaled Saifullah SI of Banani Police…
BCL activists assault DUJA president, 2 DU students
DU Journalists’ Association president and two DU students were assaulted and beaten up reportedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Dhaka University’s Mohsin hall unit as they protested the assault of a female student of the university on Monday…
9,092 lawyers vote in Dhaka Bar election, results Friday
The two-day election of Dhaka Bar Association ended on Thursday at 5 pm and the result of the polls is scheduled to be announced on Friday. A total of 9,092 lawyer voters of the bar cast their votes in the…
Dhaka Bar poll begins
A two-day annual election of Dhaka Bar Association began on Wednesday morning to elect a new executive committee of the association for 2015-2016. The voting will end on Thursday (February 26). A total of 61 candidates from pro-Awami League ‘White…
Tk 1 crore Indian clothes seized in Benapole
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled Indian clothes worth Tk one crore from Nabharan area on the Benapole-Jessore road in Sharsha upazila early Saturday.
Alleged Huji leader held in city
The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested an alleged leader of banned Islamist militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) from the city’s Syedabad area on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as M Ibrahim, 40, a leader of the…
BSF picks up Bangladeshi in Naogaon
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi fisherman from Nitpur border point in Porsha upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
DRU to continue movement for trial of Sagor-Runi killers
Leaders of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) yesterday vowed to continue their movement for demanding the trial of killers of journalist couple Sagor Sarwar and Meherun Runi. They expressed their vow while addressing 19th founding anniversary function of the organization.