A group of online activists demanding cancellation Bengali daily Prothom Alo’s registration tried to lay a siege to the newspaper’s office on Wednesday. They are agitated over the newspaper for describing Bangladesh’s Liberation War in a report as an ‘India-Pakistan…
Japan will try to impress Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take “a serious look” towards the east for expanding trade during her upcoming Tokyo visit, its ambassador in Dhaka has said. Hasina will leave Dhaka for Japan on the night…
Members of Criminal Investigation Department of police on Tuesday arrested a man along with 50 kg explosives from Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital. The arrestee was identified as Swapan, 40. Contacted, Deputy Commissioner (Public Relations) Masudur Rahman of…
ZH Sikder Women’s Medical College and Hospital has sacked a doctor and a staff for confining and beating a journalist. They are Dr Mohammad Safiul Azam and his telephone operator Abu Sufian.
A youth was killed and two other members of his family were injured reportedly in a gas explosion in the city’s Pallabi area early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Arefin, 25, son of Mintu Miah of the area.
A Dhaka court on Monday placed three persons including two Sub-Inspectors of Police in a case filed in connection with dacoity. Magistrate Nuru Mia of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka passed the order after hearing. The accused…
BNP Standing Committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has been released from prison after securing bail in a case of violence. Hundreds of his supporters greeted him as he walked out of the Kashimpur jail on Friday morning.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated four Rajuk officials as part of investigation into the three cases recently filed against former secretary of Housing and Public Works Ministry Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain for allegedly taking government plots abusing power.…
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday framed charges against BNP standing committee member MK Anwar in a defamation case filed by Swechchhasebak League leader Debashish Biswas. Passing the order, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh fixed July 27 to…
Barrister Nazmul Huda has renamed his faction of the Bangladeshesh Nationalist Front (BNF) as Bangladeshesh Nationalist Alliance (BNA). Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club Huda said that the objective of his new organization was to ensure good…
The High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail for six months to BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed in connection with the killing of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist on December 29, 2013. An HC…
After around six months of imprisonment, president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel was freed from jail on bail on Tuesday. Jewel was released from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail around 9:15pm, JCD senior vice president Bazlul…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s key associate Abu Bakr Siddique on a two-day remand to interrogate him about the collapse of Rana Plaza. Senior Judicial Magistrate Afroza Seuli of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court…
Police have arrested eight persons posing as fake detective policemen from Dhaka’s Badda. They were arrested from Aftabnagar area around 11.30pm on Sunday, Detective Branch (DB) of police Deputy Commissioner (DC-South) Krishnapada Roy told a news conference on Monday.
Anisur Rahman, an engineer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines held with 106 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday, has said several others were involved but the customs officials are not taking against them. Customs officials on Saturday…
BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as he fell sick seriously on Saturday.
The need for accepting Islam as code of life to restore peace and discipline in the society was emphasised at the opening of a two-day Quran Tafsir (translation) mohfil organised by the Bangladesh Islami Andolan at Suhrawardi Uddyan in Dhaka…
Two young men were chopped to death by miscreants at Dakhkhin Pirerbagh in Mirpur of the capital on Sunday midnight. The deceased were identified as Kayem, 32, resident of Madhya Pirerbagh of the area, and Jahangir, 31, hailing from Savar…
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed a husband on a three-day remand to quiz him in a murder case filed for killing his wife on October 8, last year. Magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakraborty passed the order after hearing on a…
Since Bangladesh’s telecom regulator has taken a tough stance on registering mobile SIM cards, rackets have sprung up to fake national ID cards. Police in Dhaka have busted one such gang who make money by supplying fake national ID cards…
Paying homage to journalist ABM Musa who passed away recently, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described him as a legend in journalism. “ABM Musa was a legend in journalism. His pen was always sharp, active…
A man who sustained bullet wounds in an attack by extortionists in the capital’s Rampura area succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday, a day after the incident. The victim was identified as Abdus Selim…
Alleged friends have beaten to death a youth in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan Apu, 20, a resident of the Atibazar area in Keganiganj. His mother Selina Begum told reporters at the…
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad returns home on Monday after his 42 days of vacationing in the USA. The CEC is scheduled to arrive on Monday morning by a Turkish flight, said CEC’s Personal Secretary Mazharul Islam said.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will introduce special road dividers at the end of this month to deter the prevalent tendency of driving in wrong directions on the city roads. Whenever a vehicle will be driven in the wrong direction on…
A group of Dhaka University (DU) students fought pitched battles with shop owners at the nearby Nilkhet market on Saturday evening. Several shops in Nilkhet, which is the biggest book market in Dhaka, have been torched. The 30-minute-long clash also…
Police recovered the body of a teenage boy from Turag Eidghah field in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sabbir Hossain, 15, son of late Baset Talukder of Ghatail in Tangail. Sabbir was residing with his family…
In broad daylight, muggers shot two people including an employee of a ‘bKash’ company and made off with Tk 10 lakh at Rokeya Sarani in Mirpur on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Abul Kalam, 35, a marketing executive of…
Police arrested four people, including one woman, on charge of holding an illegal firearm and eight rounds of bullets from a house at Shantibagh early Tuesday. Police said they also seized 30 bottles of contraband Phensidyl from their possession of…
GM Jainul Abedin Bhuiyan, an additional secretary on post-retirement leave, has been appointed the new chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on a year’s contract. He replaces Engineer Nurul Huda with effect from April 21, a public administration ministry order…