A group led by a local BNP leader reportedly attacked police in Kachua upazila's Gajalia Bridge area on Tuesday night in an attempt to snatch an arrested suspect, leaving four police officers injured. However, a joint operation by police and army personnel later detained 16 individuals involved in
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 has arrested 17 muggers in Sylhet in the last 24 hours. RAB-9 Commanding Officer Manjur Karim disclosed the information at a press conference on Friday (March 28) afternoon. Earlier, the arrests were made on Thursday night during raids at various locations in Sylhet
The appointment of lawyer Afroze Parveen Sylvia as a prosecutor for handling cases at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has been scrapped. A notification was issued on Thursday, appointing Sylvia and three other lawyers as prosecutors. The decision, however, was reversed the same day after
Police arrested on Thursday six persons for their suspected involvement in committing a daring robbery at a gold trader's residence at Dhandmondi in the capital. They allegedly committed the robbery impersonating themselves as members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The arrestees are: Farhad
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested two people in connection with the killing of a businessman in front of Gulshan-1 Police Plaza in the capital. The arrestees were Md. Wasir Mahmud Sayeed alias Boro Saeed ,59 and Mamun alias Belal,42, UNB reports. Sayeed was arrested from Patuakha
Police have arrested two people for allegedly harassing a woman while she was purchasing shoes in Dhaka's Mirpur area. The suspects, 22-year-old Md Sifat and 26-year-old Sheikh Md Mohsin were apprehended in connection with a case filed by the victim on Tuesday, according to Mirpur Model Police Sta
Police have arrested former RUCSU vice president and ex-vice president of Faridpur district Chhatra League Kawsar Akand a Jubo League activist in connection with a case related to July Movement. Kawsar, a key accused in the case, is known as a close aide of Mujibur Rahman Nixon Chowdhury, former M
A gang of robbers looted more than 20 mobile phones and over a lakh taka in cash during a robbery on a moving bus in the C&B area of Savar. The incident took place around 7:30pm on Monday on a Manikganj-bound Shubhojatra Paribahan bus departing from Dhaka, UNB reports. According to eyewitne
A fraud posing as an army major was arrested from the Jahaj Company Intersection in Rangpur city on Sunday night. The detainee is Fazle Rabbi, 28, son of Moktar Alam from Batunia in Thakurgaon district, UNB reports. Brig. Gen Humayun Kaiyum, commander of the 72 Infantry Brigade of the Bangladesh
An accused in a drug case escaped from police custody after breaking the grill of a window at Aftabganj Police Camp in Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur district on Sunday. Inspector Sirajul Islam, in-charge of Aftabganj Police Camp, said police arrested Royel, 35, from Kazipara area early Sunday alon
A leader of the Sramik Dal, the BNP’s worker wing, has been hacked to death by rivals in Madaripur over a power struggle and row surrounding the formation of a committee. The attack occurred at 10 pm on Sunday in the Sadar Upazila’s "Natun Madaripur" village, reports bdnews24.com. The
A Kushtia court on Sunday sentenced nine people to life term imprisonment for killing a local leader of Awami League and former UP Chairman Lutfur Rahman Sabu in 2017. Kushtia District and Session Judge Sumaiya Khanam handed down the punishment. The court also fined them Tk 20,000 each, in defaul
A court in Dhaka on Saturday placed three people including Jubo Mohila League central leader Laboni on a two-day remand each in a case lodged under the anti-terrorism act with the city’s Mohammadpur Police Station. The two other remanded accused are Sirajul and Raju. Dhaka Metropolitan Magi
