Two people were arrested by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for attempting to smuggle 3,360 liters of diesel to India via a river route in the border area of Ulipur Upazila. The BGB also seized a boat used in the illegal operation. The arrested smugglers were identified as Mohammad Monir Hossain
A search party that set off looking for a stolen swan in Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura has stumbled upon the body of a woman being burnt in a pit. Locals have since detained a man and turned him over to the police in connection with the incident. Akhaura Police Station Inspector Shahinur Islam said
Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, have been detained for allegedly stabbing 23-year-old Hafiz Kamrul Hasan to death on Dhaka’s Jatrabari Flyover. The arrests were made early on Saturday in the Karatitola area of Jatrabari. Police have identified the pair as “professional muggers,”
Ten individuals accused in the murder case of lawyer Alif were arrested on Wednesday in connection with another case involving assault, vandalism, and the use of explosives. The order was passed by the Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate's Court under Kazi Shariful Islam after a hearing. The ind
Police have recovered three bodies from the Benapole border area in Jashore. The bodies were found on Wednesday near the Ichamati River in the Panchbhulat and Putkhali border, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Sabu Hossain (35), son of late Arif Hossain from Dighir Par village under Be
Police have recovered the body of a teenage girl from a lake at Purbachal area around n Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj. The body of the unidentified girl was found floating around 10:00 am on Tuesday, said Rupganj Police Station chief Liaqat Ali. The deceased girl is around 17 years old, reports
The High Court is set to deliver its verdict today (Tuesday) on two separate writ petitions challenging the legality of the 15th amendment of the Constitution, which abolished the non-party caretaker government system and introduced significant changes to the charter. The petitions have been lis
A Dhaka court on Monday placed president of Eden Mohila College unit of the banned organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Tamanna Jasmin Riva on a two-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman granted the remand in a case filed on the allegation of attacking the Dhaka Unive
A court has recorded the arrests of former ministers Anisul Huq and Faruk Khan, along with former lawmakers Shahjahan Omar and Golam Kibria Tipu, in separate murder cases filed at various police stations in the capital. Trinamool BNP chief Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, former police chief Abdullah Al-
The High Court on Tuesday turned down a writ petition filed seeking investigation into allegations of graft against some 51 people including judges and staff of lower courts across the country. The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury passed the order after hearing t
A 40-year-old man was killed and eight others injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over the ownership of a piece of land at Sonatiki village in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Misrab Khan, son of Rahmat Khan of the upazila, rep
A middle-aged woman, who is mother to a local leader of the student front of the ousted Awami League, has been “hacked to death” in her home in Boda Upazila of Panchagarh. The incident occurred around 8:30 pm on Thursday in the Kaliaganj area of Kajoldighi Kaliaganj Union, said Boda Po
A court in Dhaka on Thursday scrapped a bail plea of Jasim Uddin, who reportedly managed all the black money of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed as his cashier, in a case lodged over attempt to murder one Md Durjoy Ahammed. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain passed t
