Police in Gopalganj recovered the body of a 3-year-old girl 20 days after she went missing from Sadar Upazila, arresting her mother, who allegedly killed the child at the prompting of her lover. On Saturday afternoon, officers broke the lock of a room in Gobra Madhya Para and found the child&rsquo
A large cache of illegal arms, ammunition, narcotics and cash has been recovered in joint operations conducted by the army in the capital's North Badda and Dhalpur areas. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) disclosed the information in a press release issued on Friday, saying that five peop
Police have recovered the bodies of four members of the same family from Mirpur 11’s Wapda Bihari Camp in Dhaka’s Pallabi Thana. AKM Alamgir Jahan, chief of Pallabi Police Station, said police went to a home and recovered the bodies after they were reported around 11am. The bodies w
A 14-year-old school student was shot dead in a clash between rival groups over establishing dominance in the Saidabad area in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mustakim Mia, reports UNB. Police and local sources said rivalry between two local grou
A suspect in a murder case has allegedly escaped from Brahmanbaria District Jail using the bail papers of another inmate and committing “identity fraud”. A case has been filed against the absconding suspect and several other inmates, while six prison guards have been temporarily susp
A 3-year-old boy abducted outside Mugda Hospital in Dhaka was sent to his ancestral home in Gaibandha by the rickshaw driver who kidnapped him, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said. Following reports of the abduction, the driver, identified as 41-year-old Chan Mia, was arrested at Wireless Ga
A Dhaka court has sentenced five people to death for the 2016 murder of Saidur Rahman Basu, a former president of the Gopalganj Motor Workers Union. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Md Rohibul Islam delivered the verdict in the case on Wednesday. The death-row convicts are Bulbul Sheikh, Heday
In Rangpur’s Taragonj Upazila, the family of Ruplal Das and his son-in-law Pradeep Lal -- both beaten to death in a “mob” attack -- has alleged that suspects released on bail are now threatening them to withdraw the murder charges. The threats and intimidation are aimed at forcin
Muggers looted Tk 24 lakh by firing gunshots and exploding crude bombs in Basan area of Gazipur on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said Saiful Islam, a staff of Dutch-Bangla Bank agent outlet, owned by Shafiqul Islam, was heading towards Chandona intersection around 4:00pm to deposit money at a bank,
A union-level BNP leader, who was shot by miscreants on Thursday night in Keraniganj, has died after two days of hospitalisation. Hasan Mollah, general secretary of Hazratpur Union BNP, died on Saturday around 4:00 pm while receiving treatment at Holy Family Hospital, police said.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch has arrested another alleged shooter accused of killing Swechhasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Muchabbir. The suspect, identified as Rahim, was arrested in a raid in Narsingdi early on Friday, DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Unilever Consumer Care Limited Managing Director Md Naharul Islam Molla and four other senior officials in a fraud case. The other accused are Unilever Bangladesh Limited Finance Director Zinnia Huq, Area Manager (Central South Region) Kais
Police recovered nine locally made single-barrel guns during a special drive in Bhujpur area of Fatikchhari upazila early Tuesday. A team from Bhujpur Police Station, acting on a tip-off, conducted the operation in the Baromasia Tea Garden area under Ward No. 4 of Suabil Union to recover illegal f
