The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today set December 17 for holding a hearing on charge framing in a case against Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq for allegedly inciting mass killings and other crimes against humanity by imposing curfew during the July Mass Uprising. The two-member tribunal,
The Bangladesh Coast Guard, in two separate drives, rescued hostages and recovered deer meat, weapons and ammunition from Koira in the Sundarbans and arrested a hunter along with deer meat. Coast Guard Media Officer Lieutenant Commander Siam-ul-Haq revealed it on Monday evening. He said based on
Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her teenage daughter, both bearing stab wounds, from a house in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka. The gruesome scene was discovered on Monday morning on Shahjahan Road opposite the Residential College, police say. The dead have been identified as 48-ye
A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death near Ansar Camp in Bejpara of Jashore town on Saturday midnight Tanvir, son of Mintu from Shankarpur Hazarigat, was found bleeding near the camp around 12:55 am, reports UNB. Locals rushed him to Jessore 250-Bed General Hospital, where doctors declar
A man was stabbed to death, allegedly by muggers, in the Tongi area of Gazipur early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Siddiqur Rahman, an employee of a power company in Keraniganj, reports UNB. Monohar Ali, sub-inspector of Tongi Pashim Police Station, said a group of muggers waylaid Sidd
Police have recovered the body of a female teacher from the bathroom of her house in Bogura town. Bogura Sadar Police Inspector Mahfuzar Rahman confirmed the recovery of the body around 12am. Police found injury marks at the back of the victim’s head. The victim Fabia Tasnim Sidhi, 29, taug
Police have recovered the bloodied body of an eight-year-old child from Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. The girl’s family alleges that she was raped and murdered. A case has been filed over the incident. Nasirnagar Police Station OC Maksud Ahammad said on Thursday that the girl’s
Dhaka may witness a shift in its crime patterns in the coming weeks ahead of the national election, as intelligence agencies fear a rise in sabotage, arson attacks, and politically driven violence. In recent weeks, parts of the capital have experienced scattered incidents of crude bomb explosions,
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has received the probe report in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising against Sajeeb Wazed Joy and three others. "We have received the probe report over July Mass Uprising crimes against humanit
A woman was killed, and her niece was injured in an attack by miscreants at their house in Joypurhat Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nurunnahar Begum, 47, a resident of Chirla village under Chak Barkat union of the upazila, and her injured niece is Khatija Khat
A 75-year-old prisoner died after falling sick at Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday night, the authorities said. The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, son of late Mirjan Ali. Details about him are yet to be known, UNB reports. Prison officer Mirza Harun said Matin suddenly felt sick at night, p
A case has been filed at Ishwardi Police Station in Pabna over the killing of eight puppies, who were tied in a sack and drowned in a pond on the Ishwardi Upazila Parishad premises. Upazila Livestock Officer Aklima Khatun filed the case on Tuesday night. Abdun Noor, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi
Ansar members detained two women on charge of attempting to steal a newborn boy from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday evening. Detainees Nahar, 47, and her sister Hasina, 38, were handed over to Shahbagh Police Station later. Ansar members detained the duo while trying to flee wit
