Police arrested six persons as they were preparing to commit robbery and snatching during separate raids in Shahbagh and Sadarghat areas in the capital on Thursday night. Acting on a tip-off, a mobile team of Shahbagh police station nabbed three robbers while they were taking preparation for robbe
Jurisdiction of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka to try crimes committed during the July-August uprising has been challenged. Lawyers of former Director General of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) Major General Ziaul Ahsan, who is an accused in a case filed o
A court in Natore has sentenced two men to 10 years in jail each for sexually harassing a minor girl and persuading her to commit suicide in Natore Sadar upazila around 20 years back. Judge of Natore Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal Muhammad Abdur Rahim also fined Tk 50,000 ea
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in the capital on Thursday directed the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) and the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to preserve all digital data of the July-August mass uprising last year. A tribunal bench headed by
Police recovered the bodies of two elderly men from the Dakatia River in two separate locations in Chandpur on Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam Gazi, 72, son of the late Ashraf Ali Gazi of Bagadi village of Chandpur Sadar Upazila. The other man's identity remains unk
A 50-year-old man was beaten and hacked to death by unknown miscreants in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah district on Wednesday. The deceased was Kawsar Ali, son of late Lutfor Laskar of Chandpara village in Elangi union of the upazila, and an accused in a case over the killing of Jamaat-e-Islam
A woman was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Rathura village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was Laila Arzu, 62, wife of Sekandar Ali, a resident of Rathura village in Ghior upazila, reports UNB. Sekandar Ali, the victim's husband, said that his
The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division will deliver its verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her 10-year prison sentence in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on Wednesday. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, fixe
Amid the uproar in the United Kindom over corruption allegations against City Minister Tulip Siddiq, niece of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, spotlight has now shifted to Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman. Shayan, son of former prime minister's advisor and business tycoon Salman F Rahman, heads
A physician of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) who was kidnapped from Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district has been released after paying ransom. The victim was identified as Aminur Rahman,40, a physician of the neurosurgery department of DMCH and son of Ismail Hossain of Tangail's Kalihati u
Members of the Detectives Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested two alleged drug peddlers and seized 24 kilogrammes of cannabis along with a truck used for transportation during a raid in Dhaka’s Farmgate early Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Md. Bashir Hasan, 19, and
Khulna Awami League leader and former councillor of Khulna City Corporation Ward-4 Golam Rabbani Tipu was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. The incident happened around 8:30 pm in front of the Seagull hotel, reports UNB. Cox’s Bazar Model Police Station&
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved filing a case against 54 individuals, including former chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ahsanul Alam, for alleged embezzlement of over Tk 9.93 billion. ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain disclosed this information to the media at th
