A rice trader has been hacked to death inside his shop in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh. The killers left the victim inside the shop and closed the shutters before fleeing. The murder took place around 11:00 pm on Monday at the Bogar Bazar intersection in the Upazila, said Trishal Police Station c
A man was killed and 12 others injured in post-election violence in Char Abdullah village in Munshiganj Sadar on Friday. The deceased Jashim Uddin, 30, was a supporter of independent candidate Mohammad Mohiuddin, who contested the election with the football symbol after being denied the BNP nomina
A local leader of Krishak Dal sustained critical injuries after miscreants severed the veins of both his hands and legs in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday afternoon. The injured was identified as Biraj Ali, 47, son of late Amir Mollah of Ramchandrapur village. He is the general secretary
Justice Naima Haider of the High Court has submitted her resignation which has been forwarded to the President. The Supreme Court disclosed the information in a press release on Monday. According to the release, Justice Naima Haider expressed her intention to resign last Thursday and submitted he
A man was shot dead by miscreants in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Sunday night. The victim was identified as Rafikul Islam, 50, husband of a female Union Parishad member of Charmadhuya Union. The incident took place around 9:30 pm in Gazipura village under Charmadhuya Union, confirmed Union Pa
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
