A leader of Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (Jasas) was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Latifpur village in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Farid Sarkar, joint secretary of Gosinga union unit of Jasas. Nasir Ahmed, Offic
A chargesheet accusing 28 people, including former Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, has been filed 15 months after mentally-ill Toffazzal Hossain was beaten to death on suspicion of theft at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall of Dhaka University. Additional Superintendent Hannanul Islam of the Police Bureau
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Barishal City Corporation mayor Serneabat Sadiq Abdullah for failing to submit his statement of assets within the stipulated time. On Tuesday, ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain said the case was filed in Dhaka by the commiss
Assailants have gunned down a young man in public in Monirampur Upazila, Jashore. The incident occurred around 5:45 pm at Kapalia Bazaar on Monday, according to Additional Police Superintendent Abul Basar, bdnews24.com reports.
Authorities have suspended eight police personnel from Chattogram’s Bakalia after preliminary evidence found them releasing a fellow officer who was detained with yaba. The order was issued on Monday by Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Hasib Aziz, said CMP Assistant Commissi
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the three main accused in the killing of Khokon Das, a pharmacy owner and bKash agent, in Shariatpur. The arrests were made around 1am on Sunday in Kishoreganj’s Bajitpur area, according to information provided by RAB-8 and the intelligence wing
Police recovered the hanging body of a female student of Rajshahi University (RU) from a student hostel in the Binodpur area of Rajshahi city on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Lamisa Nawrin Pushpita, a first-year student of the Department of Islamic History and Culture. She ha
A court in Dhaka on Sunday sent Kabir Hossain, a close aide to Foysal Karim Masud, the prime accused in the case filed over the murder of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, to jail. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order as police produced Kabir b
Investigators in the Sharif Osman bin Hadi murder case have told a Dhaka court that 'sensational' information has been gleaned during interrogation from two suspects arrested in a border area. Sibyoun Diu and Sanjay Chisim were produced before the court on Friday after completing eight days of gri
A man was killed in Dhaka after a crude bomb thrown from a flyover exploded on Wednesday night, according to police. The incident occurred on Wednesday around 7:30pm under the Moghbazar flyover, said Ibne Mizan, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon Division. The victim
A businessman who was abducted at gunpoint from his showroom in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura was found dead about six hours later, police said. The deceased was identified as Pintu Akand, 35, a resident of Lohachura village in Raninagar upazila of Naogaon district. He was the owner of a ‘L
Following the completion of all legal procedures, the murder case of Chattogram lawyer Saiful Islam Alif is now ready to be sent to the trial court. Assistant Public Prosecutor Md Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury confirmed the development on Monday. “The case is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday. It
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has uncovered evidence of “suspicious transactions” worth Tk 1.27 billion in bank accounts linked to Faisal Karim Masud, key suspect in the murder of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, and his associates. In a Sunday press note, the CID said it has launc
