A Bogura court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life in prison over the murder of Tozammel Haque, a candidate for chairman in the Bogura union council elections in 2017. Judge Shajahan Kabir of the Bogura District and Sessions Court delivered the verdict in the eight-year-ol
A court has sentenced two suspects to 14 years in prison each and another suspect to eight years in jail for embezzling Tk 26.5 million from a bank customer through forgery and deception. The court of Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Mizanur Rahman delivered the verdict on Tuesday. The convict
Police have arrested nine individuals, including Awami League activists and suspects wanted in various cases, during the ongoing `Operation Devil Hunt’ in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali. Jewel Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Kalapara Police Station, said the operation was conducted on Sunday nig
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) have arrested 25 leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliated bodies in separate drives in the capital over 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday for their alleged plan to release 100,000 balloons with Awami League slogans. They had
A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants at Maizpara in the Halishahar area of Chattogram city on Friday night. The victim was identified as Mohammad Akbar, a resident of Halishahar and father of three children, UNB reports. Quoting locals, Zahid Kabir, officer-in-charge
The father of slain Chattogram BNP activist Sarwar Hossain Babla has alleged that his son was killed on the orders of fugitive gang leader Sajjad Hossain, known locally as “Boro Sajjad”. Sajjad, who is currently abroad, has been named as the prime suspect in a murder case filed by Sarw
Police have arrested an individual linked with a fraud gang for allegedly swindling a businessman out of Tk 1.5 million. The name of the arrestee is Md Saddam Hossain (35). He was arrested by the Cyber Police Centre (CPC) unit of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from South Keraniganj's Has
A Bangladeshi expatriate worker has been shot dead in Khulna’s Rupsha only a few days after he returned to the country. The incident occurred next to a field owned by Manik Sardar in the Ramnagar area of Noihati Union around 9:00 pm on Thursday, bdnews24.com reports. Mahfuzur Rahman, chief
Chattogram Customs House has seized 24,960kg of poppy seeds that were imported from Pakistan under a false declaration as bird feed. According to a media statement, the shipment, banned under import rules, was intercepted recently by the authorities, reports bdnews24.com. Officials said Adib Trad
A Mymensingh court has sentenced both members of a police couple to death for the murder of a fellow policeman over an extramarital affair. After a lengthy investigation and trial, Additional Sessions Judge Court Judge Harun-or Rashid delivered the verdict in the sensational murder case on Wedne
Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar of the High Court Division has been removed from his position as a judge. A gazette issued by the Law and Justice Division and signed by Secretary Liaquet Ali Molla stated that, based on an investigation by the Supreme Judicial Council, Justice Khurshid Alam S
The government is mulling over intensifying its crackdown on the growing menace of online gambling in Bangladesh by introducing a coordinated monitoring system and other preventive measures. The measures include blocking relevant mobile financial service (MFS) accounts, and considering limiting in
The death toll from a gunfight over local dominance in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria has risen to two. Hotel employee Yasin, son of Shafiqul Islam of Alamnagar village in Barikandi union, died from his injuries while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday afternoon, p
