Two youths have been sentenced to five days’ simple imprisonment for threatening an on duty police member during a footpath eviction drive in Jatrabari area of the capital. The punishment was handed down by the Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, UNB repor
The joint forces have launched raids in Chattogram’s Jungle Salimpur to detain criminals. Chattogram Additional Superintendent of Police Russell said the operation began on Monday morning. On January 19, Nayek Subedar Motaleb Hossain Bhuiyan, a member of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), wa
A Jamaat-e-Islami activist has been killed during a violent clash with BNP supporters over the appointment of an Imam for Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi. The incident took place around 8:00 pm on Saturday at Sakua, according to Mohanpur Police Chief SM Moinuddin. The dead was
A grocery shop owner has been stabbed to death allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money in Cox’s Bazar’s BGB camp, police said. The incident occurred around 3pm on Saturday at Sahityika Palli near the BGB camp.
A member of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) has allegedly been shot dead in the Panchari Upazila of Khagrachhari. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Apon Tripura, also known as Sangram from Padmini Para village. The incident occurred around 11:30am in Barkona, Aungya Marma,
A woman was shot on Friday evening in the MC Bazar area of Sreepur, Gazipur, after reportedly trying to stop public drug use.The victim was identified as Monowara Begum.According to local sources, Monowara Begum and her husband Zainal Hazari, both farmers from Haluaghat, Mymensingh, had been cultiv
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested two young men in possession of huge fake currency notes and some objects used in money counterfeiting activity from the capital's Turag area. The arrestees were identified as Naimul Islam Ishan (19) and Kefayet Ullah (19). Senior Assistant Director of RAB
Md Shahin Alam, the sole accused in the murder and dismemberment of his roommate Md Obaidullah, gave a confessional statement on Friday. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Zunayed recorded the statement under Section 164 after Shahin's five-day remand ended. Shahin had requested to make th
Police recovered the hanging body of a nurse on Thursday night from a house in the Hossaini Dalan area of Old Dhaka, and found a note beside the body seeking justice against her husband and in-laws. The deceased was identified as Nahida Akter Bobi, 29, a nurse at the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical Col
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has filed a case against former secretary and former executive member of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Md Khairul Islam (Mannan), his wife and son over allegations of laundering Tk 400 million. The case was filed wi
A man has died in a clash between two groups involved in a power struggle in Narayanganj’s Fatullah. His friend is also undergoing treatment in a hospital and is in critical condition. The incident took place in the Panchabati area around 4:30 am on Thursday, Fatullah Model Police Station ch
The verdict in a crimes against humanity case over deaths and injuries in Dhaka’s Rampura during the July 2024 Uprising has been postponed after prosecutors sought time to submit new digital evidence. The International Crimes Tribunal-1, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, granted the
Police have recovered two severed human hands from the Stadium Market area of Gulistan and a severed leg from Kakrail in the capital. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Md Rezwanul Islam said the hands were recovered at around 9:45am from the road in front of the market, b
