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
Muggers looted Tk 24 lakh by firing gunshots and exploding crude bombs in Basan area of Gazipur on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said Saiful Islam, a staff of Dutch-Bangla Bank agent outlet, owned by Shafiqul Islam, was heading towards Chandona intersection around 4:00pm to deposit money at a bank,
A union-level BNP leader, who was shot by miscreants on Thursday night in Keraniganj, has died after two days of hospitalisation. Hasan Mollah, general secretary of Hazratpur Union BNP, died on Saturday around 4:00 pm while receiving treatment at Holy Family Hospital, police said.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch has arrested another alleged shooter accused of killing Swechhasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Muchabbir. The suspect, identified as Rahim, was arrested in a raid in Narsingdi early on Friday, DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Unilever Consumer Care Limited Managing Director Md Naharul Islam Molla and four other senior officials in a fraud case. The other accused are Unilever Bangladesh Limited Finance Director Zinnia Huq, Area Manager (Central South Region) Kais
Police recovered nine locally made single-barrel guns during a special drive in Bhujpur area of Fatikchhari upazila early Tuesday. A team from Bhujpur Police Station, acting on a tip-off, conducted the operation in the Baromasia Tea Garden area under Ward No. 4 of Suabil Union to recover illegal f
A member of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has been killed and three others critically injured in a gunfight with “local criminals” in Jungle Salimpur of Chattogram’s Sitakunda. The clash erupted on Monday afternoon during a RAB‑7 operation in the area. The dead has been ident
Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of the Sammilita Sanatan Jagaran Jote, has claimed innocence in the murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case, a stance echoed by other defendants. The plaintiff and prosecution lawyers argued that the chargesheet, postmortem report, statements, and conf
Police recovered two charred bodies from an abandoned community centre in Savar municipality area on Sunday. Local people spotted the bodies at the community centre, about 500 yards away from Savar Model Police Station premises and informed police through national emergency number 999 who recovere
The International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants against former Dhaka South mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Awami League leader Jahangir Kabir Nanok, and 26 others over charges of crimes against humanity during the July Uprising. The order came on Sunday from Tribunal‑1, headed by Just
