At least five people were injured after clashes erupted between Daffodil International University students and locals in Savar’s Ashulia Union on Monday. Over 100 shops were vandalised and looted during the clashes, news agency UNB reported. The clashes took place at 10:00 pm on
River policearrested 28 fishermen on Saturday for violating a two-month govt ban on catching Hilsa in the Padma-Meghna river sanctuary area of Chandpur to increase the production of mother Hilsa and protect Jatka. The arrested fishermen were from Haimchar and Sadar upazilas of Chandpur. Among the
The BGB has recovered 200,000 yaba tablets after a ‘shootout with drug traffickers’ near the maritime border on the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf. The narcotics were recovered from the Shashmanghat area of Nhila Union around 9 pm on Friday night, according to Lt C
Urban experts urged the government to identify and hold accountable the officials concerned of different state agencies, who overlook citizens' safety and property in urban areas across the country. They also identified some loopholes and hurdles, like lax enforcement, lack of proper monitoring
Eight members of a robbery gang have been arrested while they were trying to take over a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) vehicle in Narayanganj. RAB 11 Company Commander and Deputy Director Monirul Alam confirmed the information at a press conference at its local camp in Kalirbazar area of the city F
Police personnel resisted the leaders of Kor Data Shurokka Parishad (Tax Payer Safety Porishod) in front of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) when they tried to besiege the CCC office as a part of their protest programme on Wednesday. The leaders of Kor Data Shurokka Porishad along with hundreds o
A 33-year-old woman stabbed her husband to death in Jhalakathi’s Rajapur area early Monday, and then called 999 to surrender to police. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Awal Talukder, 39, an auto-rickshaw driver in Patuakhali area, reports UNB. Safia Khatun called the hotline, 999, to
A Chattogram court has started the trial of seven people, including former Superintendent of Police Babul Akter, in a case over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Akter Mitu in 2016. Judge Md Jashim Uddin of Chittagong Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court-3 set Apr 9 to start recording testimon
Garment workers have blocked a road in Dhaka's Banani after rumours spread that one of their colleagues was run over and killed by a bus, leading to heavy congestion on Dhaka's Airport Road. The protest continued for nearly two hours in the Chairman Bari area on Saturday morning, leading to heavy
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested 25 suspected members of a gang of muggers and seized 355 mobile phone sets from them in separate raids in Dhaka’s Shahbagh, Khilgaon, Jatrabari, Ashulia, Keraniganj, Siddhirganj and Sonargaon neighbourhoods. The arrests were made on Tuesday, RAB-3 said
A man suspected of killing his wife has alleged to police that he committed the murder after discovering that his wife's negligence led to the death of their youngest daughter, who drowned in a bucket of water in the bathroom of a hotel in Cox’s Bazar. Police arrested Jemin Biswas, 40, in fr
Police have arrested five men in a case of gang-rape of a mother who travelled to Dhaka from Jashore to meet her children. They arrested Shafiqul Islam, 26, Billal Hossain, 25, Al Amin, 26, Md Sabuj, 26 and Md Russel, 24, on Saturday following raids in Gabtoli, Mohammedpur and Demra in Dhaka and B
Police arrested Amatullah Bushra, friend of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash – whose body was recovered from Shitalakhkhya river on November 7 – from her Banasree home in the capital today (Thursday). Police conducted a drive at Bush
