A man was arrested on charge of embezzling crores of taka from Beximco in Panchagarh.Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from Satmera Union of Sadar upazila on Thursday evening, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Tentulia police station, said on Saturday, reports UNB.The accused is
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 30 people from different areas in the capital in 24 hours until 6:00am on Saturday for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Sources at the police headquarters said police from different police stations and members of Detective Bra
The major portion of corruption complaints - received by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2022 - remained unattended, as the national anti-graft body could not investigate those allegations for taking actions, terming those 'unacceptable'. The total number of graft complaints also saw a s
A court has sentenced 23 people to death and six others to life imprisonment in the murder of Rajib Sarder a decade ago in Madaripur. Additional District and Sessions Judge Lailatul Ferdous delivered the verdict on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com citing state prosecutor Siddiqur Rahman.
A 25-year-old man was hacked to death at Gangni village in Sadar upazila of Magura district in the area on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam, son of Badsha Mollah of the village. Officer-in-charge of Magura Police Station Jobbarul Islam said local AL leader Abdur R
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
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
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
