A vegetable vendor was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in the Purba Jurain area of Kadamtali in Dhaka on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Md Quddus, 50, a resident of house No. 91/A on the Darogabari Road in Purba Jurain. He used to sell vegetables at a local Bou Bazar,
A professional mugger was caught red-handed by traffic police while attempting to flee after mugging a passenger’s mobile phone in the Pallabi area of the capital on Friday. The arrested mugger was identified as Md Manik, 29. The incident took place in the vicinity of the Kalshi intersectio
A mobile court seized 33 tonnes of rice allegedly diverted from the government's Food-Friendly Programme in Sherpur and detained a warehouse owner. The detainee is Md Borhan Uddin, son of the late Babul Mia of the Kasba Kacharipara area in the town. Acting on a tip-off, the mobile court conducted
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two individuals for allegedly cheating a Bangladeshi expatriate out of money by promising jobs and permanent residency opportunities in Australia, according to a press release issued by the CID Media Wing on Thursday. The arrested are Rakibu
A police couple has been shown arrested in connection with the torture of a domestic worker in Sonadanga of Khulna. The accused are Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sanjoy Mitra, who is posted at Sonadanga Police Station, and his wife ASI Popy Mitra. A case was filed on Thursday morning by the victi
A 5-year-old boy allegedly kidnapped from his home in Patiya upazila of Chattogram has been found dead, with police detaining three neighbours over the incident. The child's body was recovered from a pond beside a neighbour's house in Dakshin Gobindarkhil village of the municipality early on Thurs
A college teacher was found dead near Shahagola Railway Station in Atrai upazila of Naogaon district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Neyamul Bashir, 48, a teacher at Boroshimla Women's College and a resident of Chakramchandra Moholla in the district town, reports UNB. Apart from teac
A village in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as enraged residents clashed with police over the “rape and murder” of a seven-year-old girl, leaving at least 20 people, including the district’s superintendent of police (SP) and an officer-in
Content creator Touhid Afridi, son of My TV Chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi, has been shown arrested in a case filed over allegations of fraud. Police produced Afridi before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in Dhaka on Tuesday. The investigating officer of the case, filed with Wari Police
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has constituted a committee to facilitate the permanent institutionalization and transition of digital judicial services, developed under the “Aspire to Innovate” (a2i) program, to the Law and Justice Division. According to an offi
A man has allegedly killed his wife and hung her body from a bamboo wall in Narail. The husband, who was detained by the police, claims that he was unable to stop his wife from posting obscene pictures and videos on TikTok and exchanging obscene pictures and conversations with unknown men, which l
Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a mother and daughter at their home in Chattogram’s Anwara Upazila. On Saturday night, Sujan Barua's wife, Annie Barua, 40, and their daughter Priyanti Barua, 16, were killed at their own home in Chenamati Barua Para of Ward No. 6 o
Two devotees were injured as armed assailants opened fire inside a mosque during Fajr prayers in Khulna city on Sunday. The incident took place at the West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) Jame Masjid on the BL College Road in the Daulatpur area of the city, reports UNB. The injur
