A court has sentenced Rezaul Karim Reza to death in a case for killing his wife, Dr Jannatul Naim Siddika, after taking her to a residential hotel in Dhaka's Kalabagan. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Sabbir Foyez delivered the verdict in the case on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. In additi
An autorickshaw driver was beaten to death on Friday in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district after his vehicle allegedly hit a motorcycle. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Delwar Hossain, 45, also known as Dilu Mia of Chanpur village in Paharpur union under the same upazila and son o
A Dhaka court has ordered authorities to send Dhaka University (DU) Chemistry Professor Ershad Halim to jail in a sexual harassment case initiated by a student. Halim was arrested late on Thursday night at his Shewrapara residence by Mirpur Model Police. On Friday, the investigating officer Sub-I
A teenager drowned in the Turag River on Thursday night while fleeing an angry crowd after allegedly setting an empty bus on fire at Mirpur. The deceased was identified as Sayyaf, 18. Another youth, Rudro Mohammad Nahian Amir Sani, 18, was detained at the scene, while a third suspect managed to es
A local leader of Bangladesh latiotabadi Sramik Dal was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Rangunia Upazila on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 40, son of Md. Nazer Sawdagar of Ward No. 3. He served as the vice-president of the Sarafbhata Union unit of Sramik Dal,
A shocking tragedy unfolded in Rajshahi city on Thursday as the 18-year-old son of a sitting judge was hacked to death and his wife severely injured in a violent attack at their rented residence in the city’s Dabtola area. The victim, Tausif Rahman Sumon, a class IX student, was the son of R
A Dhaka court has transferred the sedition case filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others on charges of taking part in “anti-state activities and attempts to oust the interim government” to a judicial court. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ishrat Jenifar Jerin on
A Bogura court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life in prison over the murder of Tozammel Haque, a candidate for chairman in the Bogura union council elections in 2017. Judge Shajahan Kabir of the Bogura District and Sessions Court delivered the verdict in the eight-year-ol
A court has sentenced two suspects to 14 years in prison each and another suspect to eight years in jail for embezzling Tk 26.5 million from a bank customer through forgery and deception. The court of Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Mizanur Rahman delivered the verdict on Tuesday. The convict
Police have arrested nine individuals, including Awami League activists and suspects wanted in various cases, during the ongoing `Operation Devil Hunt’ in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali. Jewel Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Kalapara Police Station, said the operation was conducted on Sunday nig
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) have arrested 25 leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliated bodies in separate drives in the capital over 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday for their alleged plan to release 100,000 balloons with Awami League slogans. They had
A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants at Maizpara in the Halishahar area of Chattogram city on Friday night. The victim was identified as Mohammad Akbar, a resident of Halishahar and father of three children, UNB reports. Quoting locals, Zahid Kabir, officer-in-charge
The father of slain Chattogram BNP activist Sarwar Hossain Babla has alleged that his son was killed on the orders of fugitive gang leader Sajjad Hossain, known locally as “Boro Sajjad”. Sajjad, who is currently abroad, has been named as the prime suspect in a murder case filed by Sarw
