A policeman has been arrested for allegedly possessing 50,000 yaba pills near the Shah Amanat Bridge in Bakalia of Chattogram city. Identified as Ashiqul Islam, the 30-year-old arrestee is posted at Khulna District Police. Bakalia Police caught him early Tuesday morning near the bridge in the Bas
A court in Dhaka on Tuesday sent to jail Lamin Islam, the prime accused in a case filed over the abduction of a schoolgirl from her father in the city’s Uttara area. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi passed the order as police produced Lamin before the court after the end of
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged governments worldwide to make lifelong learning a central pillar of economic and social policy, warning that failure to act could deepen inequalities amid rapid global transformations. The report, “Lifelong Learning and Sk
A housewife has allegedly been gang raped by a group of people in Chandina Upazila of Cumilla district. Police rescued the victim early Monday and arrested four suspects over the incident, which took place at Madarpur village in the upazila, said Atiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Chandina Police
Police recovered the body of a fish farmer with his throat and hands slit from his home in Singra upazila of Natore district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam Rubel, 50, a resident of Bishnupur village under Italy Union, reports UNB. Family members said Rubel used to sleep i
Police have recovered body of an unidentified man from beneath the Mayor Hanif Flyover at Janapad intersection in the capital. Identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. Efforts are going on to confirm the deceased's identity, said police sources. A police official at Jatrabari Pol
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested another accused in a case filed over the killing of self-proclaimed “Pir” Abdur Rahman, also known as Shamim Reza and Jahangir, in a mob attack at his shrine in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia. Rajib Mistry, 32, one of the four accused
A Dhaka court has sentenced five robbers to death over the killing of an autorickshaw driver in Keraniganj following a robbery around six years ago. ABM Ashfaq-Ul-Haque of the Dhaka Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 delivered the verdict on Thursday. The convicts are gang leader Sohe
A court in Dhaka on Thursday placed former Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) official Major (Retd) Manjil Haider Chowdhury on a fresh three-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a flash procession by the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Awami League
A Dhaka court has sent a woman to jail along with her three children following her arrest with 30 kg of cannabis. Her eldest son, a teenager, was sent to a juvenile correction centre. Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin ordered Lucky Akter to be sent to Kashimpur Central Jail on Wednesday. As th
Amid conflicting statements from the administration's top brass over reported militancy in Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says it does not see “any danger” - at least for now. In a press briefing in the force’s Media Centre in Dhaka on Tuesday, RAB-2 Commander Addit
A female foreign national has allegedly been beaten to death in the Gulshan area of Dhaka. Her body was taken to the Continental Hospital on Tuesday morning, reports bdnews24.com. The deceased woman has been identified as 67-year-old Shameem Salim Kashim. She resided in a house in Baridhara&rsquo
A man has died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) after being shot by unidentified assailants in Raozan. The victim, identified only as Nasir, passed away on Sunday night while receiving treatment at the medical facility, according to Sub-Inspector Nure Alam Ashek of the CMCH Police Out
