Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has arrested four suspected human traffickers during a raid in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf. Eight others, including two children were rescued, in the operation, Lt Col Ashiqur Rahman, commander of the Teknaf-2 BGB battalion, said on Tuesday. The detainees were i
A total of 198 murders have taken place in Dhaka over the past 10 months, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The information was shared by DMP Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman while speaking to reporters on Tuesday. He said an average of around 20 murders occurred each m
A Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal leader has been shot dead in Dhaka’s Pallabi, police say. On Monday at 7pm, three masked men wearing helmets entered a hardware shop near C Block, close to the old police station, and shot Golam Kibria at close range. Local resident said Kibria was the member secreta
Bangladesh Army in a drive recovered a homemade pistol and several crude bombs from a train compartment at Airport Railway Station in the capital on Monday morning. During the drive, army members searched several compartments of Dinajpur-bound Ekota Express train and recovered those from a sack of
A woman and her younger son were stabbed to death at Basantapur village in Adarsha Sadar upazila of Cumilla on Monday, allegedly by her elder son. The deceased were identified as Rahela Begum, 65, wife of the late Azgar Ali, and her younger son Kamal Hossain, 35. Rahela’s elder son, Billal
Miscreants hurled a crude bomb at the main gate of Grameen Industrial Park in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur district early Monday. Sirajul Islam, security supervisor of Grameen Industrial Park-2 in Khara Jora area, said unidentified attackers threw the crude bomb targeting the factory at dawn. Fla
The Border Guard Bangladesh has been deployed in four districts, including Dhaka, following a spate of violent incidents such as fires and crude bomb explosions linked to the imminent verdict in a crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. On Sunday, a statement fro
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali has authorised officers to open fire on anyone throwing crude bombs at police from motorcycles. The directive comes amid mixed reactions to a similar order issued five days ago by the chief of Chittagong Metropolitan Police. On Sunday, t
Miscreants hurled two crude bombs at a Grameen Bank branch in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district early Sunday. Although no one was injured, the bank’s signboard was damaged in the attack, UNB reports. Area Manager Md Abdur Razzak said the branch manager and four staff members were asleep i
Content creator Ashraful Alam, widely known as Hero Alom, has secured bail after being arrested in a case filed by his former wife, accusing him of attempted murder and assault. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rakibul Hasan passed the order on Saturday afternoon. His lawyer Shanta Saksina confirmed
A magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday placed Limon Mian on a five-day remand in the killing of a judge’s son after intruding into the resident at Terakhadia area in the city on Thursday last. Around 2.30 pm on Saturday, police produced Limon before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court seeking
Detective Branch officers say the killing of Rangpur businessman Ashraful Haque, whose dismembered body was found stuffed in two blue plastic drums near the High Court, stemmed from a “love-related dispute”, based on the account provided by the key suspect Jarezul Islam. Their claim di
Rangpur trader Ashraful Haque was allegedly lured to his death by his friend Jarez, who then killed and dismembered him in a planned manner, said Lt Col Fayezul Arefin, commanding officer of RAB-3. "The brutal killing was the result of a calculated plot carried out under the guise of friendship,"
