The bodies of two men have been recovered from the Bakshi Bazar area of Dhaka and Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat. In Dhaka, police recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged around 65, from the Bakshi Bazar area in the capital on Monday morning. The body was found around 11:00 am and was lat
A construction worker was beaten to death in a mob attack over suspected theft in Sonachora area of Bandar upazila of Narayanganj on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Parvez, 30, son of the late Tara Mia of Siddhirganj’s Barmashil area. Parvez was a tenant at Bulbul Misha&
A youth was beaten to death by an angry mob on suspicion of theft in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur early Monday. The deceased was identified as Shahin, 23, son of Mostafa from Gajgah area of the upazila. Three others were injured in the incident. The injured were identified as Suman Sheikh (25),
As Bangladesh approaches its national elections scheduled for February 2025, crime statistics indicate a rise in criminal incidents across the country. According to police headquarters statistics, October saw 319 murders nationwide, slightly up from 297 in September but just below 321 cases in Aug
Three supporters of Baul artiste Abul Sarkar have reportedly been injured in an attack by members of the “Tawhidi Janata” -- a loosely defined movement that portrays itself as a defender of Islamic morality. Abdullah Al Mamun, the additional superintendent of Manikganj police, said tha
A farmer has been shot dead and another man was wounded by gunfire in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia district. The incident took place around 8:30 pm on Friday in the Rayta Notunpara area of Bahadurpur Union, according to Bheramara Police Station chief Abdur Rouf Talukder. The dead man was identifi
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the mastermind of an organised fraud ring that embezzled Tk 12.2 million from 28 people by promising jobs, visas and air tickets to Russia. The accused Abdullah, 45, was detained on Thursday from Lalmatia in Mohammadpur, said a CID press release
Eight light guns (LG), along with local weapons and ammunition have been recovered in a special joint drive conducted by police and RAB members in Chattogram’s Raozan. No arrests have been reported until now. The drive, conducted on the early hours of Thursday across different locations in
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Thursday warned that persons involved in acts of sabotage will be declared “unwanted” in the capital under existing laws.He said those orchestrating planned crude bomb attacks and arson on vehicles to create public pan
A policeman has been injured in crude bomb explosions in Pallabi. Police said the blasts occurred around 8:30pm near a Trust Bank booth between Pallabi Police Station and the Army Camp, bdnews24.com reports. ASI Nurul Islam was wounded and treated at a local hospital, according to Mohammad Maksud
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-4) has arrested two top suspects in the murder of Golam Kibria (50), member secretary of the Jubo Dal’s Pallabi unit. The arrestees are the alleged mastermind and planner of the killing, Md Monir Hossain alias Sohel alias Pata Sohel (30), and Md Sujon alias Bu
The murder of Pallabi Jubo Dal leader Golam Kibria involved not only political rivalry and a struggle for dominance, but also “large financial transactions”, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has said. Lieutenant Colonel Mahbub Alam, commander of RAB-4, provided the information on Wedne
Three individuals were arrested in Noapara for possession of weapons and ammunition. The arrests were made during a raid in the Chowdhuryhat area of Noapara union in Raozan upazila, BSS reports. Additional Superintendent of Police Md. Russell provided details of the operation at a pre
