An alleged key figure in the teen gang crime scene, known as ‘Alex Iman’ (presumably an alias), was killed in a clash between two rival groups over territorial dominance in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on the slope of th
A leader in the Tanti Dal, a BNP-affiliated organisation of weavers, has been hacked to death at a tea stall in Khulna city. The incident occurred around midnight on Saturday in the Nayabati area, according to Md Touhiduzzaman, chief of Khalishpur Police Station. The dead, 38-year-old Sona Mia, i
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered 1,400 bullets in Panchhari Upazila of Khagrachhari, marking a major ammunition bust in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The ammunition cache was found in the remote Kathaltoli area of Bauddha Monipara on Friday afternoon, said Lt Col Md Rabiul Islam, comm
A 50-year-old man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over the naming of a mosque at Galongshah in Sylhet city on Friday. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain Dilbar, son of Makhon Mia of Moghalgaon union under Jalalabad Police Station, according to a UNB report. Shamsu
A man has been beaten and hacked to death in Phulbari’s Baniapara area of Bogura district. The incident occurred around 10:00 pm on Sunday, said Almas Ali, officer-in-charge of the Phulbari Police Outpost. Police said that Robin, the victim, had an altercation with locals over plucking cust
A Chattogram court has sentenced five people to death in connection with a murder of student Fasiur Rahman Shaon 19 years ago. The verdict was delivered by Chittagong Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Ali Akkas. The court has acquitted 10 others, citing insufficient evidence.
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was shot and hacked to death by miscreants in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Thursday night. Victim Imran Hossain Sohagh, 26, son of Enamul Haque of Baghil Mannabipara village in the upazila, was the convener of the proposed upazila JCD committee and
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized 2.8kg of “explosive powder” from the border area in Benapole. The explosives consignment was seized from a paved road in Bara Anchra village around 2am on Thursday, said Lt Col Golam Mohammad Saiful Islam Khan, commander of the BGB's Jashore Ba
A man was killed, and three others were seriously injured in a clash between two groups over a dispute involving a watermelon field in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ujjal Karmakar, 40, son of Ajit Karmakar of Kalaiya union, reports UNB. The injured&mdash
The body of a businessman was recovered from a hotel in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mofazzal Haque Saurav, 32, owner of Tonni Kitchen, a hotel in the Lamabazar area of the city, reports UNB. Saurav was staying in a room on the fifth floor of Relax Inn, a residential
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a truck driver suspected of intentionally crushing a filling station manager to death after being reportedly denied diesel in Narail. The suspect, Sujat Ali, was arrested from his father-in-law’s residence in Kismat Mahmudpur village of Jashore&r
Aviation Security (AvSec) has seized 153 gold bars from the toilet of the cargo compartment on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The airport authorities said in a statement on Sunday that the gold bars were seized on Saturday night. How
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 28: A total of 20 absconding accused have been arrested in separate operations in the murder case of RAB member DAD Abdul Motaleb in Jangal Salimpur under Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram. Of the arrested persons, RAB-7 Chattogram has arrested 13 persons and the district police have
