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Youth found dead in bamboo grove

Youth found dead in bamboo grove

Police recovered the bloodstained body of a young man from a bamboo grove at Kirtipur in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abu Huraira Mim, 35, son of Mashiar Rahman of the area, reports UNB. According to police and locals, Mim had been missing since Wedne


Housewife found dead at home in Bogura

Housewife found dead at home in Bogura

A housewife was allegedly slaughtered by unidentified assailants at her house in Gabtali upazila of Bogura on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rita Rani Majumder, 45, wife of Biplab Chandra Roy of Mominhata Southpara area of the upazila, reports UNB. The victim’s husband said he wok

Bidisha Ershad gets two years in jail for flat sale fraud

Bidisha Ershad gets two years in jail for flat sale fraud

A Dhaka court has sentenced Bidisha Ershad, the former wife of late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case involving the sale of a residential flat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamshed Alam delivered the verdict on Wednesday. The prosecution's l

Fisherman killed in Sundarbans shooting

Fisherman killed in Sundarbans shooting

A fisherman has been shot dead in the Sundarbans while collecting crabs, triggering a violent attack on a Forest Department office and leaving five officials injured in retaliatory unrest. The incident took place near Shatamukhi Canal under the Khulna Range on Monday morning, Shyamnagar Police chi

Man’s body recovered in Chuadanga

Man’s body recovered in Chuadanga

Police have recovered the body of a man in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga. The family alleges that he was killed on suspicion of theft, reports bdnews24.com. The body of the young man, named Dudu Hossain, was recovered from the Bantgach Tala area adjacent to Housepur Bridge on Sunday night, said

Man killed in Khulna burglary attack

Man killed in Khulna burglary attack

A man was killed, and his wife was injured in an attack by burglars who broke into their house by cutting through the mud wall in the Madhya Maheshwaripur area of Maheshwaripur union in Koyra upazila of Khulna early Monday. The deceased, Bhabatosh Mridha, was a local businessman. He ran a pharmacy

Three remanded over attack on Shah Ali shrine

Three remanded over attack on Shah Ali shrine

A court in Dhaka on Sunday placed three people on a two-day remand each in a case lodged over an attack on the shrine of Hazrat Shah Ali in the capital’s Mirpur on May 14. The three accused are Md Azam, Sheikh Md Sajjadul Haque Russel, and Arman Dewan. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur R

Man held with 25,600 yaba tablets

Man held with 25,600 yaba tablets

Detectives in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 25,600 Yaba tablets from the Jatrabari area of the capital on Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Helal Uddin, 30. Tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive near Sentu Filling Station in the area around 8:30 p

Mother, daughter found buried in Faridpur

Mother, daughter found buried in Faridpur

Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her minor daughter buried near a pond at Ansardangi village in Sadar upazila of Faridpur. The deceased were identified as Jahanara Akhter, 32, wife of Amjad Sheikh of Parashullah Matubbar Para in Char Daulatdia of Goalanda upazila in Rajbari, and the

Case filed over rape attempt on JU campus

Case filed over rape attempt on JU campus

A case has been filed after a man dragged a student into a bush on the Jahangirnagar University campus and attempted to rape her. He is suspected of being an outsider to the campus. The university administration says that the incident took place after 11:00 pm on Tuesday in an area near the newly