A man and his wife were found dead in their house in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali district on Tuesday night. The deceased are Rakib Pyada, 30, and his wife Sohagi Begum, 25, of Uttar Chalitabunia village under Chalitabunia union. They have a seven-year-old son named Mujahid. Locals said a neig
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
The Detective Branch (DB) of police has released Mizanur Rahman Sohel, secretary of the Online Editors Alliance and head of online at the Bangla daily Bhorer Kagoj, after questioning. He was handed over to his family at around 10:15 am on Wednesday. In a long Facebook post shared after his release
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
