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
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
Naval Police have recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified person from the Padma River in Munshiganj’s Louhajang Upazila. Additional Superintendent of Police Md Asaduzzaman of Gazipur’s Kapasia and Kaliganj Circle disclosed the information on Saturday evening. Gazipur district
A woman in Shariatpur has been detained after allegedly killing her husband during a domestic row and dismembering his body before attempting to conceal the remains in a neighbour’s refrigerator. She was reportedly caught after the smell raised suspicion, reports bdnews24.com. Palang Model
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
Police arrested an alleged listed criminal and drug trader from the capital’s Banani area early Thursday. They also recovered a foreign-made pistol, yaba tablets and cash from his possession, UNB reports. The arrestee was identified as Zahidul Islam, 31. Quoting Banani Police Station
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
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have come under attack while gathering intelligence on drug traffickers in Natore. The incident occurred in Nabinagar of Lalpur’s Ishwardi at 9:30 pm on Tuesday, said Lalpur Police chief Md Shafiqul Islam. Police later rescued five injured RAB per
Police have arrested a man after the body of a four-and-a-half-year-old child was recovered from a pond in Sylhet. The man was a cousin of the girl’s father and a neighbour to the family. Police say Zakir Hossain, 35, has confessed to killing the child after a failed attempt to rape her, rep
A tribunal has sentenced three people to death and six others, including a former union chairman, to life imprisonment for the killing of village doctor Rezaul Karim, aka Abu Doctor, in Rajbari’s Goalanda nearly seven years ago. Judge Md Rahibul Islam of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-1
A man and his son were stabbed to death, allegedly by two of his sons from his second marriage, over a dispute over property in the Mondolpara area of Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Dulu Mia, 70, and his son Kabil, 30. Another son, Habil, was i
The High Court on Monday deferred until May 14 the delivery of its order on bail petitions filed by Chinmoy Krishna Das, suspended ISKCON leader and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagran Jote, in four cases. The HC bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher p
A drug-addicted youth allegedly stabbed his mother to death after she refused to give him money for drugs at Dilpur village in Daganbhuiyan Upazila of Feni district on Sunday night. The accused, Mosharraf Hossain Rafi, 21, also attacked his father and sister, leaving them injured. The deceased wa
