Police arrested twenty-one people during a special operation in Jatrabari area of the capital on Friday over their alleged involvement in various criminal activities. The arrestees were identified as Salia Akter alias Sharmin Sultana alias Sudha, 32, Hridoy Khandaker alias Erison Hridoy, 25, Rubel
A Jamalpur court has sentenced three people to death for the gang rape of a woman after tying up her husband. Judge Mohammad Abdur Rahim of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon. He also fined each of the death row convicts Tk 100,000.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced a man to six months in jail in a case filed over killing his neighbour’s pet cat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area. The convict, Akbar Hossain Shiblu, was tried in absentia. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Al Biruni Mir handed down the judgment. The court
Police recovered the body of a 36-year-old woman from a septic tank at Raninagar-Hatatpara in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nasima Begum, wife of Mizanur Rahman. Police arrested Mizanur Rahman in this connection, said Additional Superint
A man who was hacked by rivals at Shantibagh Bhangari Gali under Shahjahanpur police station on Monday night died early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sikandar Mia, 32, an auto-rickshaw owner, reports UNB. Sikandar’s elder brother, Amir Ali, said his brother was returning home thro
Police have arrested two suspects after a college student from Dhaka was allegedly raped on board a launch. The incident occurred on the Farhan-04 launch the night of Mar 8, after the vessel set off from Dhaka from the Tamruddin Launch Dock in Noakhali’s Hatia Upazila, said Shah Md Faisal Ah
The joint forces have launched raids in Chattogram’s Jungle Salimpur to detain criminals. Chattogram Additional Superintendent of Police Russell said the operation began on Monday morning. On January 19, Nayek Subedar Motaleb Hossain Bhuiyan, a member of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), wa
Two youths have been sentenced to five days’ simple imprisonment for threatening an on duty police member during a footpath eviction drive in Jatrabari area of the capital. The punishment was handed down by the Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, UNB repor
A Jamaat-e-Islami activist has been killed during a violent clash with BNP supporters over the appointment of an Imam for Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi. The incident took place around 8:00 pm on Saturday at Sakua, according to Mohanpur Police Chief SM Moinuddin. The dead was
A grocery shop owner has been stabbed to death allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money in Cox’s Bazar’s BGB camp, police said. The incident occurred around 3pm on Saturday at Sahityika Palli near the BGB camp.
A member of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) has allegedly been shot dead in the Panchari Upazila of Khagrachhari. The victim has been identified as 28-year-old Apon Tripura, also known as Sangram from Padmini Para village. The incident occurred around 11:30am in Barkona, Aungya Marma,
A woman was shot on Friday evening in the MC Bazar area of Sreepur, Gazipur, after reportedly trying to stop public drug use.The victim was identified as Monowara Begum.According to local sources, Monowara Begum and her husband Zainal Hazari, both farmers from Haluaghat, Mymensingh, had been cultiv
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested two young men in possession of huge fake currency notes and some objects used in money counterfeiting activity from the capital's Turag area. The arrestees were identified as Naimul Islam Ishan (19) and Kefayet Ullah (19). Senior Assistant Director of RAB
