The International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants against former Dhaka South mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Awami League leader Jahangir Kabir Nanok, and 26 others over charges of crimes against humanity during the July Uprising. The order came on Sunday from Tribunal‑1, headed by Just
A father allegedly strangled his daughter to death at Char Basanti Purba Para village of Nakla upazila of Sherpur on Sunday. The deceased was Morium, 7, daughter of Babu Mia. His another daughter, Mim Akter, aged three and a half years, was admitted to Sherpur District Hospital with injuries on n
Rajbari police have arrested former district Jubo Dal president Abul Hashem Sujan and his driver Kamal Hossain over the death of a petrol pump worker allegedly run over by their vehicle. The victim, Ripon Saha, 32, worked at Karim Filling Station near Goalanda Mor. Police said he was crushed outs
A bag containing crude bombs, locally known as 'cocktails', has been caught in a fishing net cast on a pond in Gazipur’s Sreepur Upazila. Sreepur Police Station chief Mohammad Nasir Ahmed said the bombs were found around 8:00 am on Friday in the pond of Piyar Ali College in the Maona Bazar a
A35-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob over allegations of theft at Snikantanagar Bazar in Ramnagar Union in Jashore Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as Shamim, son of Chabdu. He was a resident of Baladanga village in the Sadar upazila, reports UNB. According to pol
Police recovered the bodies of a mother and her daughter from a room in a coaching centre at Muslimbagh, Keraniganj, on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Rokeya Negem, 32, and her 14-year-old daughter Fatema, an eighth-grade student, reports UNB. Keraniganj Model Police Station Officer-in
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday allowed a defence plea to visit the Taskforce for Interrogation (TFI) cell of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a case filed over enforced disappearances and torture during the previous Awami League government. The three-member tribunal, hea
A homeopathic doctor has died after burglars broke into his house and tied him up in the Rajabazar area in Dhaka. The incident occurred on Monday night at a second-floor flat at 58/1 Rajabazar. The victim was identified as Anwar Ullah, 66, reports bdnews24.com. According to police, a group of bu
One person was shot dead and another sustained gunshot wounds when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district last night (10 January), police and local sources said. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Jamal Uddin (38), a resident of Shahnagar vil
A 26-year-old young man was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Bagmara in Rupsha upazila of Khulna district early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Rashed alias Pikul, son of Abdul Auwal of Rupsha upazila, reports UNB. SM Sabur Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rupsha Police Stat
Police have recovered the body of a 17-year-old schoolgirl from her home in South Banasree, with her throat slit. The teenager, identified as Fatema Akter Nili, is a 10th grader at Radiant School. Khilgaon Police chief Mohammad Shafiqul Islam said the body was recovered from a house named Pritam
The Detective Branch of Police has questioned 60 people over the murder of Jatiotabadi Swecchasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Muchabbir. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam revealed details amid rumours that the suspected shooter in the murder had been arrested. &nb
Members of the joint forces detained five people and recovered a large cache of illegal arms, bullets and crime tools during a raid in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet early Friday. The operation was carried out at dawn on the basis of secret intelligence. Two army patrol teams led by Lieutenant Md
