A 75-year-old prisoner died after falling sick at Dhaka Central Jail on Tuesday night, the authorities said. The deceased was identified as Abdul Matin, son of late Mirjan Ali. Details about him are yet to be known, UNB reports. Prison officer Mirza Harun said Matin suddenly felt sick at night, p
A woman was killed, and her niece was injured in an attack by miscreants at their house in Joypurhat Sadar upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Nurunnahar Begum, 47, a resident of Chirla village under Chak Barkat union of the upazila, and her injured niece is Khatija Khat
A case has been filed at Ishwardi Police Station in Pabna over the killing of eight puppies, who were tied in a sack and drowned in a pond on the Ishwardi Upazila Parishad premises. Upazila Livestock Officer Aklima Khatun filed the case on Tuesday night. Abdun Noor, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi
Ansar members detained two women on charge of attempting to steal a newborn boy from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday evening. Detainees Nahar, 47, and her sister Hasina, 38, were handed over to Shahbagh Police Station later. Ansar members detained the duo while trying to flee wit
The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday on the acceptance of charge sheets in nine money laundering cases against Beximco Group Vice-chairman Salman F Rahman and others. The Financial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submit
Police have recovered the body of a woman, who was four months pregnant, from a pond in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj six days after she went missing. The body, stuffed inside a sack, was found around 8:00 pm on Sunday in a pond adjacent to her in-laws’ house in Latifpur village, said Mosta
Law enforcement agencies have taken heightened security measures in the capital ahead of today's (Monday) verdict in a case against 17 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tulip Siddique, over irregularities in the allocation of a 10-katha plot i
A man has torn down a festoon from the stage of a protest rally in Narayanganj demanding justice for attacks on Bauls. The incident occurred around 3pm on Sunday at the Central Shaheed Minar in Chashara, shortly before the rally was scheduled to begin, said Nasir Ahmad, chief of Sadar Model Police
A man has been killed during a 'late-night mugging' in Chattogram. The incident occurred opposite the Chattogram District Council building in the port city’s Kotwali Thana on Thursday night. The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Md Ismail. He hailed from Lakshmipur, but lived in the
A young man has been stabbed to death during a clash between rival youth gangs in Khulna. The victim, identified as 21-year-old Ishan, was attacked on Thursday evening near the Khalishpur Fair Clinic intersection, according to Khalishpur Police Station chief Mir Atahar Ali. He died on the way to
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB–Teesta Battalion) has urged the media and local residents of Lalmonirhat to help prevent rumours and smuggling along the district’s border areas, stressing that community cooperation is vital for strengthening border security. Brigadier General ASM Naser, R
A process is underway to serve Interpol notice against Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, fugitive death sentence awarded accused in a case of crime against humanity. Officials at the Police Headquarters confirmed the development saying that the process is underway following the
A fire that broke out at Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) at Shahbagh intersection of Dhaka, was brought under control within a short time on Wednesday morning. Rashed Bin Khalid, duty officer (media cell) at Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters, said the fire erupted on the fourt
