The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed 1,658 cases against motor vehicles, their owners, and drivers for violating traffic rules in a single day across the capital. A media release of the DMP on Wednesday said that they filed those cases and realized the money on Tue
A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) constable was stabbed by muggers at Shonir Akhra in Jatrabari area of the capital early Monday. The injured is Md Russel Mia, 31, posted at the CID headquarters and residing in Raisnagar of Jatrabari. Witnesses said three to four muggers stabbed Russel in
A young woman's hanging body was recovered from her residence in the Sobhanbagh area of Dhaka on Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Sornomoye Biswas (28). She was a trainee graphic designer at the online news outlet Dhaka Stream. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station Sub-Inspector Saif
A court in Dhaka on Friday sent three people to jail in a case lodged over the sensational jewellery shop theft at Fortune Shopping Mall in Malibagh in the capital on October 8. The three accused are Anita Roy, Md Nurul Islam, and Uttam Chandra Sur. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub pas
The government has taken a hard line against the growing prevalence of gambling, betting, and pornography-related content in the country's digital space, declaring a "zero-tolerance" policy to protect cyberspace from unethical and harmful activities. The move aims to create a safer, more disciplin
The body of a farmer was recovered from a field in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Amir Ali, son of Salamat Ali from Halsanapara area of Harabhanga village, reports UNB. According to his family, Amir Ali went to the field near Harabhanga Beel
Two youths were shot and injured in a gun attack by unidentified miscreants in Khulna city on Tuesday night. The injured, Monir Howlader and Hanif Howlader, are now undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital, reports UNB. Quoting locals, Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Khul
Police recovered a woman's body from a deep freezer in the capital's Kalabagan area on Monday night. The victim, identified as Taslima, was allegedly killed by her husband, Nazrul Islam, who has been on the run since the incident. Her family lodged the case with Kalabagan Police Station on Tuesday
Three out of four women experienced at least one form of physical, sexual, emotional, and economic violence in their lifetime by their intimate partners. And nearly half of women or 49 per cent experienced such violence in the past year while two in three survivors (62 per cent) never disclosed th
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has unveiled the cause behind a farmer’s death in Rangamati, five months after he went missing. The PBI Chattogram shared the details of the incident on Sunday. According to the PBI, the farmer’s wife Kohinur Akhter killed Didarul Alam by suffo
Shampa Jewellers claims that nearly 500 Bhori (approximately 5.83kg) of gold jewellery has been stolen from its store in the Fortune Shopping Mall at Dhaka’s Mouchak intersection. CCTV camera footage from the scene early on Thursday morning shows two burka-wearing individuals cutting the loc
Detectives have detained 11 people, including seven leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the deposed Awami League, during an overnight operation in the capital. Deputy Commissioner of DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division Muhammad Talebur Rah
A Barguna court has sentenced three people to death for murdering a housewife in Pathorghata Upazila over dowry demands. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by Judge Begum Lailatul Ferdous of Barguna’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, said Public Prosecutor Ronjuara Sipu.
