Police have recovered the bloodied body of an eight-year-old child from Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria. The girl’s family alleges that she was raped and murdered. A case has been filed over the incident. Nasirnagar Police Station OC Maksud Ahammad said on Thursday that the girl’s
Dhaka may witness a shift in its crime patterns in the coming weeks ahead of the national election, as intelligence agencies fear a rise in sabotage, arson attacks, and politically driven violence. In recent weeks, parts of the capital have experienced scattered incidents of crude bomb explosions,
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has received the probe report in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising against Sajeeb Wazed Joy and three others. "We have received the probe report over July Mass Uprising crimes against humanit
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 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 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
