The house of a Swechchhasebak Dal activist was set on fire by some miscreants at Jamalpur village in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia district early Saturday. Quoting local people, Nazmul Hossain, sub-inspector of Kuchiamora police camp, said a group of armed miscreants carried out attack on the house
Four accused were arrested with firearms over the brutal killing of a businessman outside Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital in Old Dhaka, allegedly over a dispute tied to illegal wire trading. The arrestees are Mahmudul Hasan Mohin (41) and Tarek Rahman Robin (22), DMP Media and Publ
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken initiative to deport a detained Nigerian citizen Frank Coco to his native land for his suspected link to a cyber group that extorted money from the people through fraudulence. “We sent a letter to the Special Branch (SB) on Wednesday for taking necessar
A Dhaka court on Monday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a two-day remand in a case lodged under the Arms Act with the city's Banani Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minahajul Islam passed the order as police produced the former law minister before the court and pleaded to pla
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-2) has arrested four alleged robbers, including Mosharaf Hossain, who recently went viral for brandishing a sharp weapon, while they were preparing to commit a robbery in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. The other arrestees were Hridoy, 31, Elias Hazi,20, and Akash
A mother, her daughter and minor son sustained burn injuries as a youth allegedly threw acid at them after the family refused his marriage proposal in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore district, police said on Friday. The injured are mother Rahela Khatun, 48, her daughter Ripa Khatun, 26, and minor
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to issue a gazette notification summoning 100 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, in connection with six graft cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Sp
A murder case has been filed two days after the bodies of a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Saudi Arabia, his wife, and their son were recovered from a residential hotel in Dhaka’s Moghbazar. The expatriate’s brother Nurul Amin filed a case at Ramna Police Station over the incident.
The body of a 50-year-old woman was recovered from a septic tank five days after she went missing in Burichang upazila of Cumilla district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ferdousi Begum Nayan (50), wife of Shamsul Haque Alam, a Saudi expatriate. Police have taken Ferdousi’s broth
The Appellate Division on Sunday stayed the effectiveness of its 2018 judgment that approved the much-debated service discipline rules for lower court judges. A six-member bench led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed passed the order, as per a UNB report. The same bench also granted leave to a
A union parishad member and his sister-in-law were stabbed to death in an attack by some miscreants at Chandipur in Indurkani upazila of Pirojpur district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, member of Chandipur union parishad under No 2 ward and Moukli Begum, 48, report
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to attach two plots, one in Purbachal and another in Uttara, and to freeze 29 bank accounts of ex-lawmaker from Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea from the Anti-Co
Former ministers Anisul Huq and Qamrul Islam, former adviser Salman F Rahman and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were shown arrested in three murder cases in Gazipur on Sunday. Judge of Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Court Omar Faruk passed the order after hea
