Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson of the Sammilita Sanatan Jagaran Jote, has claimed innocence in the murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case, a stance echoed by other defendants. The plaintiff and prosecution lawyers argued that the chargesheet, postmortem report, statements, and conf
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch has arrested another alleged shooter accused of killing Swechhasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Muchabbir. The suspect, identified as Rahim, was arrested in a raid in Narsingdi early on Friday, DB Additional Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Unilever Consumer Care Limited Managing Director Md Naharul Islam Molla and four other senior officials in a fraud case. The other accused are Unilever Bangladesh Limited Finance Director Zinnia Huq, Area Manager (Central South Region) Kais
Police recovered nine locally made single-barrel guns during a special drive in Bhujpur area of Fatikchhari upazila early Tuesday. A team from Bhujpur Police Station, acting on a tip-off, conducted the operation in the Baromasia Tea Garden area under Ward No. 4 of Suabil Union to recover illegal f
A member of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has been killed and three others critically injured in a gunfight with “local criminals” in Jungle Salimpur of Chattogram’s Sitakunda. The clash erupted on Monday afternoon during a RAB‑7 operation in the area. The dead has been ident
Police recovered two charred bodies from an abandoned community centre in Savar municipality area on Sunday. Local people spotted the bodies at the community centre, about 500 yards away from Savar Model Police Station premises and informed police through national emergency number 999 who recovere
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
