The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested eight people with 11 firearms from the riverine areas of Raipura in Narsingdi, saying the weapons were kept to “assert territorial dominance”. According to the RAB, the arms were smuggled in from a neighbouring country through river routes, while
A man working as an electrician for the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) was reportedly beaten to death in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on suspicion of theft. The deceased, Anwar Hossain Babu, 43, was taken to and attacked at a garage where bus repairs are conducted in the Counc
The body of a missing farmer, Hanif Mia, was recovered from a haor in Sylhet’s Companyganj upazila one day after he went missing. Hanif Mia, the son of Montaz Ali, was from Chanpur Keyaghat village of Purba Islampur Union. His body was retrieved from Rauti Beel at around 8:00 am on Friday, r
A 35 year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rival over a trivial matter in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh district on Friday. The victim was identified as Ershad Ali, son of late Hossen Ali of Paschim Sohagipara village under Dakshin Maizpara union of the upazila, reports UNB. Police,
Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested 46 activists of the Awami League and its affiliated bodies during flash rallies across the city. According to police, the arrests were made on Friday from different parts of the capital. With these latest detentions, nearly 3,000 people have been arrested f
Police on Thursday recovered the decomposed body of a man, who had gone missing for several days, from a locked warehouse in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district. The deceased was identified as Biplob Hossain, 52, son of the late Anisur Rahman of Bogura Sadar upazila. He was a carpenter by professi
A young man was beaten to death on late Wednesday night two days after being taken away on suspicion of motorcycle theft in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur. The victim collapsed and died shortly after being returned to his family, reports UNB. Police recovered the body Thursday afternoon and sent i
A Dhaka court has barred nine foreign nationals, including five founding directors of Ring Shine Textiles Limited, from leaving the country over allegations of embezzling Tk 2.75 billion. They allegedly submitted falsified documents to list the Dhaka EPZ-based company on the capital market. Dhaka
Two people have died and two others suffered injuries after being shot by a rival group during a clash over the occupation of char lands at the Padma River’s confluence in Rajshahi’s Bagha Upazila. Bagha Police Station Inspector Suprabhat Mandal said that the incident occurred on Monda
An Unnatural Death (UD) case has been filed at Tejgaon Police Station after a pedestrian, identified as Abul Kalam Azad (35), was killed when a bearing pad fell from a metro rail pillar near Farmgate station in Dhaka on Sunday. Azad, hailed from Naria upazila in Shariatpur, died instantly around 1
A woman, who was stabbed allegedly by her husband over a family feud in Gaibandha on Friday night, died while undergoing treatment on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Azeda Begum, 35, wife of Shamim Mia of MP Para under Gobindaganj municipality in the district, reports UNB. Accordin
A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her father-in-law at Purbapaikpara village under Manoharpur Union in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Lima Khatun, 25, wife of Abdur Rob and a mother of two children of the same village, reports BSS. T
Rapid Action Battalion has said a woman in Shariatpur town was strangled to death for 6 tolas (around 70 grams) of gold ornaments and cash. RAB said this on Saturday after arresting a suspect, Shahidul Islam Ripon Molla, 50, from Keraniganj, Dhaka, on Friday night -- three days after the murder.
