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Woman's meeting with Hall-Mark GM: Kashimpur jailer, superintendent withdrawn

-- 2021-01-24 17:50:46

The authorities have recalled Kashimpur Jail's Superintendent Ratna Roy and Jailer Nur Mohammed of Kashimpur for providing special treatment to Tushar Ahmed, general manager of scam-tainted Hall-Mark...

BGB detains four hundi traders with $190,000 in Jashore

-- 2021-01-22 20:11:52

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four suspected hundi traders with US$ 190,000 from Hamidpur in Jashore on Friday. The arrested were identified as Md Mithu Mandal, 28, Md Shahidul Is...

DMP arrests six for extorting money through threats over phone calls

-- 2021-01-16 18:02:19

Police have arrested six members of an alleged extortion ring from different areas of Dhaka on charges of extorting money from people by giving threats over phone calls. Dhaka Metropolitan Police&rsq...

Over 30mn Covid-19 vaccine doses already administered in 47 countries: WHO

-- 2021-01-16 16:27:46

More than 30 million vaccine doses have already been administered in 47 mostly high-income countries but the global vaccine rollout has exposed glaring inequalities in access to this life-saving tool,...

RAB arrests three ‘JMB members’ from Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj

-- 2020-12-28 17:46:03

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts early Sunday. The arr...

Bangladeshi death row convict detained in India

-- 2020-12-27 18:06:24

Indian law enforcers have arrested a fugitive Bangladeshi national, who fled India after being sentenced to death in a kidnapping, robbery and murder case a decade ago, from New Delhi. New Delhi poli...

Police arrest manager of local NGO for embezzling Tk 20 million

-- 2020-12-27 12:14:06

Police arrested the manager of a local NGO named RAK in connection with a case filed for embezzling Tk 20 million (2 crore) after conning 800 members of the NGO, from Paikgachcha upazila in Khulna dis...

Police arrest three ‘fraud gang members’ in city

-- 2020-12-24 18:15:54

Detectives in a drive arrested three members of a fraud gang from different parts of the city on Thursday. The arrestees are Shimul Mia, 29, son of Siraj Mia, Shaheen Matobbar, 28, son of A Jabbar an...

Detectives arrest five suspected drug traders from Motijheel

-- 2020-12-19 16:26:33

Detectives in a drive arrested five suspected drug traders from the city’s Motijheel area on Saturday. The arrestees are Sajib Hossain, 36, Rubel alais Shubho, 21, Abdur Rahman D, 45, Riaz Hoss...

15kg gold seized at Dhaka Airport

-- 2020-12-16 15:29:54

Customs officials seized 130 gold bars, weighing 15 kg, and arrested a man in this connection at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Lutfur Rah...

College student stabbed to death by muggers in Dhaka

-- 2020-12-10 15:49:14

A college student was stabbed to death and another injured by a mugger in Uttara area of Dhaka city on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Jisan Habib, 18, son of Saudi expatriate Abul Ba...

Man held with yaba tablets in city

-- 2020-12-07 16:51:55

Detectives in a drive arrested a young man along with 27,600 Yaba tablets from Malibagh Chowdhurypara in the city on Sunday night. The arrestee is Mohammad Shakil, 19. Tipped off, a team of DB polic...

PCJSS activist gunned down in Rangamati

-- 2020-12-06 13:53:47

An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot dead by some miscreants at Pakuijjachhari in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday. The deceased was i...

BGB seizes gold bars worth Tk 49.6m in Jashore

-- 2020-12-05 13:42:59

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 60 gold bars, worth Tk 49.6 million (4.96 crore), from Shahzatpur border in Chougachha upazila of Jashore district early Saturday.      &...

ACC approves chargesheet against ‘Golden Monir’

-- 2020-12-03 20:54:26

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a chargesheet in a case filed eight years ago against Monir Hossain, popularly known as ‘Golden Monir’, over acquiring huge amounts of wea...

Coast Guard arrests seven Myanmar citizens with 280,000 pieces of Yaba

-- 2020-12-02 21:24:43

Bangladesh Coast Guard has arrested seven Myanmar nationals in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday with 280,000 pieces of Yaba. In-Charge of Coast Guard Teknaf Station Lt Commander Amirul said t...

Man arrested with 14 gold bars worth Tk 14.3 million in Chattogram

-- 2020-11-28 11:09:51

Police arrested a man along with 14 gold bars worth Tk 14.3 million (1.43 crore) from in front of New Rail Station in Chattogram city on Friday night. The arrestee is Uttam Sen, 35, son of Manik...

Dowry culture still thrives in Bangladesh

-- 2020-11-21 16:51:54

Has there been any change in the traditional practice of receiving and giving dowries in Bangladesh society? Now really! The devil of dowry still prevails here. Amid concern over violence against wom...

RAB arrests seven for selling stolen mobile phones

-- 2020-11-20 18:36:45

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested seven people from Pallabi area in the capital on Thursday night for buying and selling stolen mobile phones and recovered 275 phones and Taka 22,520 in cash from...

Four Hijbut Tahrir men held in city

-- 2020-11-19 16:52:18

The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of DMP arrested four members of the outlawed Hijbut Tahrir from city’s Dakshinkhan area on Wednesday. The arrestees are Md Jahirul Islam Titu, 32, Md Rashidul Isla...

Tk 0.9m robbed from Chuadanga Sonali Bank at gunpoint

-- 2020-11-15 20:15:07

Robbers looted around Tk 900,000 at gunpoint from Sonali Bank in Chuadanga's Jibonnagar upazila on Sunday. Ashraful Islam, security guard of the branch, said three people wearing face masks and helme...

Police arrest 25 female Jamaat activists in Kushtia

-- 2020-11-15 12:54:15

In an overnight drive, police arrested 25 female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jhaudia Bazar in Kushtia on Saturday night. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in Jhaudia Mosque area an...

Three held over rape, blackmail in Feni

-- 2020-11-14 16:57:34

Police arrested three people, including a woman, in Feni over the rape of a girl, recording the act on video, and then using it to blackmail the victim to claim money while threatening to publish the...

Police arrest muezzin over Lalmonirhat lynching

-- 2020-11-13 17:44:55

Police arrested the muezzin of Burimari Central Jame Mosque in Lalmonirhat on Thursday night over the lynching of a man and burning his body after accusing him of disrespecting the Quran. With Afiz U...

Probe body finds no evidence of disrespecting Quran in Lalmonirhat

-- 2020-11-12 19:40:00

The body, formed to probe the lynching of Shahidunnabi in Lalmonirhat following a rumour, found no evidence of disrespecting the holy Quran. Shahidunnabi Jewel was beaten to death and burned on Octob...

ACC to file case against MP Shahid, wife for money laundering

-- 2020-11-10 18:35:42

The Anti-Corruption Commission is planning to file a money laundering case against Laxmipur-3 MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul, his wife MP Salina Islam and two other family members. ACC fou...

Rohingya couple held with yaba tablets, Tk 11.7m

-- 2020-11-09 16:44:14

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested a Rohingya couple and seized Tk 11.7 million and more than 5,000 yaba tablets from their possession during a raid on a house in Chattagram. The couple, Shawkat Isl...

Prime accused of Lalmonirhat youth lynching held in Dhaka

-- 2020-11-07 16:40:48

Detectives in a drive arrested the prime accused in a case over the lynching of a young man for ‘disrespecting Quran’ in Burimari of Lalmonirhat, from Kuril Biswa Road in the capital early...

Rape victim raped again in Lalmonirhat

-- 2020-11-06 12:14:47

A girl was raped in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Wednesday evening at her sister’s house, her family said Thursday. The victim filed a case at Patgram Police station on Thursday e...

Suspended DIG Prisons Partha indicted in graft case

-- 2020-11-04 16:49:36

A Dhaka court today (Wednesday) framed charges in a graft case filed against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Partha Gopal Bonik, formally initiating the trial against him. Judge N...