Arrest warrants for Imran Khan, wife, and others over Islamabad protest
Arrest warrants for Imran Khan, wife, and others over Islamabad protest

An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan issued non-bailable arrest warrants on Monday for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, and 93 others in connection with last weeks protests in Islamabad led by Khans supporters, reports NDTV....

Dipu Moni, Palak among four ex-MPs shown arrested in new cases
Dipu Moni, Palak among four ex-MPs shown arrested in new cases

A Dhaka court on Monday sent four former MPs, including former Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni, to jail showing them arrested in new cases, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahmed passed the order. Those sent to jail also include former state minister for Post,...

Nearly 1,000 arrested in Pakistan over pro-Khan protests
Nearly 1,000 arrested in Pakistan over pro-Khan protests

Pakistan police have arrested nearly 1,000 protesters who marched on the capital demanding the release of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, Islamabads police chief said Wednesday, reports BSS. Islamabad Police Inspector General Ali Nasir Rizvi told reporters that officers and state...

Amu, Inu, 3 others shown arrested in five new cases
Amu, Inu, 3 others shown arrested in five new cases

A court here on Monday showed five people including former ministers Amir Hossain Amu and Hasanul Haque Inu arrested in five fresh cases lodged over casualties during the July-August uprising. The three other accused are former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun,...

Ex-MP Shahjahan  arrested
Ex-MP Shahjahan arrested

Barrister Shahjahan Omar, former MP for Jhalakathi-1 constituency,has been arrested. Rajapur policeapprehended him onThursday morning (Nov 21). On the morning of the same day, while traveling from Barishal to Rajapur in Jhalakathi, Barrister Shahjahan Omars vehicle was attacked in the Pingri...

RAB arrests drug peddler with phensidyl in Shibganj
RAB arrests drug peddler with phensidyl in Shibganj

On Wednesday night, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler with 492 bottles of phensidyl from Shibganj upazila of the district, reports BSS. The arrested individual was Habibur Rahman(20), a resident of Biapalpara in Paba upazila, Rajshahi district. On a...

ICT sets Dec 19 for submitting report against Ziaul Ahsan
ICT sets Dec 19 for submitting report against Ziaul Ahsan

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday set December 19 for submitting probe report over allegations of killings, genocides and crimes against humanity against eight former security officials, including former director general (DG) of NTMC sacked Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, whom the...

Former police chief among those set to appear in tribunal on Wednesday
Former police chief among those set to appear in tribunal on Wednesday

Eight officials, including the former police chief and the former director general of NTMC, are set to appear before the International Criminal Tribunal on Wednesday, facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity related to events in July and August. The individuals scheduled for court...

Qamrul Islam placed on 8-day remand
Qamrul Islam placed on 8-day remand

Former food minister Qamrul Islam has been placed on an eight-day remand in a case filed over the killing of businessman Abdul Wadud in the Nilkhet area of Dhaka in July, reports Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahmans court issued the order on Tuesday. Earlier, the...

Three suspects arrested after flares near Israel PM's home
Three suspects arrested after flares near Israel PM's home

Israeli police arrested three suspects on Sunday morning after two flares landed near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus residence in the central town of Caesarea, reports AFP. Three suspects were arrested overnight for their involvement in the incident that took place Saturday night, the police...

Argentina orders arrests of 61 Brazilians over 2023 Brasilia coup
Argentina orders arrests of 61 Brazilians over 2023 Brasilia coup

Argentinas courts have ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilians living in the country who are wanted for their involvement in last years attempted coup in Brasilia, a judicial source told AFP on Friday. Judge Daniel Rafecas issued the order at the request of Brazils Supreme Court to arrest Brazilian...

Ex-MP Tipu sent to jail
Ex-MP Tipu sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail former Barishal-3 lawmaker Golam Kibria Tipu in a case lodged for attacking motorcade of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2018 in the capital, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Tipu, also a...

Coast Guard arrests 2 most wanted dacoits in Maheshkhali
Coast Guard arrests 2 most wanted dacoits in Maheshkhali

The Bangladesh Coast Guard today arrested two of the most wanted dacoits, Ziaur Rahman, the leader of Zia Bahini, and his accomplice Mohiuddin, along with firearms and ammunition looted from police. The arrests took place in the early hours of Thursday in Maheshkhali, Coxs Bazar, reports BSS....

55 arrested in Gulistan sent to jail
55 arrested in Gulistan sent to jail

Court has ordered the imprisonment of 55 individuals arrested during a rally in the Gulistan and Paltan areas under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Among those arrested, at least eight are women. The order was issued by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in Dhaka on Monday. According to...

10 arrested over implementing orders from Hasina’s viral audio clip
10 arrested over implementing orders from Hasina’s viral audio clip

Police on Saturday night arrested 10 individuals in Dhaka on charges of implementing orders from former prime minister Sheikh Hasina given in an audio clip which went viral recently. A large amount of evidence was also recovered from them during the arrest, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)...

Shomi Kaiser arrested from Uttara
Shomi Kaiser arrested from Uttara

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested actress and former E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) president Shomi Kaiser from a house at Sector-4 in Dhakas Uttara on early Wednesday. The arrest took place during a raid around 12:30am, according to Uttara Division Police Deputy...

2 arrested with pistol stolen from police station in Ctg
2 arrested with pistol stolen from police station in Ctg

Chattogram Metropolitan Polices (CMP) Pahartali police station conducted a raid in the Sagarika Intersection area on Monday and arrested two people involved in looting the police station on 5 August, reports the Business Standard. Police also recovered a looted pistol and many other police...

Ex-MP Haji Salim shown arrested in murder attempt case
Ex-MP Haji Salim shown arrested in murder attempt case

A Dhaka court on Monday showed former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim arrested in a case lodged over attempt to murder one Fazlur Karim in front of Dhaka Alia Madrasa in the capital, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the order as police produced the former...

BU student’s death: Bus driver arrested
BU student’s death: Bus driver arrested

The driver of the bus that killed a Barishal University student has been arrested from Khasherhat village in Patuakhali district, reports UNB. The arrestee is Jamil Hossain, 27, a driver of Travels Paribahan Narayanganj and son of Haidar Ali of Patukhali district. A team of police arrested...

Ex-minister Obaidul Muktadir on 5-day remand
Ex-minister Obaidul Muktadir on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury on five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of BNP activist Mokbul, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order as police produced Chowdhury before the...

Army detains 7, seizes weapons in Mohammadpur
Army detains 7, seizes weapons in Mohammadpur

The Daring Tigers Unit of Bangladesh Armys 23rd East Bengal Regiment detained seven individuals and seized 2 foreign revolvers along with local weapons during a raid at the Geneva Camp in the capitals Mohammadpur on Monday, reports The Business Standard. Army said the raid was based on a tip-off...

BCL members should not be arrested indiscriminately: Sarjis
BCL members should not be arrested indiscriminately: Sarjis

Sarjis Alam, one of the key co-ordinators of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Monday said that the members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), who held posts in different university hall committees, should not be arrested indiscriminately, reports The Business Standard. In a post on his...

Youth arrested for faking recordings between president and adviser
Youth arrested for faking recordings between president and adviser

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained a youth on Monday on charges of doctoring voice recordings of a fake conversation between President Mohammed Shahabuddin and interim government Adviser M Sakhawat Hossain and publicising it on YouTube, reports The Business...

Ex-DMP commissioner Golam Faruq detained at Dhaka airport
Ex-DMP commissioner Golam Faruq detained at Dhaka airport

Retired Additional IGP and former DMP Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq was detained at Dhaka airport while on his way to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Immigration officers questioned him after he approached the immigration counter at the airports departure area. Following this, he was not...

DB arrests Sheikh family scion Moin Abdullah
DB arrests Sheikh family scion Moin Abdullah

Police on early Saturday arrested Moin Abdullah, son of former lawmaker Abul Hasnat Abdullah, from citys Gulshan area, reports BSS. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police rounded up Moin from Gulshan-2 area around 3.30am. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of media and public relations of DB...

Ex-state minister Zakir placed on 3-day remand
Ex-state minister Zakir placed on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain on three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of electrician Shamim Hawlader in the Dhakas Mohammadpur area. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter passed the order as police produced the...

Ex-secretary Helal remanded in murder cases
Ex-secretary Helal remanded in murder cases

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former secretary of Election commission (EC) Helal Uddin Ahmed on four-day remand in murder case, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter placed former EC secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on four-day remand as police pleaded to place him on 10-day remand...

53 HSC students detained from demonstrations at Secretariat
53 HSC students detained from demonstrations at Secretariat

Law enforcers arrested 53 HSC students from the Bangladesh Secretariat at 4pm Wednesday after dispersing them from their positions inside as they were demonstrating against the exam results. The students, including many failed candidates, were demanding for the scrapping of the results after...