- Nasir Uddin appointed as new CEC, along with four others
- Garment workers block road in Gazipur protesting
- Dr. Yunus advocates for a country where people hold ultimate power
- New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge
- Shakib hints he might be available for Windies ODIs
- Robert Pattinson cast in Christopher Nolan's next film
- Ex-MP Shahjahan arrested
- South Korea donates $2mn to support WFP’s Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh
- Barrister Suman shifted to Habiganj jail
- Bhutanese Ambassador and BNP leader Fakhrul discuss SAARC revival
- Sohanur Rahman honored with YAS24 Award in Geneva
- Russia to provide 30,000 MT of fertilizer to Bangladesh free of charge
- Dollar stagnates as market evaluates Trump policies and fed outlook; Bitcoin soars
- US wants human rights respected in Bangladesh: Spokesperson Miller
- 'Touch Messi, and it’s a foul; we get nothing'
- ‘Gangaburi’ concluded celebrating national heritage afloat
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- Rickshaw drivers block railway line, disrupt communication with Dhaka
- Trump made no mention of Sheikh Hasina's leadership in interview
- President Shahabuddin recalls Liberation War martyrs on Armed Forces Day
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
10-day remand sought for Ex-MP Suman
The police have sought a 10-day remand for interrogating former member of parliament (MP) Syed Sayedul Haque, also known as Barrister Suman, in an attempt to murder case. Mirpur model police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Halim, also the investigating officer of the case, filed a petition in...
Ex-MP Barrister Suman arrested
Police have arrested former member of the parliament (MP) Barrister Sayedul Haque Suman in murder cases filed over killing students during July revolution, reports The Business Standard. He has murder cases filed against him at both Mirpur Model and Adabor police stations. Suman was arrested in...
Salman shown arrested in 17 cases filed at Paltan police station
The former private industry affairs adviser Salman F Rahman was shown arrested on Monday in connection with 17 cases filed at Paltan Police Station after August 5, reports The Daily Star. With these new cases, Salman was shown arrested in a total of 37 cases filed at various police stations,...