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Man arrested with 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets at Dhaka Airport

Man arrested with 10,000 pieces of Yaba tablets at Dhaka Airport

-- 2021-03-22 12:56:36

Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested a man along with 10,000 pieces of Yaba pills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Monday. The arrestee was identified as Rakib Hossain...

DB busts car theft gang, recovers eight stolen vehicles

DB busts car theft gang, recovers eight stolen vehicles

-- 2021-03-21 20:29:04

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has busted a car theft gang operating mainly in the capital and Sylhet division. Eight stolen vehicles were recovered and four members of...

Six get death sentence in Shariatpur AL leader murder case

Six get death sentence in Shariatpur AL leader murder case

-- 2021-03-21 16:38:41

A Shariatpur court has sentenced six people to death and four others to life in prison for killing local Awami League leader Habibur Rahman and his brother Monir Hossain two decades ago. Judge Md Sha...

Police detain 48 during anti-narcotics drive in city

Police detain 48 during anti-narcotics drive in city

-- 2021-03-20 21:35:17

A total of 48 people were arrested from the capital on charge of consumption and carrying illegal drugs during a drive conducted by police in last 24 hours till 6:00am on Saturday. During the drives,...

College teacher held on rape charge

College teacher held on rape charge

-- 2021-03-20 16:50:54

A college teacher was arrested from a hospital in Sirajganj on Friday night for allegedly violating a student. The accused is Abu Sayeed Mollah, 38, son of late Zafar Mollah of Gulta village in Siraj...

Police conduct raid after attacks on Hindu homes in Sunamganj

Police conduct raid after attacks on Hindu homes in Sunamganj

-- 2021-03-19 16:36:51

Police have raided a village in Sunamganj to nab the perpetrators who attacked the homes of Hindu residents following a Facebook post. "The police raid is still on to capture those who took part in t...

JMB man gets 10-year imprisonment in explosives case

JMB man gets 10-year imprisonment in explosives case

-- 2021-03-15 18:43:20

A Rangamati court on Monday sentenced a member of Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 10-year imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.  Rangamati District and Sessio...

DGHS driver indicted in arms case

DGHS driver indicted in arms case

-- 2021-03-11 18:41:15

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against driver of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abdul Malek in an arms case. Abdul Malek pleaded not guilty and demand justice when Dhaka...

RAB arrests driver, assistant for pushing woman off a bus

RAB arrests driver, assistant for pushing woman off a bus

-- 2021-03-09 16:28:39

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a bus driver and his assistant for shoving a speech-impaired woman off a vehicle in Dhaka’s Keraniganj after she “failed to pay the fare”. Th...

Nine get death sentence for murder in Chattogram

Nine get death sentence for murder in Chattogram

-- 2021-03-08 18:17:16

A Chattogram court has sentenced nine people to death on charges of murder in Fatikchhari 17 years ago. Chattogram's Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge Farzana Akhter announced the verdict...

Basic Bank scam: ACC asked to complete probe within 75 days

Basic Bank scam: ACC asked to complete probe within 75 days

-- 2021-03-04 18:44:29

The High Court (HC) on Thursday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to complete the investigation of 21 corruption cases filed in connection with the Basic Bank scam within two and a half mo...

Teenager stabbed dead in city

Teenager stabbed dead in city

-- 2021-02-25 18:31:47

A teenage boy was stabbed to death in the city’s Banani area on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shakil Gazi, 14. Pedestrians rescued Shakil with serious stab injuries and took...

Police arrest five ‘robbers’ in city

Police arrest five ‘robbers’ in city

-- 2021-02-20 16:49:33

Detectives in a drive have arrested five suspected members of a robber gang from different parts of the capital. The arrestees are Morshed alias Haddi Morshed, Zahid Sheikh, Arman Hossain, Kabir Hoss...

Six policemen on remand for 'abduction'

Six policemen on remand for 'abduction'

-- 2021-02-09 21:11:15

A Chattogram court on Tuesday granted two-day remand of six members of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested in a case accusing them of abducting a man from Anowara, threatening to kill him an...

Cumilla court sentences four people to death for robbery-linked murder in 2016

Cumilla court sentences four people to death for robbery-linked murder in 2016

-- 2021-02-08 17:37:49

 A Cumilla court has sentenced four people to death and jailed a fifth for 10 years for killing an army soldier during a train robbery in 2016, reports bdnew24.com. Cumilla Additional District a...

Three Indian ‘bookies’ detained from Chattogram stadium

Three Indian ‘bookies’ detained from Chattogram stadium

-- 2021-02-06 20:34:38

Three Indians, suspected of being members of an international gang of bookmakers, were detained from Chattogram’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium area during the Bangladesh-West Indies Test on Sat...

Flower seller girl found dead in city

Flower seller girl found dead in city

-- 2021-01-31 18:37:52

A teenage flower seller girl was found dead near Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday night. The 17-year-old was identified as Mim, who used to sell flowers in Shahbagh, reports UNB. Mim&rsquo...

HC scraps jail term of wrongly accused man

HC scraps jail term of wrongly accused man

-- 2021-01-28 15:32:29

The High Court has scrapped the sentence of Md Kamrul Islam, who was wrongly accused and sentenced to 15 years in prison for forgery of an SSC exam certificate on the basis of a probe by the Anti-...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...