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Hefazat leader arrested in city

Hefazat leader arrested in city

-- 2021-09-18 15:27:55

Detectives in a drive arrested a leader of Hefazat-e-Islam from the city’s Mugda area on Friday night. The arrestee was identified as Rezwan Rafique. Tipped off, a team of DB Motijheel divisio...

JSS member shot dead in Rangamati

JSS member shot dead in Rangamati

-- 2021-09-17 14:32:34

A member of the Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) was shot dead by assailants in Rangamati on Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Suresh Kanti Chakma alias Dinesh, a resi...

Four to die, nine get life in prison in Shariatpur murder case

Four to die, nine get life in prison in Shariatpur murder case

-- 2021-09-15 16:48:17

A tribunal in Dhaka has sentenced four people to death and nine others to life in prison for killing a school teacher following a dispute over union parishad elections in Shariatpur. Dhaka Speedy Tri...

Man gets 60-year imprisonment for violating two girls in Joypurhat

Man gets 60-year imprisonment for violating two girls in Joypurhat

-- 2021-09-14 20:14:53

A Joypurhat tribunal on Tuesday sentenced a man to 60 years' imprisonment for violating two girls. The convict is Abu Salam, 54, son of Bachchu Molla of Panchbibi upazila. Joypurhat Women and Childr...

ACC approves corruption charges against seven doctors, four others

ACC approves corruption charges against seven doctors, four others

-- 2021-09-14 19:41:32

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved charge-sheets against 11 people, including seven doctors and three contractors for irregularities in procurement of drugs for Maternal and Chi...

Foreign currencies worth Tk 125.1m seized at Dhaka airport

Foreign currencies worth Tk 125.1m seized at Dhaka airport

-- 2021-09-14 17:58:55

Members of Aviation Security Force of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday seized huge amount of foreign currencies including 5.47 million Saudi riyals and 20,200 Singapore dollars worth T...

UNO and 15 others sued for stealing students’ stipends in Gaibandha

UNO and 15 others sued for stealing students’ stipends in Gaibandha

-- 2021-09-13 20:56:01

The UNO of Sundarganj upazila and 15 other people have been sued for stealing an amount of Tk 432,000 meant for stipends to the students. Ripon Mia, a resident of the upazila filed the case with Gaib...

Two arrested for embezzling money by providing fake Australian visas

Two arrested for embezzling money by providing fake Australian visas

-- 2021-09-12 21:24:27

The police have arrested two men on charges of embezzling large amounts of money by providing fake Australian visas to unsuspecting Bangladeshis. The arrestees, Saimun Islam and Ashfaquzzaman Khandak...

‘Drug peddler’ killed in BGB shootout  

‘Drug peddler’ killed in BGB shootout  

-- 2021-09-12 16:34:52

A suspected Yaba peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Sunday. The identity o...

Minor girl 'raped' in Chattogram

Minor girl 'raped' in Chattogram

-- 2021-09-09 21:55:15

An  11- year old madrasa girl was hospitalised on Thursday, two days after she was  allegedly raped in Amnagan area of Chattogram, her family said. Even though the alleged sexual assault to...

Abrar killing: 25 accused indicted again

Abrar killing: 25 accused indicted again

-- 2021-09-08 19:44:14

A Dhaka tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against 25 accused in the case filed in connection with the killing of Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet)...

Four get life term for killing  Ruet driver

Four get life term for killing  Ruet driver

-- 2021-09-08 16:34:42

A Rajshahi court on Wednesday sentenced four people to life term jail for killing a  bus driver of  Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) in 2018. Justice Anup Kumar of t...

Inspector Sohel Rana paid Tk 10,000 to enter India

Inspector Sohel Rana paid Tk 10,000 to enter India

-- 2021-09-05 19:03:43

Banani Police Inspector Sheikh Sohel Rana, who was recently detained by law enforcers in India, paid a broker Tk 10,000 to illegally cross the India-Bangladesh border from Lalmonirhat’s Patgram....

ACC seeks information on Evaly over money laundering charges

ACC seeks information on Evaly over money laundering charges

-- 2021-09-02 22:38:35

The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has asked several organisations for information on Evaly as it investigates accusations that the digital marketplace has ‘embezzled and trafficked’ Tk...

Sub-Inspector of police sent to jail in rape case

Sub-Inspector of police sent to jail in rape case

-- 2021-08-31 22:08:16

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent a sub-inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station to jail over a rape case filed with the Gulshan police station. The accused sub-inspector is Khayerul Islam. Accor...

Mauritian entrepreneur files Tk 850m defamation suit against DBC News   

Mauritian entrepreneur files Tk 850m defamation suit against DBC News  

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-29 22:46:51

Dhaka Bangla Media and Communication Limited, the owning company of DBC News, and a Bangladeshi woman named Mariam Akter alias Asma Akter, have been sued for defaming a Mauritian entrepreneur by airin...

Seven accused claim innocence over Farmers Bank scam

Seven accused claim innocence over Farmers Bank scam

-- 2021-08-29 20:54:03

Seven of the 11 accused in a case filed over embezzling Tk 40 million from Farmers Bank (current Padma Bank) defended them as innocent and hoped for justice Sunday. The seven defendants are- Mahbubul...

How carjackers deal with stolen vehicles

How carjackers deal with stolen vehicles

-- 2021-08-28 18:15:39

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five members of a gang over their involvement in a carjacking scheme. The arrestees, Azim Uddin, 38, Rafique Ullah, 26, Md Selim, 50, Kamrul Hasan, 26, a...

Three more arrested over Chapainawabganj  bus robbery

Three more arrested over Chapainawabganj  bus robbery

-- 2021-08-26 16:43:32

Three more suspected robbers  have been arrested in connection with robbery in three buses on Bholahat-Shibganj road in Chapainawabganj. Twelve mobile phone sets, Tk 19,500, gold ornaments and s...

61 held in city for consuming, selling drugs

61 held in city for consuming, selling drugs

-- 2021-08-25 16:37:01

Members of detective branch (DB) under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 61 persons for consuming and selling drugs in the capital city during last 24 hours ending 6:00am today (Tuesday)....

Armed men stop three Dhaka-bound buses in Chapainawabganj, rob passengers

Armed men stop three Dhaka-bound buses in Chapainawabganj, rob passengers

-- 2021-08-24 11:15:35

A group of armed men stopped three Dhaka-bound night buses in the district on Monday night and robbed passengers of cash, jewellery and other valuables, police said. The alleged crime took place near...

ACC investigating South Bangla Bank chairman over ‘funds embezzlement’

ACC investigating South Bangla Bank chairman over ‘funds embezzlement’

-- 2021-08-19 21:39:03

The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into allegations against SM Amzad Hossain, Chairman of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank, of embezzling a “huge amount of mo...

Helena gives confessional statement in narcotics case

Helena gives confessional statement in narcotics case

-- 2021-08-18 21:51:10

Helena Jahangir, expelled ruling party activist and businessperson, on Wednesday gave  confessional statement under section 164 in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolita...

Mitu murder: Court rejects bail plea of husband Babul Akhter

Mitu murder: Court rejects bail plea of husband Babul Akhter

-- 2021-08-18 17:43:38

A Chattogram court on Wednesday turned down for the second time the bail plea of former police superintendent Babul Akter being held in jail in a case over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu....

Six arrested for running porn racket in Joypurhat

Six arrested for running porn racket in Joypurhat

-- 2021-08-18 12:51:57

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested six youths for allegedly running a porn racket in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district. The arrestees are Mehedi Hasan, 26, Faruk Hossain, 2...

ACC books five in Khulna on charge of embezzling Tk 185m

ACC books five in Khulna on charge of embezzling Tk 185m

UNB 2021-08-17 19:58:43

The Anti-Corruption Commission in Khulna filed a case against five individuals on Monday for embezzling Tk 185 million from the corporate branch of Sonali Bank in Khulna. Managing Director (MD) of St...

Six arrested for ‘cheating’ people with fake govt jobs

Six arrested for ‘cheating’ people with fake govt jobs

-- 2021-08-15 19:38:36

Police arrested six members of a gang on Sunday for fraudulently taking money from people in the name of providing fake government jobs. The arrestees were identified as Md Shahrukh Islam, 29, Md A K...

Six policemen arrested for snatching gold bars from businessman

Six policemen arrested for snatching gold bars from businessman

-- 2021-08-11 16:11:26

Six policemen, including OC Saiful Islam of the Detective Branch, were arrested for allegedly snatching gold bars from a businessman in Feni. As many as 15 gold bars have been recovered from the susp...

Mitu murder case: Court rejects bail plea of Babul Akter

Mitu murder case: Court rejects bail plea of Babul Akter

-- 2021-08-10 22:23:07

A Chattogram court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of Chattogram's former police superintendent Babul Akter in connection with his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu’s murder case. Chattogram Metro...

Bangladeshi youth shot dead in US

Bangladeshi youth shot dead in US

-- 2021-08-05 18:00:29

A 28-year-old Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by an unidentified gunman at South Philadelphia in Pennsylvania of United States on Tuesday night, his friends and police said. The youth was i...