Trucker held over crash

Rab yesterday arrested the driver of the truck that collided with a pickup van in Sylhet’s Dakshin Surma upazila on June 7 and killed 15 construction workers.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM

4-year-old appeal challenges oath-taking of 290 MPs

A group of pro-BNP lawyers today took an initiative for hearing of a four-year-old appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the legality of oath taking by 280 Awami League alliance lawmakers
11 June 2023, 17:06 PM

Death of 6 brothers by pickup: Court terms it 'pre-planned murder'

The death of six brothers under the wheel of a pickup van last year was a pre-planned murder, observed a court and sentenced the driver to life imprisonment
11 June 2023, 15:36 PM

Embezzling Tk 25 crore: Grameen Telecom director gets bail

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Grameen Telecom director Parvin Mahmud in connection with a case filed for misappropriating about Tk 25 crore of the company's Workers' Profit Participation Fund.
11 June 2023, 14:57 PM

NCC councillor sent to jail in murder case

A councillor of Narayanganj City Corporation was sent to jail by a court today in a case filed for killing a businessman in Narayanganj’s Bandor upazila on April 3 this year.
11 June 2023, 13:08 PM

Truck driver arrested over Sylhet road crash that killed 15

Rapid Action Battalion members arrested the driver of the truck that collided with a pickup van in Sylhet's Dakshin Surma upazila on June 7, leaving 15 construction workers dead
11 June 2023, 10:25 AM

2 security guards jailed until death for 2012 murder of lawyer

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced two security guards to jail until death for killing advocate Rawshan Ara Akhter in Dhaka's Mirpur area on December 2012
11 June 2023, 09:36 AM

Will sue Star if requirements in legal notice not fulfilled

A counsel for DSCC Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has said The Daily Star’s statement in response to his client’s legal notice is not fully acceptable because the
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Two bodies recovered on Panchagarh road

Police and firefighters recovered the bodies of two men and a motorbike from the Panchagarh-Tentulia highway at Birajoth Sarenoymile village in Panchagarh Sadar upazila on Friday night.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Farmer murdered at Mymensingh home

The slit-throat body of a 50-year-old farmer was recovered from his house while his wife was rescued in senseless condition from a paddy field nearby in Muktagacha upazila, Mymensingh yesterday.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM

2 college students go missing in Padma

Two college students went missing in the Padma River yesterday while taking a bath in the Rajshahi city’s T-Badh area.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM

A technological evolution of crimes

Technology has advanced at a rapid pace, bringing many benefits to society, but it also has led to changes in crime patterns. Law enforcers’ race against crimes has become even more challenging faced with these technology-facilitated crimes. On many occasions, these techno criminals catch the police off guard.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Raising age ceiling of govt job: 9 detained during demo

Police today detained nine people who were part of a demonstration in the capital's Shahbagh demanding the extension of age limit to apply for government jobs
10 June 2023, 17:22 PM

'Cooperation among agencies the key'

Cooperation among various agencies is needed to fight money laundering, said CID chief Additional IGP Mohammad Ali Mia at a seminar today
10 June 2023, 17:08 PM

1.8kg cocaine seized at Dhaka airport

The customs intelligence arrested an Indian national in possession of 1.8kg of cocaine at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early today
10 June 2023, 05:27 AM

Addl SP, OC sued over ‘torture in custody’

An additional superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge of a police station have been sued under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Act for allegedly torturing four people in custody.
9 June 2023, 18:00 PM

3 Rohingya women held while fleeing to India

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday detained three Rohingya women who were trying to flee to India through Dhalai border in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila.
9 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Man beaten to death by co-workers over theft

A construction worker was beaten to death and another injured allegedly by their fellow workers in Sylhet city yesterday.
9 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Burnt housewife dies, mother-in-law arrested

The woman who got burnt yesterday after miscreants set her house on fire in Patuakhali's Dumki upazila died while undergoing treatment in a Dhaka hospital this afternoon
9 June 2023, 17:14 PM

Shariatpur Addl SP, OC sued for torture in custody

An additional superintendent of police and an officer-in-charge of a police station have been sued under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Act for allegedly torturing four people in custody.
9 June 2023, 13:53 PM