Live wire around mango tree kills 2 kids

Two siblings, aged two and eight years, died after being electrocuted by a live wire set up around a mango tree to prevent theft of the fruits in Dhaka’s Demra area yesterday afternoon.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

When cons use Facebook as a tool

They had a team to keep an eye on law enforcers.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Woman jailed for 5 years for filing false rape case

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday sentenced a woman to five years in prison for filing a false rape case.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

CHTC demands impartial judicial probe

The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) today demanded an impartial judicial probe over the death of eight indigenous men in an alleged gunfight at Rowangchari Upazila in Bandarban..The statement signed by Sultana Kamal, Elsa Stamatopoulou, and, Myrna Cunningham Kain, co
12 April 2023, 15:44 PM

Miscreants attack conservationist in Khagrachhari

A wildlife conservationist who raises awareness to stop the hunting of wildlife has been allegedly attacked by miscreants in Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari yesterday
12 April 2023, 14:08 PM

Siblings aged 2 and 8 killed by live-wire 'trap' around mango tree

'Are their fruits more important than the lives of my babies?' the mother of the victims asked.
12 April 2023, 10:44 AM

3 suffer bullet wounds in Narayanganj clash between 'drug peddlers'

Three people suffered bullet wounds in clashes between two groups of alleged drug traders in Narayanganj’s Rupganj.
12 April 2023, 08:33 AM

GD filed over threat on Mangal Shobhajatra

A general diary was field after organisers of Mangal Shobhajatra received a letter threatening an attack on the event during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations on April 14
12 April 2023, 06:15 AM

Former state minister sued for embezzling college fund

A former state minister and several others were accused of misappropriating Tk 10 crore in a case filed with a court in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Teen gets 10 years in correctional facility for abduction

A juvenile court in Dhaka yesterday sentenced a 15-year-old to 10 years in correctional facility for abducting a sixth-grader in December 2019.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Commander of Arsa’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with APBn

A “commander of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army” was killed in a “gunfight” with Armed Police Battalion at a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Father killed daughter to frame rivals: PBI finds

A father killed his 13-year-old daughter to frame his rivals, revealed Police Police Bureau of Investigation after digging into the murder case filed 18 years ago
11 April 2023, 16:25 PM

'Arsa commander' killed in 'gunfight' with APBn

A "commander of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa)" was killed in a "gunfight" with Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya today
11 April 2023, 14:03 PM

Teen gets 10 years for abduction

A juvenile court in Dhaka today sentenced a 15-year-old to 10 years in a case filed over abduction of a sixth-grader in December, 2019
11 April 2023, 12:07 PM

7 fish traders fined Tk 18.45 lakh for selling jatka in Dhaka

A mobile court today seized over 2,600 kgs of jatka (hilsa fry) and fined seven fish wholesalers Tk 18.45 lakh for selling those at Jatrabari fish market in Dhaka..Acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-10 led by executive magistrate Mazharul Islam conducted the drive and seized the jatkas, ac
11 April 2023, 10:08 AM

Illegal structures keep sprouting along Kuakata beach

Over 200 structures have sprung up ignoring HC directive
11 April 2023, 09:03 AM

‘Golden Monir’ can’t get released before April 26

Md Monir Hossain aka "Golden Monir", who was granted bail by the High Court on April 5 in a money laundering case, cannot get released from jail before April 26 as the petition challenging his bail will be heard by the Supreme Court chamber judge on that day
11 April 2023, 07:58 AM

Narcotics Case: Interviewee in DW docu arrested, sent to jail

Nafiz Mohammad Alam, who recently appeared in a documen-tary of German news organisation Deutsche Welle, was arrested in a narcotics case in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area.
10 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Journo thrown off roof in Ctg: 2 held in Dhaka

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) arrested two people in Dhaka for allegedly beating up a local journalist and throwing him off the roof of a two-story building in Chattogram over a hill cutting report
10 April 2023, 16:20 PM

No scope for Tarique, Zubaida to fight legal battle from abroad

Attorney General AM Amin Uddin today said fugitives have no right to seek the protection of law
10 April 2023, 16:20 PM