Schoolboy found dead in Sirajganj

Police yesterday recovered the body of a schoolboy at Ratankandi union in Sirajganj Sadar.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Bullet-hit Rohingya man claims to be RSO member

The Rohingya man who got shot during last week’s gunfight near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border yesterday claimed that he was a member of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, a militant group of Myanmar.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Boy rescued from container calls himself ‘Fahim’

The boy discovered in a cargo container in Malaysia’s Port Klang on January 17 identifies himself as Fahim and he may be of Bangladeshi or Rohingya origin.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM

2 cops arrested with phensedyl in Lalmonirhat

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) detained two police constables with phensedyl in their possession in Lalmonirhat.
20 January 2023, 17:17 PM

Tambru tense as Rohingya groups clash

Tension has been high along Tambru border in Bandarban as gun battle between two Rohingya militant groups resumed yesterday morning at a refugee camp on the no-man’s-land.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Torture marks found on Gazipur trader’s body

Police yesterday handed over the body of a yarn trader, allegedly tortured to death in police custody in Gazipur, to his family without performing an autopsy.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Skeleton Recovery: 2 more arrested; prime suspect identified

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested two more people, and identified a BCL leader as the prime suspect in the Rajeev murder committed six years ago.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Pritom gets bail in DSA case, finally

Pritom Das, a leader of left-leaning organisation Rashtra Sangskar Andolan, was freed from jail on bail yesterday, 131 days after he was arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for “hurting religious sentiment”.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Man sentenced to death for killing wife

A Rangpur court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry 16 years ago in Pirganj upazila.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM

DB arrests four senior bankers over defaming S Alam owners

Police arrested four senior bankers including three Islami Bank officials in connection with a case filed over plastering posters and making social media posts to defame the owners of Chattogram-based S Alam Group.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM

DB arrests 4 senior bankers over defaming S Alam owners

Police arrested four senior bankers including three Islami Bank officials in connection with a case filed over plastering posters and making social media posts to defame the owners of Chattogram-based S Alam Group.
19 January 2023, 15:34 PM

Student's admission: HC summons Medical Education DG over noncompliance

The High Court today summoned the director general (DG) of Directorate General of Medical Education (DGME) to appear before it over non-compliance of its order for producing some documents regarding admission of a medical student.
19 January 2023, 14:57 PM

Detention of BNP men: Police allegedly seized memory card from NTV cameraperson

A cameraperson working for private television channel NTV alleged that police took the memory card of his camera when he was recording the detention of BNP men in Chattogram.
19 January 2023, 13:23 PM

Pritom Das walks out of jail 131 days after arrest in DSA case

Pritom Das, a leader of left-leaning organisation Rashtra Sangskar Andolan, walked out of jail on bail yesterday, 131 days after he was arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act on for "hurting religious sentiment".
19 January 2023, 07:28 AM

Court tells govt to publish gazette asking Tarique, wife to appear on Feb 6

A Dhaka court today directed authorities concerned of the government to publish a gazette asking BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman to appear before it on February 6 in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
19 January 2023, 07:10 AM

Tambru Border: One killed in ‘gunfight’ at Rohingya camp

A Rohingya man was killed and another injured in a firing incident at Konarpara Rohingya Camp near the Tambru border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Selling govt land as plots

A local influential has been selling government land by dividing it into plots along Kharijama canal in Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Attack on Mro Houses: Culprits will be brought to justice

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kamal Uddin Ahmed has assured the Mro community that those involved in torching and vandalising their homes in a Bandarban village on January 1 will not be spared.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Lalmonirhat, Kurigram: 135 brick kilns operating illegally

There are 135 brick kilns operating illegally in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram, posing serious threats to public health as well as the environment.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Gazipur trader dies as ‘cops torture him in custody’

At least 12 people, including two cops, were injured as a mob clashed with police in Gazipur city’s Bhogra bypass area yesterday morning over the death of a trader allegedly due to torture in police custody.
18 January 2023, 18:00 PM