85 Jamaat-Shibir men arrested in 7 districts

Police arrested at least 85 activists from Jamaat-Shibir processions in different districts today.
24 December 2022, 16:10 PM

Japanese woman with 2 daughters barred from leaving Dhaka

Police stopped Japanese citizen Nakano Erico and her two daughters from leaving the country at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
24 December 2022, 07:15 AM

Escape of 2 militants a failure of law enforcers

Escape of two convicted militants from the court premises is a failure of the law enforcers, M Khurshid Hossain, director general of Rapid Action Battalion, has said.
23 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Illegal Hoarding: 2,000 tonnes of paddy seized from rice mill

The authorities seized over 2,000 tonnes of paddy from an under-construction rice mill in Bogura Sadar upazila for hoarding it illegally.
23 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Schoolboy found dead in Rajbari

Police recovered the body of a schoolboy in Rajbari’s Pangsha upazila yesterday.
23 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Complaint filed against AL-backed UP chairman candidate for 'assaulting journo'

A complaint was filed today against Nurul Amin, an Awami League-backed candidate for the post of Sindurna union chairman in the upcoming by-polls in Lalmonirhat's Hatibandha upazila, for allegedly assaulting a local journalist.
23 December 2022, 14:16 PM

Youth arrested on rape charges in Rangamati

Police have arrested a youth on charge of raping a 12-year-old girl in Langadu upazila of Rangamati.
23 December 2022, 10:03 AM

A failure on our part, says Rab DG about escape of 2 militants

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) finds the escape of two convicted militants from the court premises and yet to arrest them as a failure.
23 December 2022, 05:46 AM

Tortured to death: BSF hands over body of Bangladeshi youth

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) last night, handed over the body of a Bangladeshi youth who was tortured to death on December 17.
23 December 2022, 03:54 AM

Child, 3 others sustain bullet wounds in Rohingya camp

Four Rohingya refugees, including a child, sustained bullet wounds in an act of gun violence at a camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar on Thursday afternoon.
22 December 2022, 18:29 PM

2 members of new militant outfit arrested

Two members of a newly formed militant outfit -- “Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya” -- have been arrested in the capital and Sylhet, said the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit yesterday.
22 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Abducted youths return home after three days

Eight youths, who were abducted from a hilly stream in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Sunday, returned to their families yesterday.
22 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Court accepts charges against Sabrina over NID scam

A Dhaka court yesterday accepted charges against Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, chairman of JKG Health Care, in a case filed against her for possessing two NID cards with fake information.
22 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Man stabbed to death in broad daylight

An engineer was knifed to death in broad daylight while he was manning his family grocery shop in Karabala area of Jashore town today.
22 December 2022, 17:28 PM

Human trafficking to Libya: HC grants bail to accused Julhas Sarder

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to Julhas Sarder, an accused in a case filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya in May, 2020.
22 December 2022, 16:24 PM

NHRC wants legal action against cuffing, fettering man during mother’s janaza

National Human Rights Commission wants legal action against those involved in handcuffing and fettering an accused BNP leader during his mother's namaz-e-janaza in Gazipur..“To prevent recurrence of such incidents, the commission has directed the authorities concerned to take legal action
22 December 2022, 11:04 AM

2 'members' of Jama'atul Ansar arrested

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested two members of a "newly surfaced militant group Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya", who escaped a recent crackdown by the law enforcers in Bandarban.
22 December 2022, 10:13 AM

Jamaat ameer knew about his son's militancy links, claims CTTC chief

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman knew that his son got involved in militancy but remained silent, claimed a top counterterrorism official today.
22 December 2022, 09:13 AM

Possession of 2 NID cards: Charges accepted against Sabrina

A Dhaka court today accepted charges against Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, chairman of JKG Health Care, in a case filed against her for possessing two National Identity Cards with fake information.
22 December 2022, 08:25 AM

Nayapaltan clash: 426 BNP men seek bail

A total of 426 leaders and activists of BNP's front organisations today sought bail from Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in a case filed over the December 7 clash between police and the party men in Dhaka's Nayapaltan area.
22 December 2022, 05:14 AM