Militant convicts knew they’d break free soon

The condemned militants snatched from police on Sunday received the master key to the handcuffs and android phones inside the jail early this month.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Narcotics case: 101 yaba dealers jailed for one and a half years

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday sentenced 101 yaba dealers, who surrendered to police nearly four years ago, to one and a half years in prison and fined each of them Tk 20,000 in a drug case.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM

B’baria SP, seven cops sued over JCD man’s death

Eight police officials were sued over the death of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist allegedly in police firing.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Madrasa teacher arrested for raping student

Police yesterday arrested a madrasa teacher for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy in Chattogram city’s Joynab colony.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM

5-yr-old boy killed by father

A five-year-old boy died yesterday while trying to stop an altercation between his parents in Dinajpur’s Parbatipur upazila.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Blogger Oyasiqur Murder: Three accused brought to court in fetters, cuffs

Three members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ATB) were produced before a Dhaka court with fetters and handcuffs yesterday, in the murder case of secularist blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, following the court’s orders.
23 November 2022, 18:00 PM

8 members of Bodi's family to serve time in drug case

Out of the 101 yaba peddlers sentenced to one and a half years in jail and awarded a penalty of Tk 20,000 by a Cox’s Bazar court today in a drug case, eight are from the family of Abdur Rahman Bodi, a former Awami League lawmaker.
23 November 2022, 16:03 PM

Security tightened at Dhaka court after militants' escape

Following the snatching of two death-row convicts from police custody, police today produced three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team -- accused in the murder of secularist blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu -- before a Dhaka court with fetters and handcuffs.
23 November 2022, 13:35 PM

Police arrest member of team that whisked away 2 convicts

Counterterrorism officials arrested one of the Ansar al Islam operatives who took part in snatching away of two death-row convicts from the police custody on a Dhaka court premises on November 20.
23 November 2022, 12:25 PM

A murder planned to fund a pleasure trip

The killing of an elderly man in his Chawkbazar flat in Dhaka on November 17 was not a simple case of robbery as law enforcers suspected primarily after seeing the nature of the crime.
23 November 2022, 12:12 PM

101 yaba peddlers sentenced to 1.5 years in prison

A Cox's Bazar court today sentenced 101 yaba peddlers to a year and a half in jail and fined them Tk 20,000 each in a drugs case.
23 November 2022, 09:20 AM

Death of Brahmanbaria JCD leader: Father sues 8 police personnel

Eight police personnel, including the superintendent of police (SP) in Brahmanbaria, were sued over the killing of a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist in alleged police firing in Bancharampur upazila on November 19.
23 November 2022, 06:55 AM

Cox's Bazar court to deliver verdict on 101 yaba peddlers

A Cox’s Bazar court is scheduled to deliver the verdict of a case filed against 101 yaba traders, who surrendered in the district nearly four years ago
23 November 2022, 04:43 AM

Two boys hacked over Argentina match

Two teenagers were hacked allegedly by some Argentine fans in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, after Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia in the World Cup match yesterday.
22 November 2022, 18:15 PM

Escape of militants:It was all part of a big plan

Ansar Al Islam’s military wing members snatched their fellows from police custody so that they could execute a plan to launch a major attack, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime officials told The Daily Star yesterday.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM

60 hurt in BNP-police clash

At least 60 people, including seven policemen, were injured as law enforcers and BNP men clashed in Sherpur town yesterday afternoon.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM

16 AL men sued over Chhatra Dal leader’s death

A case was filed with a Narayanganj court yesterday against 16 local Jubo League and Chhatra league leaders and activists for the death of a Chhatra Dal leader three weeks ago.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Five get life term for killing minor

A Sirajganj court yesterday sentenced five people to life in prison for killing a minor in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila in February last year.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Woman hacked to death by robbers

A woman was hacked to death yesterday by unidentified criminals in her house in Rakudia village in Barishal’s Babuganj upazila.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM

500 sacks of hoarded sugar seized 

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection yesterday seized around 500 sacks of sugar, weighing 29 tonnes, from a warehouse in Chattogram’s Boropool area.
22 November 2022, 18:00 PM