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Arrest warrant for 23 BNP leaders in Paltan case

Arrest warrants have been floated for 23 leaders of BNP, including several of its seniors, as a Dhaka court takes into cognisance of an explosives case.
18 May 2016, 09:08 AM

Aslam on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court places BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury on a seven-day remand over alleged plot with Israel to topple Bangladesh government.
16 May 2016, 06:46 AM

Prof Rezaul killing probe at final stage: Home minister

Investigation into Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee killing case is now at the final stage and the killers could be arrested anytime, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
14 May 2016, 12:26 PM

War crimes: 4 Netrokona men sent to jail

A special war crimes tribunal sends 4 Netrokona men to jail, a day after police arrested them in a war crimes case following the court’s arrest warrant.
13 April 2016, 06:09 AM

AL man held with firearm in Tangail

Detectives in a drive arrest a local Awami League leader along with a firearm from his house in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail.
9 April 2016, 06:42 AM

Signature campaign for #JusticeForTonu

A faction of Gonojagaran Mancha launches a mass signature campaign to press for immediate arrest and punishment of the killers of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
1 April 2016, 13:38 PM

Prime suspect of Comilla minors’ killing held

The prime suspect in a case filed over killing of two children in Comilla has been arrested from Dhaka.
1 March 2016, 05:22 AM

‘Bangladeshi’ college shooter held in India

A man of alleged Bangladeshi origin has been held from Uttar Pradesh over the shooting outside Kolkata's Loreto College.
23 February 2016, 09:31 AM

Rangpur child murder suspect held in Dhaka

Police have arrested a suspect over the murder of a four-year-old boy Rawnak in Rangpur four days ago.
3 February 2016, 07:18 AM

Two ‘human traffickers’ held in Teknaf

Police today has claimed arrest of two human traffickers from Teknaf upazilla of Cox’s Bazar.
20 January 2016, 09:42 AM

JP hartal in Rangpur city Thursday

Jatiya Party (JP) will enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Rangpur city on Thursday demanding immediate arrest of those attacked the party’s city unit leader SM Yasir.
17 January 2016, 11:12 AM

JMB man held in Chapainawabganj

Police have arrested an active member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Nachol upazila in Chapainawabganj today.
2 January 2016, 09:56 AM

Shibir man held with firearms in Ctg

Police arrest a Shibir activist with a pistol and 25 sharp weapons in Satkania upazila of Chittagong.
12 December 2015, 04:57 AM

4 more detained over Bogra Shia mosque attack

Law enforcers, in an overnight drive, detain four more people for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s gun attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra that left one dead.
28 November 2015, 06:58 AM

Hussaini Dalan blast: 5 JMB men remanded

A Dhaka court places five members of the militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a five-day remand over the bomb attack on Shia Muslim community headquarters, Hussaini Dalan, in Dhaka.
26 November 2015, 04:37 AM

‘Murders inspired by void of justice’

Eminent writers, scholars and cultural activists have issued a joint statement voicing frustration over failure to bring the killers of writers and free thinkers to justice.
10 November 2015, 15:43 PM

Attacks on publishers cowardly, act prompt: BNP

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.
31 October 2015, 15:48 PM

Man held ‘for killing’ wife, stepson in Keraniganj

Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife and a nine-year-old stepson in Keraniganj at the outskirts of capital Dhaka.
7 October 2015, 05:42 AM

Egypt's government resigns amid corruption probe

Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and his Cabinet resigns amid a corruption investigation that led to the arrest of the agriculture minister last week.
12 September 2015, 12:29 PM

10 Jamaat men including Sylhet city ameer held

Ten leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami including its Sylhet city unit ameer are detained in the city.
14 August 2015, 05:32 AM