crime

EU for thorough probe into Hossaini Dalan blasts

EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon has urged Bangladesh to ensure thorough investigation and bring the Hossaini Dalan bomb attackers to justice.
25 October 2015, 05:52 AM

Tavella’s body handed over

Body of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, who was killed in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone, has been handed over to the country’s local mission.
14 October 2015, 07:34 AM

2 ‘Razakars’ held in Moulvibazar

Police arrest two war crimes accused in Moulvibazar hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for five suspects.
13 October 2015, 12:51 PM

5 ‘JMB men’ held over pastor murder attempt

Five alleged members of banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Pabna chief have been arrested over the murder attempt on Pastor Luke Sarkar. They said to have confessed plotting to stir up instability in the country.
12 October 2015, 06:20 AM

Night guard shot in Dhaka, another killed in Natore

A night guard shot in Dhaka’s Mirpur and another killed in Natore Sadar during separate incidents of robbery attempts, police say.
8 October 2015, 06:35 AM

MP Liton won’t be spared: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan speaks of not sparing ruling party lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton who shot a kid in Gaibandha for “no reason”.
7 October 2015, 08:56 AM

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

Japan 'outraged' by killing of its citizen in Bangladesh

Japan's top government spokesman expresses outrage over the killing of a Japanese citizen who became the second foreigner to be gunned down in Bangladesh in less than a week.
5 October 2015, 09:50 AM

Cop found dead in Pabna

An assistant sub-inspector of Pakshi police camp found dead at a field near Pakshey Paper Mill in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.
5 October 2015, 04:56 AM

8 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka

Rab arrests eight alleged members of an international human trafficking gang in Dhaka last night and recovers a large number of fake visas and visa-making equipment from their possessions.
5 October 2015, 04:54 AM

‘Foreigner killings meant to trigger instability’

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the killing of foreigners in Bangladesh is meant to stir instability in the country.
4 October 2015, 07:52 AM

Italian shot dead

An Italian development worker was shot dead in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone, police say.
28 September 2015, 15:17 PM

2 arrested for Facebook status on hajj

Two people arrested from Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila over allegedly posting Facebook status demeaning hajj.
26 September 2015, 12:55 PM

Gunmen kidnap tourists, local woman in Philippines

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman have been kidnapped from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines, the military has said.
22 September 2015, 04:29 AM

5 lakh yaba seized in Narayanganj, 5 held

Law enforcers claim arrest of 5 including a “leading” yaba trader and seize over 5 lakh contraband tablets from them in Narayanganj.
21 September 2015, 08:48 AM

Schoolgirl killed, house looted in Narayanganj

Miscreants loot valuables from a house in Jamtola area of Narayanganj Sadar after strangulating a schoolgirl to death.
17 September 2015, 15:58 PM

10 dead in Pakistan bus stop blast

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a bus terminal in the Pakistani city of Multan, officials say.
14 September 2015, 05:01 AM

'Mugger' killed in Dhaka cop firing

An alleged mugger is killed in police firing while fleeing after snatching money from a pedestrian in Tikatuli of Dhaka.
6 September 2015, 13:21 PM

Argentine man 'kept wife and son locked up for years'

Police in Argentina have charged a man they say kept his wife and adult son locked up in a cell for several years with unlawful imprisonment.
6 September 2015, 09:09 AM

'BCL men' attack Sust teachers’ demo

Bangladesh Chhatra League attack a teachers’ demonstration demanding vice-chancellor’s resignation at Shahjalal University in Sylhet.
30 August 2015, 05:02 AM