crime

SC extends stay on Minar bail till April 1

The Supreme Court extended a stay on High Court bail order to Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case, till April 1.
12 March 2015, 11:55 AM

Nemtsov murder: Zaur Dadayev confession 'forced'

Zaur Dadayev, one of two suspects charged with the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, confessed under duress, says a member of Russia's Human Rights Council
11 March 2015, 12:19 PM

Suriname leader’s son gets 16yrs of US prison

The son of Suriname's president is sentenced on Tuesday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to US charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah
11 March 2015, 06:24 AM

Bullet-hit body recovered in Rajshahi, police say

Police say they have recovered bullet-hit body of a youth and also rescued two people with bullet wounds in Rajshahi city this morning
11 March 2015, 05:17 AM

Get DNA test done by FBI, court tells Avijit murder investigators

A Dhaka court today ordered the Detective Branch (DB) of police to get a DNA test of the Avijit Roy murder evidence done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
10 March 2015, 11:19 AM

Feni ‘Jubo League leader’ guns down female witness

A local Jubo League leader allegedly guns down a female witness of a case filed against him in Sonagazi upazila of Feni
7 March 2015, 07:33 AM

3 found dead in Sylhet

Three people, including a teenage girl, have been found dead in different parts of Sylhet district
6 March 2015, 09:54 AM

27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal

Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
6 March 2015, 07:01 AM

12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka

Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka
6 March 2015, 06:27 AM

Dhaka to engage FBI in Avijit murder probe

Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.
1 March 2015, 15:59 PM

Hartal extended till 6am Friday

BNP-led 20-party alliance extend its countrywide ongoing hartal till 6:00am Friday protesting what it said the killings of opposition leaders and activists in the name of crossfire and for the filing of false cases against the alliance leaders
24 February 2015, 10:31 AM