Bashundhara Group MD’s wife left Dhaka on cargo flight on Monday: AVSEC official

The wife of Bashundhara Group Managing Director (MD) Sayem Sobhan Anvir left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a cargo flight on Monday afternoon.
27 April 2021, 18:48 PM

Son, daughter-in-law arrested for killing mother over petty argument in Bagerhat

Police have arrested a man and his wife for killing his 60-year-old mother over a family feud at Mongla in Bagerhat today.
27 April 2021, 15:20 PM

30 Rohingyas trying to go to Malaysia through trawler rescued from Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh Coast Guard members today rescued 30 Rohingyas, who were trying to go to Malaysia illegally by a trawler through the Bay of Bengal, from Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
27 April 2021, 12:14 PM

Dhaka court imposes travel ban on Bashundhara MD

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, in connection with a case filed over abetting suicide of a young girl whose body was recovered from a rented flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area last night.
27 April 2021, 10:01 AM

Couple attacked for trying to stop land-grabbers in Lalmonirhat

A couple was attacked and critically injured when they tried to stop miscreants from forcibly grabbing their land in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this morning, the police said.
27 April 2021, 09:49 AM

Armanitola fire: 2 warehouse owners on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court today placed two persons on a three-day remand each in a case filed over the devastating fire at an unauthorised chemical warehouse that killed six people in old Dhaka’s Armanitola on Friday.
27 April 2021, 07:58 AM

5 juveniles held in Ctg for stabbing teenager to death

Police arrested five juveniles on charges of killing a 15 year-old in Chattogram city’s Mohammadpur area under Panchlaish Police Station early today.
27 April 2021, 07:54 AM

Kuwait court extends imprisonment of ex-MP Papul to 7 years

Kuwait’s Appeal Court has extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years from four years.
26 April 2021, 13:07 PM

Armanitola fire: 2 owners of chemical storage arrested

Rab arrested two accused in a case filed following the deadly fire at a chemical storage in old Dhaka’s Armanitola that left five people dead on Friday.
26 April 2021, 08:31 AM

One killed as tractor overturns while illegally moving soil from Rajshahi University

A youth was killed as a soil-carrying tractor overturned in Chouddopai area in Rajshahi city early today.
26 April 2021, 05:09 AM

Woman killed by husband in Dhaka’s Pallabi

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband in Dhaka’s Pallabi area early today.
24 April 2021, 05:33 AM

Two teenagers arrested over rape of 7-year-old in Bagerhat

Police today arrested two teenagers for raping a seven-year-old girl in Bagerhat's Chitalmari.
23 April 2021, 14:02 PM

Rohingya man killed in ‘gunfight’ with BGB in Bandarban

A Rohingya man suspected to be a yaba trader, was killed in a "gunfight" with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban early today.
23 April 2021, 09:30 AM

CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver shot dead in Teknaf

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was shot dead and another man sustained bullet wounds at Hnila union in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila last night.
22 April 2021, 19:59 PM

PBI investigating 16 cases against Hefajat men

A total of 16 cases -- filed following the recent violence by Hefajat-e-Islam in six districts -- were transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation.
22 April 2021, 09:34 AM

Woman allegedly killed by husband in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh

A woman was allegedly killed by her husband in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area early today.
21 April 2021, 06:41 AM

Hefajat’s mayhem: Jubo Dal activist among 11 arrested in Brahmanbaria

Police have arrested 11 more people, including a Jubo Dal activist, in the cases filed over vandalism and arson during a demonstration by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Brahmanbaria on March 26 and 28 centring the visit of Indian PM Narendra Modi, said in a press release sent from the Special Branch of the district police.
21 April 2021, 05:59 AM

8 jailed in Sylhet for inciting violence over Mamunul's arrest

Eight people have been jailed for inciting anarchy and violence over the arrest of Hefajat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque in Zakiganj of Sylhet.
20 April 2021, 20:02 PM

DSA case: Journalist arrested in Khulna

Police yesterday arrested a local journalist in Khulna under the Digital Security Act.
20 April 2021, 18:18 PM

Body of 16-year-old newly-wed found in Kushtia

Police today recovered the body of a newly-wed 16-year-old from her in-laws' house in Jorarpur village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia.
20 April 2021, 17:35 PM