Dhaka Judge’s Court lawyer arrested over forging anticipatory bail order

A lawyer of Dhaka Judge’s Court, Raju Ahmed Rajib, was arrested yesterday for allegedly forging anticipatory bail order in a violence and narcotics case filed in Bogura.
24 June 2021, 09:33 AM

Indian citizen enters Bangladesh illegally, visits Padma bridge; police press charge in 2 hours

After two hours of investigation, Shariatpur police today pressed charges against a 42-year-old Indian citizen, who entered Bangladesh without proper documents and visited Padma Bridge project site in Jajira late last night.
24 June 2021, 06:25 AM

Attempt to rape, murder: Nasir, Omi placed on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court today placed Uttara Club Limited former president Nasir U Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi on a five-day remand in an attempted rape and murder case.
23 June 2021, 12:01 PM

Man arrested for hacking Facebook accounts, swindling money from victims

Detectives arrested a man on charge of hacking Facebook accounts through sending phishing links to victims and swindling money from them.
23 June 2021, 11:50 AM

Bribe demanded from DAG over land deeds, offered Tk 5,000 discount despite introduction

Even after showing his ID card, two employees of Kushtia Sub-Registrar’s Office demanded Tk 30,000 bribe from Deputy Attorney General (DAG) BM Abdur Rafell for preparing deeds of his family land. The deeds were completed after bribing them Tk 10,000, the DAG alleged.
23 June 2021, 11:00 AM

Driver, helper arrested for raping woman on moving truck on Dhaka-Sirajganj highway

A truck driver and his helper were arrested on charge of raping a 20-year-old woman on a moving truck on Dhaka-Sirajganj Highway last night.
23 June 2021, 07:14 AM

Hefajat violence in Brahmanbaria: MP files DSA case against former Hefajat leader, 18 others

RAM Ubaidul Moktadir, MP of Brahmanbaria-3 constituency, has filed a case against 19 named accused including Hefajat-e-Islam’s dissolved central committee joint secretary general Sajedur Rahman for tarnishing his personal image by holding a press conference after the violence in Brahmanbaria.
22 June 2021, 20:00 PM

Fake freedom fighter certificate scam: ACC sues Sonali Bank’s ex-DGM

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against the former Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Sonali Bank, Pradip Kumar Sharma, today over fake freedom fighter certificate scam.
22 June 2021, 16:28 PM

8 associates of Omi placed on 2-day remand each

A Dhaka court today placed eight associates of Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, an influential businessman in Dhaka's Dakshinkhan area and at different posh clubs in the capital, on a two-day remand each in connection with a case filed over human trafficking.
22 June 2021, 14:35 PM

Omi amassed considerable wealth through deceiving and trafficking jobseekers, CID says

Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, arrested following an attempted rape case filed by actress Pori Moni, has trafficked several hundred people abroad and amassed considerable wealth at home and abroad, said officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today.
22 June 2021, 13:35 PM

Accused in abduction case: Convict arrested after 32 years on the run

Police have arrested a fugitive convict in an abduction case after 32 years from Joypurhat’s Kalai upazila.
22 June 2021, 11:39 AM

French woman goes on trial for killing stepdad-turned-husband who repeatedly raped her

A French woman went on trial on Monday (June 21) for killing the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp.
22 June 2021, 10:17 AM

'Multilingual Bangladeshi woman with many identities coordinated with traffickers in India, Malaysia, UAE'

Nodi Akter, one of the seven members of a transnational human trafficking racket whom police arrested last night, used to work as a coordinator with traffickers in India, Malaysia and UAE.
22 June 2021, 09:37 AM

Madrasa teacher detained for raping 8-year-old boy in Dhaka's Hazaribagh

Police detained a madrasa teacher on charge of raping an eight-year-old boy in Dhaka's Hazaribagh area last night.
22 June 2021, 04:57 AM

7 members of human trafficking racket arrested from Narail, Jashore: Police

Police today arrested seven people including a woman who they believe to be one of the kingpins of a transnational human trafficking racket.
21 June 2021, 17:25 PM

Former Hefajat leader Nasir arrested in Chattogram

Police today arrested former Hefajat-e-Islam leader Nasir Uddin Munir, who was the joint assistant secretary of the committee dissolved in April this year, in Chattogram over the mayhem surrounding the outfit’s protest of the Indian prime minister’s visit in late March.
21 June 2021, 13:58 PM

Misappropriation of Tk 3.77cr: 2 Dhaka Bank officials shown arrested

Two officials of Dhaka Bank’s Bangshal branch were shown arrested yesterday in a case filed against them over misappropriation of Tk 3.77 crore that went missing from the bank’s vault.
21 June 2021, 06:47 AM

Triple murder in Dhaka: Accused tells police mother forced her into ‘anti-social activities

Mehjabin Islam Moon killed her parents and sister in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area yesterday as she was forced into “anti-social activities”, police said today quoting her.
20 June 2021, 13:37 PM

Rab arrests 4 members of bitcoin trading group from Dhaka’s Darussalam

Rab claimed to have arrested four members of a group involved in the illegal bitcoin trade from Dhaka’s Darussalam area early today.
20 June 2021, 08:53 AM

Triple murder in Dhaka’s Kadamtali: elder daughter and her husband sued

A case was filed against a woman and her husband on charge of killing the former’s parents and sister in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area yesterday.
20 June 2021, 07:40 AM