14 SAD activists held for ‘looting, vandalism’ in city

Joint forces yesterday detained 14 leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) of Kalabagan unit, including its convener Salauddin Salman, for attacking and looting the office of a construction firm in the capital’s Kalabagan area.
7 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Decomposed body of Jubo League leader recovered in Sirajganj

The victim is Yusuf Ali Swapan, 40, of Bir Shuvgacha village of the upazila. He was the joint general secretary of the Shuvgacha Union Jubo League
7 March 2025, 16:44 PM

Protest held in Gazipur over death threat to journo

The victim is Md Mojahid, multimedia correspondent of Daily Nayadiganta and a resident of Gazipur's Sreepur
7 March 2025, 16:39 PM

Man sent to jail over gang rape of physically challenged woman

A man was sent to jail today in a case filed over gang rape of a physically challenged and speech impaired woman in Cumilla
7 March 2025, 15:05 PM

8-yr-old ‘raped’ while visiting sister’s house

Police have detained the child’s brother-in-law and his father for interrogation in connection with the incident
7 March 2025, 12:09 PM

2 friends killed as oil tanker hits motorcycle in Narayanganj

The accident took place around 10:00pm yesterday in Modonpur area, said police.
7 March 2025, 08:10 AM

DU students wearing niqab, hijab to be identified during exams by female staff

This decision was made following a meeting of the deans' committee
7 March 2025, 06:55 AM

3 Hizb ut-Tahrir members arrested from Uttara

Police arrested three members of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Dhaka’s Uttara early today.
7 March 2025, 05:14 AM

Nine youths killed thru ‘militant drama’

The International Crimes Tribunal’s (ICT) prosecution yesterday said it has found primary evidence suggesting that nine youths were killed in Kallyanpur in 2016 after being falsely portrayed as militants.
6 March 2025, 18:03 PM

4-yr-old boy killed by stepbrother

A four-year-old boy was strangled to death allegedly by his stepbrother at Enuya village in Thakurgaon's Pirganj upazila yesterday afternoon.
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM

DU incident: Man accused of harassment granted bail

Mostafa Asif Arnob, a 25-year-old bookbinder at the DU library, who was arrested for harassing a female student in public, was released on bail yesterday, hours after being taken into custody.
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Graft case: SC acquits Tarique, Mamun in graft case

The Supreme Court yesterday acquitted BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his close aide Gias Uddin Al Mamun from a money laundering case, in which they were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the High Court.
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Action if Hizb ut-Tahrir holds programmes

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday said any activities with the banner of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir are punishable under the anti-terrorism laws.
6 March 2025, 18:00 PM

33 brokers jailed for defrauding, harassing patients at DMCH

The joint forces in a special drive detained around 50 brokers today for their alleged involvement in defrauding and harassing patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), eventually jailing 33
6 March 2025, 16:11 PM

Ctg businessman's murder in January was over extortion: police

The businessman who was shot dead on his way to the mosque in Raozan upazila of Chattogram on January 24 was murdered over extortion money, police claimed today after arresting two persons with firearms.
6 March 2025, 15:02 PM

10 injured as BNP-JCD activists clash in Narayanganj

The clash broke out at the Adamjee area, escalating into multiple confrontations with gunshots fired
6 March 2025, 15:01 PM

427 held in joint drives between Feb 27 and March 5

Several divisions of the Bangladesh Army in coordination with other law enforcement agencies, have conducted multiple nationwide drives between February 27 and March 5 to maintain law and order
6 March 2025, 14:41 PM

Court orders ACC to confiscate 6 houses, 8 flats of former EXIM Bank chair

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to confiscate six houses and eight flats, situated at Dhaka and Purbachal owned by former chairman of EXIM Bank Nazrul Islam Mazumder in connection to a case filed over illegally acquiring wealth worth over Tk 781.31 crore
6 March 2025, 14:09 PM

Tk 297 crore embezzlement: Travel ban against ex-BB governor Atiur, 22 others

In the application, the IO said the case is now at the primary stage of investigation
6 March 2025, 13:49 PM

Court issues travel ban on former Rajshahi mayor Khairuzzaman Liton, family

ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.
6 March 2025, 13:21 PM