Powerful syndicates are involved in lifting earth and sand illegally in Cox’s Bazar, generating no less than Tk 5 crore daily from this business.

Police arrested Majhira Union Parishad Chairman Md Nuruzzaman, also general secretary of Shajahanpur upazila unit Swechchhasebak League, and his eight associates over attacking police personnel on Saturday night.

An elderly woman died in a stampede during a zakat distribution programme in Rajbari Sadar upazila last morning.

A woman died after being stabbed by her neighbour over a trivial matter in Jamalpur’s Madarganj upazila yesterday.

The daughter of film director Sohanur Rahman Sohan was found dead in a hotel in Jatrabari, Dhaka, last night.

Police yesterday recovered the bodies of a man and his teenage son from their flat in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Rab last night arrested a leader of the Kuki-Chin National Front during its joint drive with police, Border Guard Bangladesh and the army

Police last night arrested two persons and recovered a huge quantity of fake stamps worth over Tk 2 crore which were supplied to several garment factories, public and private institutions

Swecchasebak League leader among 8 arrested

Police yesterday found the lifeless body of a 5-year-old in Bagerhat’s Mollahat upazila. The child’s hands, feet, and face were bound with polythene and surgical tape, leading authorities to suspect he was strangled after being raped.

A son stabbed his father to death in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram yesterday noon.

A probe committee has found no negligence in the treatment of Asma Khatun, who died at RMCH after a caesarian section at Islami Bank Medical College Hospital (IBMCH) in Rajshahi last month.

A local leader of Jasod Chhatra League was stabbed to death by criminals over previous political enmity in Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila on Friday night, said police.

Police arrested two members of a gang for pretending to be Rab personnel and abducting an MFS (mobile financial service) trader in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila early yesterday.

Armed criminals hacked a man to death while severing the hand of another in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a women from Gazipur Sadar’s Dargarchala area.

The police’s Detective Branch (DB) has arrested four syndicate members, including an outsourcing employee of the NID server, for embezzling Tk 30 crore from various banks by using counterfeit National Identity cards.

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday expressed hope that the crew of the hijacked Bangladeshi vessel MV Abdullah will be released soon as talks with their captors have progressed significantly.

Police arrested two members of a gang for pretending to be Rab personnel and abducting an MFS (mobile financial service) trader in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila early today

The incident took place around 11:30pm last night in Tutiakhali area under Badarkhali union