Law and Order
‘No bar to lodge case on torturer cop now’
There is no legal bar now to file a case over the incident of police torture on a Bangladesh Bank official, says Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon.
27 January 2016, 08:19 AM
‘Robber’ killed, 5 hurt in Satkhira ‘gunfight’
Alleged robber killed and five others including two policemen injured in a “gunfight” in Tala upazila of Satkhira. Seven accomplices arrested.
14 December 2015, 06:35 AM
2 crude bombs recovered in Dhaka
Police recover two crude bombs from Shukrabad area of Dhaka.
2 December 2015, 05:01 AM
6 Shibir leaders held with crude bombs
Police arrest six leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, with 11 crude bombs at a students' mess in Dhaka’s Arambagh area.
28 November 2015, 05:09 AM
Hussaini Dalan blast: 5 JMB men remanded
A Dhaka court places five members of the militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a five-day remand over the bomb attack on Shia Muslim community headquarters, Hussaini Dalan, in Dhaka.
26 November 2015, 04:37 AM
Claim of IS presence ploy to taint Bangladesh's image: PM
PM Hasina says a vested quarter is cooking a plot behind the scene to taint Bangladesh’s image to create a situation like in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria by saying that there is the presence of Islamic State (IS) in the country.
8 November 2015, 05:56 AM
Panic grips people after cop murder: BNP
BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says the country’s law and order cannot be called “normal” when law enforcers are being killed by criminals.
4 November 2015, 14:32 PM
Analysis: Distasteful comments
Should we call them unthinking or distasteful or outcome of politics overpowering ethics, tastes and values? Yes, we are talking about what the politicians and ministers are saying about the recent attacks on publishers and freethinkers.
2 November 2015, 08:22 AM
Shooting boy: MP Liton denied bail
A Gaibandha court denies bail to ruling party lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a 10-year-old boy.
25 October 2015, 07:32 AM
No reason behind US’ security alert update: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says no situation has arisen in the country for which the US can update its security alert for its citizen here.
18 October 2015, 11:34 AM
2 drops of water don’t mean rainfall: Russian envoy
Voicing concern over the recent killing of two foreign nationals, Russian Ambassador in Dhaka Alexander A Nikolaev says two drops of water do not mean that it is raining as a peaceful environment is prevailing in Bangladesh.
13 October 2015, 15:54 PM
Diplomats seek additional security
In the wake of killing of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, diplomats in Dhaka seek additional security everywhere across the country.
6 October 2015, 09:50 AM
Japan 'outraged' by killing of its citizen in Bangladesh
Japan's top government spokesman expresses outrage over the killing of a Japanese citizen who became the second foreigner to be gunned down in Bangladesh in less than a week.
5 October 2015, 09:50 AM
Bodi indicted in graft case, trial begins Oct 6
Ruling Awami League’s Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi is indicted in a graft case over amassing illegal wealth.
8 September 2015, 06:31 AM
IGP justifies ‘gunfights’
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque justifies the recent “gunfights” saying law enforcers have the right to self-defence.
23 August 2015, 14:57 PM
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rajbari cops
An alleged robber has been killed in police custody in what cops say gunfight in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari district early today.
10 August 2015, 05:04 AM
Amu blames ‘violence perpetrators’ for blogger killings
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu dubs blogger killings “planned” and blamed the “perpetrators of violence” for the murders.
9 August 2015, 10:12 AM
3-day DC conference begins July 28
A three-day annual conference of the deputy commissioners of the districts begins July 28 in Dhaka with problems, prospects and challenges they face.
26 July 2015, 06:50 AM
Court orders further probe into Jihad’s death
Dhaka court orders further investigation into the death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into a deep well last year.
4 June 2015, 08:01 AM
HC clears way for meeting on CU VC panel
High Court clears way for holding a senate meeting of Chittagong University that will form a panel to elect a vice-chancellor for the institution.
31 May 2015, 10:18 AM