police

Killing of lawman linked to recent murders: Home minister

Hinting that the murder of a policeman in Ashulia is linked to the recent of killing and attacks, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has asked lawmen to be more cautious.
4 November 2015, 07:08 AM

Attacked, police car falls into Brahmanbaria ditch

Five policemen are injured when their pick-up van plunged into a ditch after attacked by criminals in Brahmanbaria.
4 November 2015, 07:02 AM

Cop killed in attack on patrol team in Ashulia

Police constable stabbed dead after unknown assailants attack a patrol team of Ashulia industrial police at the outskirts of Dhaka. One other policeman injured in the attack.
4 November 2015, 04:29 AM

Rickshaw puller stabbed to death in Dhaka

A rickshaw puller was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in the capital’s Adabor area early today.
2 November 2015, 08:46 AM

Indian hanged girls: Court rejects probe ruling out rape

An Indian court has rejected a federal police report which had ruled that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree in India last year took their own lives and were not gang-raped and murdered.
29 October 2015, 08:54 AM

Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson

A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.
29 October 2015, 06:19 AM

Delhi 'beef raid' on Kerala government canteen causes outrage

The canteen of a Delhi guesthouse belonging to the southern Indian state of Kerala was visited by police after a right-wing Hindu group complained it had beef on its menu.
27 October 2015, 07:28 AM

Sabotage fear: Security beefed up at Dhaka airport

Security has been beefed up at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following tip-off on subversive activities provided by detectives, the airport director says. The alert came after the killings of two foreign nationals and a blasts during Shia Muslim community's Ashura programme.
26 October 2015, 07:28 AM

‘Robber gang leader’ killed in Rajbari ‘gunfight’

An alleged gang leader of a local robber group has been killed in what police described as gunfight in Goalondo Ghat upazila of Rajbari.
26 October 2015, 06:29 AM

Hossaini Dalan blasts: Case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act

Police file a case under Anti-Terrorism Act in connection with the blasts at Hossaini Dalan in old part of Dhaka that left one killed and at least 87 injured.
25 October 2015, 08:16 AM

Ex-BNP MP, Savar poura mayor on 10-day remand

A Dhaka court places former BNP lawmaker Dewan Mohammad Salauddin and Municipality Mayor Mohammad Refat Ullah each on a 10-day remand in two cases filed for keeping firearms and explosives illegally.
25 October 2015, 04:54 AM

Take legal action against SUV driver, HC tells cops

The High Court orders police to take legal actions against an underage driver, Fareez Rahman, in two weeks for hitting two rickshaws with an SUV in Gulshan, leaving four persons injured.
20 October 2015, 09:20 AM

SUVs and Rickshaws

The key facts of the case I analyse here are as follows: An underage driver crashed into two rickshaws. He was caught red-handed. Police officers who responded to the incident have given statements confirming that the perpetrator was drunk, that he did not hold a driver's licence.
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian girls aged two and five 'gang-raped' in New Delhi: Police

Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight.
17 October 2015, 08:02 AM

13 dead, 10 injured in road accident in Andhra Pradesh

Thirteen people, including three children, were killed on Saturday and ten others injured when a mini-truck carrying a marriage party collided with a bus at Andhra Pradesh.
17 October 2015, 07:13 AM

5 ‘JMB men’ held over pastor murder attempt

Five alleged members of banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Pabna chief have been arrested over the murder attempt on Pastor Luke Sarkar. They said to have confessed plotting to stir up instability in the country.
12 October 2015, 06:20 AM

Night guard shot in Dhaka, another killed in Natore

A night guard shot in Dhaka’s Mirpur and another killed in Natore Sadar during separate incidents of robbery attempts, police say.
8 October 2015, 06:35 AM

Cop found dead in Pabna

An assistant sub-inspector of Pakshi police camp found dead at a field near Pakshey Paper Mill in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.
5 October 2015, 04:56 AM

Cops to boost security for diplomats, foreigners

Police will strengthen security at workplaces and residences of foreign diplomats and nationals in Bangladesh.
3 October 2015, 13:33 PM

Cops nab 16 medical test protesters

Police allegedly arrest 16 agitators demanding retake of admission test for entry into medical colleges on the 12th day of their agitation.
30 September 2015, 09:21 AM