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113 tortoises rescued at Dhaka airport
Authorities has recovered 113 tortoises from two Indian nationals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
24 March 2015, 13:51 PM
Dhaka Taxes Bar Association leaders barred from meeting Khaleda
The newly elected president and general secretary of Dhaka Taxes Bar Association fail to meet BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as police intercepted them in front of her Gulshan office.
23 March 2015, 13:54 PM
15 police officers transferred
The government transferred 15 police officers to different positions in the latest reshuffle.
22 March 2015, 13:02 PM
The grammar of investigation
THE Law Commission Chairman Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque found himself in the limelight when at a discussion he said: “He (the police chief) should have resigned that very day (when Avijit was murdered)…..We don't have this culture in our country.”
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Rangpur arson attack accused held
Police arrest two people including a prime accused in a case regarding the Rangpur arson attack on a bus that left six people killed.
19 March 2015, 12:16 PM
2 killed in Swedish restaurant shooting
Several people are killed in restaurant shooting in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on Wednesday in what police say was likely to be gang-related shooting
19 March 2015, 04:07 AM
Minor’s body found in travel bag
Police recover the body of a minor boy stuffed in a travel bag at Banani in Dhaka.
16 March 2015, 13:28 PM
Abducted boy’s body found at Sylhet cop’s house
The body of a kidnapped boy is recovered from a police constable’s house in Sylhet city
15 March 2015, 12:27 PM
5 injured in Dhaka crude bomb blasts
At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 15:40 PM
BNP spokesman Salahuddin detained, claims wife
BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed has been picked up allegedly by law enforcers, claims his wife Hasina Ahmed.
11 March 2015, 14:52 PM
Khaleda to be held once court order reaches police: PM
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would be arrested and her Gulshan office searched once court orders reach police, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament
11 March 2015, 13:39 PM
Bullet-hit body recovered in Rajshahi, police say
Police say they have recovered bullet-hit body of a youth and also rescued two people with bullet wounds in Rajshahi city this morning
11 March 2015, 05:17 AM
Woman’s body recovered in Dhaka
Police today recovered the body of a woman in five pieces on Culvert road at Motijheel in Dhaka.
10 March 2015, 12:18 PM
3 JCD men held at Shahbagh
Police today picked up three leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, near Aziz Super Market at Shahbagh in Dhaka.
10 March 2015, 11:58 AM
Govt mulls ‘special unit to tackle hartal violence’
The government has plans to form a specialised unit of law enforcers to combat subversive activities during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
8 March 2015, 15:31 PM
11 held over Tk 90cr FDR frauds at Brac Bank
A gang of 11 men has been arrested from a Brac Bank branch in Gulshan in connection with Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) frauds worth Tk 90 crore
8 March 2015, 10:58 AM
12 BNP, Jamaat men held in Dhaka
Police detain at least 12 activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in 24-hour raids through Dhaka
6 March 2015, 06:27 AM
Police wants to modify torture prevention act!
IT is disquieting to see that police has proposed change to some important safeguard provisions of Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013. A prominent Bengali daily, Prothom Alo, has reported that the police authority has sent a proposal to Home Ministry to bring alterations in the definition, investigation process and punishment provisions stipulated in the Act.
5 March 2015, 18:00 PM
FBI likely to be in Dhaka this week: police
Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to come to Dhaka later this week to help with the investigations of murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, according to police
3 March 2015, 09:34 AM
US police shoot dead homeless man in Los Angeles
US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.
2 March 2015, 08:45 AM