Law enforcers or law breakers?

When law keepers are the ones breaking the law, the general people might be encouraged to do the same.
20 October 2015, 11:35 AM

BCL infighting over committee formation leaves 10 hurt

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League over formation of Kashinathpur union unit committee of BCL in Santhia upazila of the district yesterday.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Plot was there to create a situation in Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says there was a plot to tarnish Bangladesh’s image through creating a situation in the country with the "foreigner" killings.
14 October 2015, 11:34 AM

Teesta, Dharla continue to devour homesteads, cropland

Over 2500 people of Hatibandha and Lalmonirhat Sadar upazilas, hit by Teesta and Dharla erosion, have been living under the open sky
12 October 2015, 18:00 PM

2 Hoshi murder suspects held in Rajshahi

Law enforcers pick up two suspects -- Nahid and Shahriar -- in killing of Japanese national Hoshi Kunio from Rajshahi city.
9 October 2015, 12:52 PM

Mojaheed hopes 'justice' in verdict review: Family

Condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed hopes that he will get "justice" after he seeks review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his death penalty.
9 October 2015, 07:06 AM

Mother burns kid to death, attempts immolation

A housewife burnt her baby to death and attempted the same on herself yesterday, allegedly failing to bear with the torture inflicted by
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM

No clue yet to Pabna ASI killing

Police have not yet found any clue to the killing of ASI Sujaul Islam of Pakshey Police Camp, even three days after the incident.
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Alleged killer of ex-army man held in Patuakhali

Police arrested an alleged killer of a former army man at his house at Kumbhokhali village in Baufal upazila of the district early Monday.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Youth found dead

Police recovered the body of a youth from his house at Baropukuria village in Kahaloo upazila of the district yesterday morning. The
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM

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

Cricketer Shahadat lands in jail after surrender

Suspended national team cricketer Shahadat Hossain surrenders before a Dhaka court and seeks bail in a case filed for torturing an 11-year-old domestic help.
5 October 2015, 05:25 AM

3 babies dead in shady Dhaka hospital

Authorities have sealed a shady private hospital in Dhaka’s Lalmatia after three newborns died allegedly from negligence.
3 October 2015, 11:34 AM

10 handed over to BGB

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday handed over seven children, two women and a man, who were arrested on charge of entering
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Fishermen swoop on mobile court, police patrol team

A mobile court led by Baufal upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) came under attack by fishermen, who were fishing hilsa in the Kalaiya River, defying a temporary ban on Friday night, reports our Patuakhali correspondent.
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Undertrial prisoner dies

An undertrial prisoner of Mymensingh Jail died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH, yesterday. He was identified as
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

2 kids meet tragic death

Two siblings met tragic death as their father allegedly threw them into a pond at Suhila village in Sadar upazila early yesterday.
29 September 2015, 18:00 PM

34 more fishermen jailed for defying hilsa netting ban

Mobiles courts here yesterday sentenced 34 more fishermen to one year's imprisonment each for catching hilsa in the Meghna River,
29 September 2015, 18:00 PM

President, PM condole death of Hajj pilgrims

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina send messages to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia expressing deep sorrow and shock at the loss of lives in a stampede at Mina during Hajj.
24 September 2015, 14:08 PM

Good yield, fair prices make sugarcane farmers happy

Good yield of sugarcane makes farmers in the district happy as the cash crop is selling for good prices during the peak harvesting period.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM