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65-yr-old man held over rape of four-year-old girl
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Two detained over Khulna double murder
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65-year-old man held over rape of 4-year-old in Jhenaidah
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Man killed in mob beating over 'cattle theft' in Jhenaidah
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Two detained in connection with Khulna double murder
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9 held over Islami Jubo Andolan leader’s killing
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46 held for forest crimes in western Sundarbans in two months
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Missing Gazipur schoolboy rescued
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Mother dies of shock after son hacked to death
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Banasree siblings killed, doctors suspect
Two siblings - aged six and 14, whose death last night after taking food from a Chinese restaurant in Dhaka’s Banasree sparked mystery, were killed, doctors primarily suspect after autopsy.
1 March 2016
War crimes: 2 Moulvibazar ‘Razakars’ held
Two war crimes accused from Moulvibazar are arrested hours after International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest warrant for three alleged Razakars, who were involved in crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
1 March 2016
Prime suspect of Comilla minors’ killing held
The prime suspect in a case filed over killing of two children in Comilla has been arrested from Dhaka.
1 March 2016
Fire breaks out at Meher tower
Fire broke out in a ceramic and electric ware office on the eighth floor of a 15-storey building, Meher tower, in CR Dutta road near Hatirpool last night.
29 February 2016
Now death penalty for mutiny in Coast Guard
The House last night passed a bill titled "Bangladesh Coast Guard-2016," introducing a provision for capital punishment for any mutiny in the force.
29 February 2016
Accused Shahed on fresh remand
A Habiganj court yesterday granted three-day fresh remand for an accused in the case for killing four school kids at Sundrateki village in
29 February 2016
Teacher suspended on sexual harassment charge
The headmaster of Udakhali Government Primary School in Fulchhari upazila of the district has been suspended on charge of sexually
29 February 2016
Man to die for killing wife for dowry in Bogra
A Bogra court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing wife for dowry in Shibganj upazila of the district in 1997.
29 February 2016
Red Crescent launches natural disaster mitigation campaign
Aiming to enhance community resilience in times of natural disasters by 2025, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) yesterday launched a global campaign.
29 February 2016
Verdict date deferred
A Chittagong court yesterday deferred the date to pronounce the verdict in Himel murder case.
29 February 2016
Tourism teachers go on foreign tour enmasse
Sixteen out of nineteen teachers of Tourism and Hospitality Management of Dhaka University under the business faculty have gone to Indonesia and Singapore for a nine-day academic tour on Monday, while the other three have not gone due to their personal problems. The teachers are supposed to return on March 10.
29 February 2016
SC extends stay on Shakila Farjana's bail
The Supreme Court yesterday extended the stay on bail of lawyer Shakila Farjana, accused of funding militancy, until March 20.
29 February 2016
Free parking spaces in one month or face action
The mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday called upon the building owners for freeing all the basement car park spaces of any illegal occupancy within the next one month.
29 February 2016
High Court to hear challenge against state religion on March 27
Petitioners' lawyer Jaglul Haider Afric told The Daily Star that the HC passed the order saying it would hear opinions from fewer amici curiae on this matter.
29 February 2016
Two die in Narayanganj falling into fuel tank
Two employees of a filling station in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj died after they fell into a tank of furnace oil yesterday.
29 February 2016
Foreign minister leaves for India
Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali yesterday left for India for a two-day visit to address a dialogue in New Delhi.
29 February 2016
Dhaka dwellers must give personal, tenant info by Mar 15
Dhaka Metropolitan Police asks landlords and tenants in Dhaka to submit their identity information to respective police stations by March 15 to help create a citizen database.
29 February 2016
Kibria murder: Court orders to attach assets of those absconding
A special tribunal in Habiganj today orders to attach the assets of the accused on the run, including Harris Chowdhury, in connection with the SAMS Kibria murder case.
29 February 2016
Judiciary comment: SC cautions Fakhrul
The Supreme Court cautions BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for his comment on judiciary. The judiciary is an organ of the state, not the organ of the government, the SC tells him.
29 February 2016
8 int'l traffickers arrested in Dhaka: Rab
Law enforcers today claimed arrest of eight women traffickers from Dhaka.
29 February 2016