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Woman, son found dead at Jashore home
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Bangladeshi youth killed in BSF firing
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If not on his watch, then on whose?

Slain Teknaf municipality councillor Ekramul Haque’s widow yesterday said people like outgoing IGP Benazir Ahmed would never express remorse over her husband’s death in a “gunfight with Rab” as it would “prove they killed him extrajudicially and they won’t be able to skirt liability”.
30 September 2022

Not abducted, she went into hiding

Rahima Begum was not abducted; she willingly went into hiding, said Police Bureau of Investigation yesterday.
30 September 2022

9 sued under DSA for making comments on Ctg MP

Nine persons were sued under Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly making "derogatory" comments against the member of parliament of Chittagong-15 constituency (Satkania-Lohagara) Abu Reza Mohammad Nezamuddin Nadvi and his wife Rizia Chowdhury on Facebook.
29 September 2022

They confessed, yet not charged

A Dhaka court has found flaws in the charge sheet submitted by the Department of Narcotics Control in a case filed over the recovery of around 39,000 yaba pills from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in 2020.
29 September 2022

Ex-BCL leader in jail for ‘hurting religious sentiment’

A local court yesterday sent a former Munshiganj Chhatra League leader to jail in a case over hurting people’s religious sentiment through a Facebook post.
29 September 2022

Ansar al Islam: It’s helping men to flee abroad to collect funds

To collect funds, increase organisational strength, and avoid arrest, Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit Ansar Al Islam is now sending its permanent members abroad.
29 September 2022

Son-in-law of Bangabandhu’s killer jailed for 7 years

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced the son-in-law of Sultan Shahriar Rashid, an executed killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for his derogatory remarks about the father of the nation and for glorifying his killers on Facebook. 
29 September 2022

AC transferred for assaulting staffers with shoes

Amit Dutta, assistant commissioner (land) of Tangail’s Bhuapur upazila, was on Wednesday transferred for beating two office employees with shoes. 
29 September 2022

British national found dead in Uttara hotel

Police recovered the body of a British national from a hotel in Dhaka’s Uttara area yesterday morning.
29 September 2022

One gang, 500 burglaries

The first step of the operation: recce flats and apartments in different areas. Once the lights are turned off, the real action begins.
29 September 2022

3 ‘robbers killed in gunfight between gangs’

Law enforcers early yesterday recovered three bodies from Ghasiar Char area of Noakhali’s Hatiya after what coast guards said was a “gunfight” between two groups of robbers.
29 September 2022

Ex-BCL leader sent to jail for “hurting religious sentiment” in Munshiganj 

A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Munshiganj was sent to jail today (September 29, 2022) in a case filed by another BCL leader for hurting “religious sentiment” through a Facebook post.
29 September 2022

Man held in Sylhet over Facebook post on PM, handed over to police

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Sylhet today (September 29, 2022) for a Facebook status on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her birthday yesterday.
29 September 2022

DMP chief fears militant attacks during Durga Puja

There is a risk of militant attack as well as online propaganda exploiting religious sentiments during Durga puja, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said today (September 29, 2022).
29 September 2022

SSC question paper leak: Headmaster placed on 3-day remand in Kurigram

A local court today (September 29, 2022) placed Lutfar Rahman, headmaster of Nehal Uddin Pilot Girls' High School on a three-day remand in connection with question paper leak of SSC exams in Kurigram’s Bhurungamari upazila.
29 September 2022

Derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu: Shahriar Rashid’s son-in-law gets 7 years’ jail 

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced the son-in-law of Shahriar Rashid Khan, an executed killer of Bangabandhu, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for his derogatory remarks about the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and for glorifying his killers on Facebook.
29 September 2022

Local JP leader’s ankle severed during attack in Pirojpur, 1 held

A local Jatiya Party leader’s left ankle was severed in an attack by a rival group in Pirojpur this morning (September 29, 2022).
29 September 2022

One arrested for beating dog to death in Narsingdi: Rab

Members of Rapid Action Battalion-11 have arrested a man last night for allegedly killing a dog in Narsingdi Sadar upazila.
29 September 2022

What IGP Benazir said about councillor Akramul murder

Outgoing Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed today (September 29, 2022) said the killing of Teknaf municipality councillor Akramul Haque did not take place to his "personal capacity", rather by the on-duty field-level officers.
29 September 2022

“Missing” Rahima went into hiding willingly: PBI

Rahima Begum, the mother of Moriom Mannan, who was rescued after remaining missing for nearly a month, had not been abducted. She had gone into hiding willingly, said Police Bureau of Investigation.
29 September 2022