DHAKA: A policeman along with his associate was caught in the act of allegedly robbing a businessman of a bagful of money in the capital’s Jatrabari area on Wednesday night, police said. Jatrabari police gave their identities as constable Sohel, 30, stationed at Rajarbag Police Lines,

DHAKA: Fighting a losing battle for life since he suffered fatal burn injuries when a car was torched on the night before the June 27 hartal, Faruque Hossain died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Thursday. His friend Sumon, 26, who also received burns in the car fire, is still in

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Dhaka: Three new officers were appointed in war crime tribunal investigation organization from police Wednesday night. The investigation organization now has a total of 8 appointed members.The newly appointed members are additional police super ( in charge) of Mirpur Police Staff College,

DHAKA:  Reckless driving took another life in the capital as a bus ran over a passerby in front of Shamarita Hospital close to Panthapath crossing on Wednesday midnight. The deceased was identified as Abul Hashem, 60, who came to the capital last Monday for job-hunt from village

DHAKA: A total of 73,329 people will be affected for the construction of the Padma Bridge, the longest of the bridges in Bangladesh, being built to connect country’s outlying southwest with the capital, according to a survey. “Of them, 4,000 people will be affected directly, losing

DHAKA: Top Jamaat leaders Matiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary-General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee were Wednesday remanded for 16 days each in five cases, a day after they were arrested in the wake of latest significant developments on the country’s

DHAKA: The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers staged a human-chain demonstration in front of the National Parliament House on Wednesday morning against the arrest of Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annee MP.Opposition Chief Whip Jainal Abedin Farrouk led the protest by 24 BNP

SATKHIRA: A court here on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a man and his two sons to life term imprisonment in a murder case.The Additional session Judge Court also fined the lifers Tk 10,000 each, in default, to serve three months more in jail.The lifers are Abdul Khaleq Gazi and his

DHAKA: BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed MP asked the government to stop what they call tyrannical treatment with the opponents or else his party would launch a mass movement against the rulers.“Stop repression on arrested BNP leaders, otherwise we will be forced to

DHAKA: Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the now-defunct daily Amar Desh newspaper, Wednesday secured bail in a defamation suit filed against him in a litany of cases he faces.Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Sahadat Hossain granted the bail.Morshedul Islam, younger brother of State

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Wednesday granted bail to general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu, who was held during the June 27 hartal hullabaloo.Metropolitan Magistrate SK Tofayel Hassan gave the bail order.A case was filed against him on charge of preventing

DHAKA: At least 30 activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were injured in a clash while 45 arrested from different parts of the country till Wednesday afternoon amid a backlash against the arrest of its three top leaders Tuesday.In a fight with law-enforces in Savar area Wednesday, 30

NARSINGDI: A terrible road mishap left at least 7 people dead and another 25 maimed as a bus rammed a smaller passenger vehicle on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila of the district, police and witnesses said.Among the deceased, two were identified as Sultan, 40, and Shahid,

DHAKA: Parliament Wednesday passed a Tk 132,170 crore national budget for the 2010-11 financial year, without the main opposition in the House as they remained on a prolonged boycott. The budget, a second crafted by the present government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, targets higher

RAJSHAHI: The three detained top Jamaat leaders, including party chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, were Wednesday shown arrested in the case of Chhatra League activist Faruque killing at Rajshahi University.Metropolitan Magistrate Amirul Islum granted the plea as investigating officer Sohel

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited critically injured Faruqe and Suman at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning, as the two lived on to bear the agonies of burns suffered in pre-hartal arson attacks.The two are undergoing treatment in the Burn and Plastic Surgery

FARIDPUR:   A suspected robber leader was killed in an encounter between the members of Rapid Action Battalion and his associates at Nazirpur in Bhanga upazila early Wednesday.The dead was identified as Emdadul Haque Emda, hailed from Rajoir upazila of Madaripur district. He was an

DHAKA: At least 30 people were injured, including four cops, as garment workers clashed with law-enforcers at Shewrapara in the capital Wednesday in a backlash against Tuesday’s rampage and shutdown of a factory, witnesses said. Meanwhile, the demonstrating workers claimed that one of

NATORE: Police arrested eight members of Jamaat-e-Islami in a drive in the district Wednesday. The arrested include former district secretary Abdul Awal and City unit’s chief Sadekur Rahman. Earlier on Tuesday, Jamaat top brass Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and