Miscreants set fire to a covered van at Chandpur Bazar Road in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur district on Wednesday morning, during the 48-hours road-rail-waterway blockade across the country enforced by BNP and like-minded parties. Miscreants set the covered van of ‘Pran Group’ on fire at 10:45 am and fled the scene,
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Woman held with Yaba pills in Manikganj
An operational team of Narcotics Control Department (DNC) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 2,002 pieces of Yaba pills from Harirampur upazila of Manikganj district on Wednesday. The arrested woman was identified as Monira Akter, 20, wife of Shamim Mia, a resident of Jhitka Maddhapara area under
Man held with 79-kg Cannabis
A police team arrested an alleged top-listed drug peddler with 79 kilograms of Cannabis from Nakelbaria area in the metropolis on Monday night. The arrested person is identified as Arman Hossain, 40, son of late Abdul Gafur of Ulurchar (Noapara) village under Sadar South Police Station in Comilla district. On a tip-off,
Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar
A 30-year-old Rohingya man was shot dead by miscreants at Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Imam Hossain, son of Manir Ullah, a resident of No 4 Ukhiya Rohingya camp. Shamim Hossain, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station, said a group of miscreants came to the
Bus set ablaze in Dhaka’s Gulistan
A bus was set on fire by miscreants in Dhaka’s Gulistan area on Monday. A Tanjil Paribahan was set ablaze in Gulistan’s Zero Point area, near the Awami League office, at around 2:23pm, said the Fire Service and Civil Defence media cell. Two firefighting units from Siddique Bazar Fire Station managed to
Illegal liquor recovered from Sri Lankan citizen’s flat
Man beaten to death in Ctg; 3 arrested
Police arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a man at his house on Abdullah Siddiqui Road at Riazuddinp Bazar of Chattogram city early Tuesday. Ctg Jubo Dal leader arrested over police constable’s killing on Oct 28 The deceased was identified as Suman Saha, 43. His body bore multiple injury
Member of online forgery gang arrested
The Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) of police has arrested one member of an online fraud clique from the city's Mohammadpur police station area last night. The arrested was identified as Rabiul Alam, 30, son of Joron Molla of Hazrapur village area under Magura Sadar police station of Magura district. Acting on a
3.48-kg cocaine seized from bus
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday recovered 3.485 kilograms (Kg) of contraband cocaine from a bus in Cox's Bazar. According to a media release singed by Lt. Col Mohammad Saiful Islam Chowdhury, commandant of the BGB-34 (Cox's Bazar), said a team of the border force conducted a drive in
Four arrested in Gazipur over police killing on Oct 28
Police arrested four BNP leaders and activists in a case filed over the killing of police constable Parvez during a clash between the party activists and law enforcers on October 28. The arrestees were MD Imram, 24, a member of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar thana BNP's Amtola unit, Babul Mia, 42; Monir Hossain,