Police again arrest Jumon Das in DSA case

Police have once again arrested Jhumon Das in a new case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for inciting violence through sharing a Facebook post. Officer In-charge (OC) of Sunamganj's Shalla Police Station Aminul Islam confirmed the matter, saying that Jhumon was taken into custody on Tuesday morning. "After questioning

6 held for making spurious medicines in city

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has claimed to have arrested six people for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ayurvedic medicines in Dhaka. The arrestees have been identified as Md Wazed Islam Shanto, 20, and his associate Md Russell, 29, Md Hriday, 29, Md Mursalin Ahmed, 18, Md Sabuj Mia 18 and Nantu,

Hubby confesses to killing doctor at city hotel

The husband of the 28-year-old female doctor found dead in a Dhaka hotel room has confessed to killing her, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said on Friday. "During sustained interrogation, Rezaul Karim Reza told us that he took his wife, Dr Jannatul Nayeem Sritika, to the hotel on the pretext of celebrating

Arrest warrant issued against City Group chairman

A Chattogram court Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Fazlur Rahman, chair of City Group, in a case filed in 2019 by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI). Fourth Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Shariful Islam gave the order after framing charges in the case, Advocate Ashraf Khandaker, public prosecutor for the

Fugitive businessman PK Halder held in India

Fugitive Bangladeshi businessman and former NRB Global Bank Managing Director Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, along with five others, were detained in Ashoknagar of the Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday. India's economic intelligence agency Directorate of Enforcement (ED) carried out search operations at various residential buildings linked to

Misconduct during arrest: 6 Jamalpur cops closed

Six police officers were closed to Jamalpur Police Lines yesterday for alleged misconduct while arresting four accused from a hospital in Sarishabari of Jamalpur the day before. The closed officers of Sarishabari Police Station are sub-inspectors Saiful Islam, Momtaz Uddin, Altaf Hossain and Wazed Ali; and constables Mozammel Haque and Sathi

New market clash: 2 more shop employees arrested

Detectives yesterday arrested two more shop employees over last month's fierce clashes between Dhaka College students and shopkeepers of New Market that left two people dead and scores injured. The arrestees are: Kawsar and Babu Hossain. Both were employees of Capital Fast Food at New Market. They were held at Hazaribagh,

6 held for cheating people with fake govt jobs

Police arrested six members of a gang on Sunday for fraudulently taking money from people in the name of providing fake government jobs. The arrestees were identified as Md Shahrukh Islam, 29, Md A Kuddus, 34, Md Mainul Islam, 34, Md Billal Hossain, 41, Towkir Ahmed,26, and Md Kafil Uddin, 60. The

320 held for violating lockdown rules on 2nd day

320 people were arrested for violating restrictions in the capital on the second day of the week long strict lock down. In addition, 208 people were fined by the mobile courts, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media), Iftekhairul Islam. Besides, the traffic police fined 68 vehicles over Tk1.19 lakh for violation of the