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

Mitu murder: Another prime accused arrested in Chattogram

A day after former Chattogram police superintendent  Babul Akter was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of his wife, RAB on Thursday claimed to have apprehended another prime accused in the case. RAB sleuths nabbed Saidul Islam Shikder from the Ranirhat Bazar area of Rangunia upazila in Chattogram late on Wednesday night,