10 fishermen arrested for violating Hilsha ban in Chandpur

A mobile court, in a drive, arrested 10 fishermen, seized fishing boat and nets during last 24-hour from various areas of the river of Padma-Meghna sanctuary area of the district for defying the government’s ongoing two-month ban on all kinds of fishing including catching of jatka (hilsa fish). Later, the mobile

BNP leader Altaf Hossain shown arrested in 3 more cases

A Dhaka Court on Sunday shown arrested former home minister and BNP Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury in three other separate cases. The cases have been filed with Ramna Police Station. After ending hearing on arrest and bail petitions, Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Shohag shown him

5 teen gang operators arrested in Dhaka

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five people who operates teen gangs from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Friday. The arrestees were identified as Zulfiker Ali, 37,a ringleader of the operator of teen gang of Jamalpur, Harun-or Rashid, 38 of Mymensingh, Shamsuddin Bepari, 48 of Bhola, Krishna Chandra Das, 28 of

2 more arrested over rape on JU campus

Two more suspects were arrested in connection with the rape of a woman after holding her husband captive on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on February 3. They are Mamunur Rashid alias Mamun, the main plotter of the incident,  and Md. Murad. Tipped off, RAB-4 conducted drives in the capital’s Farmgate and

Train attendant arrested on charge of rape girl inside train

Railway police arrested a train attendant from Lalmonirhat-bound inter city train Lalmoni Express on charge of raping a 15-year-old girl on Wednesday. The police have filed a case with Lalmonirhat Railway Police Station in the incident. The victim has been sent to hospital for medical test. The victim's home is in Mymensingh. The

Driver of SUV arrested for killing 3 in Khilkhet

Police arrested the driver of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) that crashed into a passenger shed under the Khilkhet foot over bridge in the capital on Wednesday night, killing three people, including a child. Enamul Haque Khandaker, inspector (investigation) of Khilkhet Police Station, said that a team of police arrested driver

BNP-men arrested for railway sabotage name Tuku as mastermind

Two persons arrested on charges of uprooting the railway tracks at Sreepur in Gazipur on December 13 have said that the sabotage was plotted by Jubo Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku. Additional Police Commissioner of DMP's Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC), M Asaduzzaman revealed the information in a press conference organized

6 militants of banned outfit Ansar Al Islam arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested six members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Narayanganj's Rupganj on Sunday . The arrestees are Abdur Razzak alias Ishak alias Saiba, 41, Shariful Islam alias Murad, 31, Rahman alias Usaiman, 27, Muhammad Zakaria alias Abar, 24, Al Amin alias Robin alias