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

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,

Extortion Case: 3 journalists held in Narail

Police on Friday arrested three individuals proclaiming themselves to be from Sadar upazila of Narail on charges of extortion.The arrestees are -Rafiqul Islam, son of Omar Ali of Bhwakhali area of Narail municipality while Topu Sardar and Monir Khan from Lohagara upazila.They were arrested in a case filed with Sadar

Fakhrul, Abbas sent to jail ahead of rally

A Dhaka court has ordered BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas to jail following their arrests on charges of inciting attacks on police and detonations of improvised explosives at Naya Paltan. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammed Jashim issued the order on Friday after dismissing the politicians' bail plea. Security at

Militant group Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya unearthed: 4 youths who joined new extremist outfit held

Four youths had left their homes to join new militant outfit 'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of RAB's legal and Media Wing has said. Some leaders and activists of some banned militant outfits including Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansar Al Islam and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) formed

17 BNP men arrested over attacks on police

At least 17 BNP leaders and activists were arrested from the capital's Mirpur area in a case filed over attacking the police and obstructing them from discharging government duties. They were arrested after conducting raids in various areas of Mirpur since Thursday, Sub-Inspector Sajib told The Business Standard Sunday. On 15 September,

BNP can no longer be suppressed by attacks, arrests: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned on Friday that the movement his party's activists have thrown themselves into can no longer be suppressed by attacks and arrests. "We want to make it very clear that the movement can never be suppressed by such terrorist attacks, by killing, arresting and

Schoolboy killed in Tejgaon, microbus driver arrested

Police today arrested a microbus driver allegedly responsible for the death of a student Monday  as the microbus hit him in the city's Tejgaon industrial area. Driver Ziaul Haque, 50, was arrested from Ashulia and the microbus was seized, deputy commissioner of DMP Tejgaon division HM Azimul Haque told. Md Ali Hossain,

Khulna woman missing for 18 days, 6 held

Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested six people in connection with the disappearance of a 55-year-old woman in Khulna on August 27.    Rahima Khatun went missing after she had stepped out to fetch water near her home in the Banikpara area of Doulatpara upazila in Khulna around 10pm on

Sebayat of Mirpur temple was shamed into commiting suicide

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested three people on charge of instigating a Sebayat of Mirpur No. 14 Central Temple of the capital to commit suicide from Gazipur and Dhaka city on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Dr. Biplab Bijoyi Haldar, Suman Saha and Badal Sarkar, who