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

Restaurant owner held over Old Dhaka fire

Police have arrested the owner of 'Barishal Hotel and Restaurant' in connection with the deadly fire incident that left 6 people dead in Kamalbag area of Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar on Monday. Rajiv Kumar Sarkar, sub-inspector (SI) of Chawkbazar Model Police Station, said Mohammad Fakhruddin was arrested from Keraniganj early Tuesday.  All the

Fugitive JMB member held in Narsingdi

A team of Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police, has arrested a fugitive member of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Madhabdhi upazila in Narsingdi. The arrestee was identified as Md Afzal Hossain alias Limon, 38, of Gazipur. Limon was the head of the Dawah wing of

Fugitive death-row war criminal held in city

A team of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police, arrested a fugitive death-row convict of war crimes from Dhaka's Shah Ali area on Sunday.The arrestee is Md Nazrul Islam, 75, son of Nayon Ali Joardar of Noyaltola village in Khulna district. Mohammad Aslam Khan, superintendent of police

Fugitive for 12 years arrested in Habiganj

Police on Monday arrested a man who had been a fugitive from justice for 12 years in Habiganj. Shahab Uddin, 45, of Tetaiya area of Habiganj, was sentenced to one year in prison for attacking a neighbour in 2010. Mominul Islam, sub-inspector at Habiganj Sadar Model Police Station, said law enforcers were