Chittagong
Train derails in Moulvibazar, Sylhet rail link cut
A cargo train breaks down and derailed at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar snapping rail link between Dhaka and Sylhet completely.
22 July 2016
Sedition case: HC rejects Aslam’s bail plea
A High Court bench rejects the bail petition of detained BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case filed against him.
18 July 2016
Resist terrorism, militancy: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the people to be united in resisting terrorism and militancy to establish peace and security in the public life.
13 July 2016
4 ABT militants detained in Ctg: Cops
Law enforcers claim to have detained four members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from different places of Chittagong.
11 July 2016
SP Babul not under scanner: Home minister
The government has not placed Superintendent of Police Babul Akter, whose wife was killed last month in Chittagong, under scanner, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said in relevance to quizzing of the police official.
28 June 2016
Babul picked up to facilitate quizzing of suspects: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says SP Babul Akter was taken to DB office for facilitating the interrogation of the suspects arrested in connection with the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.
27 June 2016
Ctg trader jailed for compelling retailers to buy oil with sugar
A mobile court in Chittagong sends a trader to jail for one month on charge of forcing the retailers to buy its mustard oil with sugar.
27 June 2016
SC stays Nur’s bail order over Ctg cocaine haul case
The Supreme Court stays a High Court order that granted bail to Nur Mohammad, chairman of Khan Jahan Ali Ltd, in the case filed over the liquid cocaine that was seized from a container carrying sun-flower oil at Chittagong port in May last year.
20 June 2016
BPL to start in Chittagong
In a historic first for the country's professional football league, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will get underway outside the capital.
16 June 2016
Assault on polls officer: Ctg MP gets bail
Chittagong-based lawmaker from the ruling Awami League Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury secures bail after he surrendered before a court in a case filed over assaulting an election official.
16 June 2016
Vote rigging: Convicted BCL leader gets bail
The High Court today grants bail to a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) who was jailed for two years for carrying an illegal firearm and vote rigging during Union Parishad election in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong.
13 June 2016
48 'militants' among 2,000 new arrestees held across Bangladesh
Police arrested 48 more suspected militants on the third day of their countrywide clampdown yesterday, taking the total number of captured “militants” to 85 since the special drive began following Sunday's murder of a top police official's wife by suspected militants in Chittagong.
12 June 2016
SP’s wife killing: 2 suspects remanded
A Chittagong court places two suspects, arrested in connection with the murder of SP Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, on seven-day remand.
12 June 2016
Body of unidentified man recovered in Ctg
Police recover body of an unidentified man, aged about 28, from Ambagan area in Chittagong.
11 June 2016
Man with knives held at Ctg demo for cop wife
A youth is held with knives from a demonstration in Chittagong arranged for the militancy-fighting slain police official’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.
The organisers catch Md Ibrahim, 20, around 4:00pm for his suspicious movement, our local correspondent reports.
10 June 2016
Lone arrestee's family alleges frame-up
Family members of Abu Nosor Gunnu, arrested in connection with the killing of SP Babul Akhter's wife, yesterday claimed that he was framed for the murder because of his rivalry with another woman over a shrine in Hathazari.
9 June 2016
Ex-Shibir man held in Ctg
Detectives in Chittagong yesterday seized a black microbus and detained its driver in connection with Sunday's killing of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of Superintendent of Police Babul Akter.
8 June 2016
‘Ex-Shibir man’ held over SP’s wife killing
Police claim that they detained a former activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir for his alleged link with the murder of the wife of Superintendent of Police Babul Akter in Chittagong.
8 June 2016
No mercy for killers of SP's wife
Terming the murder of a police official's wife in Chittagong a cowardly act, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to bring the perpetrators of the killing to justice.
7 June 2016
Luxury car bought ‘dodging tax’ seized in Ctg
Customs Intelligence seizes a luxury car worth Tk 3 crore, which was allegedly brought into the country by dodging tax, from Nasirabad area in Chittagong.
7 June 2016