crime

Siblings’ death: Court allows cops to carry out DNA, chemical tests

Rab is bringing the parents and an aunt of two minor siblings -- who, autopsy suggests, might have been murdered -- to Dhaka from Jamalpur. Meanwhile, no case has been filed yet over the incident. Police say they will lodge a case if the family doesn’t do so.
2 March 2016

Dhaka dwellers must give personal, tenant info by Mar 15

Dhaka Metropolitan Police asks landlords and tenants in Dhaka to submit their identity information to respective police stations by March 15 to help create a citizen database.
29 February 2016

‘Bangladeshi’ college shooter held in India

A man of alleged Bangladeshi origin has been held from Uttar Pradesh over the shooting outside Kolkata's Loreto College.
23 February 2016

3 JMB, Jamaat men held over Debiganj priest killing

Police have claimed detention of three people in connection with the Debiganj temple attack in Panchagarh where a Hindu priest was killed and a devotee shot yesterday. Two among them are said to be members of banned militant outfit JMB and the other a Jamaat-e-Islami activist.
22 February 2016

Foreigners in ATM fraud ring

Foreigners are believed to be involved in the skimming racket that stole money from ATMs in signs of new financial crimes that rattled both banks and customers.
15 February 2016

Biometric registration to stop crimes: Speaker

Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury says biometric registration of mobile subscriber identity modules (SIMs) will stop criminal activities using cell phones.
15 February 2016

Ban 50 dollar notes to tackle crime, ex-bank chief says

Central banks should stop issuing £50, $100 and €500 notes to tackle crime, according to a former bank boss.
8 February 2016

Ctg man shoots brother, nephew dead

Two people are shot dead during a clash over fishing in Satkania upazila of Chittagong.
6 February 2016

Return extra fees taken from SSC examinees: Minister

Education Minister Nahid orders schools to refund in 7 days extra money taken from SSC candidates. Stern action awaits defaulters, he warns.
3 February 2016

‘Sexual abuse by cop’: Court orders judicial inquiry

Dhaka court orders judicial inquiry into allegation of sexual abuse of a female university student by a sub-inspector of Adabor Police Station. Police authorities suspend him this morning and form a probe committee.
1 February 2016

Verdict on 2 Netrokona ‘Razakars’ tomorrow

A special tribunal will deliver its verdict on two alleged Razakars of Netrokona tomorrow over crimes committed against humanity during 1971. The two 'Razakars' are Obaidul Haque alias Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni.
1 February 2016

Sust teacher in hiding after car crash

Professor Dr Ariful Islam, head of the Mechanical Engineering department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), whose car in a crash killed two people near main gate of the university campus in Sylhet on Saturday, has gone into hiding along with his family.
24 January 2016

‘Drug peddler’ hurt in ‘gunfight’ with Joypurhat cops

An alleged drug peddler has been injured in a reported gunfight with police at Fiskar Haat in Joypurhat’s Panchbibi upazila.
21 January 2016

Another held in Narayanganj 5-murder case

Police have made a second arrest into the sensational 5-murder case of Narayanganj where assailants broke in and murdered five people including two children.
19 January 2016

Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries: Autopsy

Autopsy reports say the Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries.
17 January 2016

Govt seeks SC review

The government yesterday filed a review petition with the Supreme Court seeking death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee for the war crimes he committed during the Liberation War.
12 January 2016

3 killers of JSD leader Kazi Aref hanged

Three condemned killers of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader Kazi Aref Ahmed are executed at Jessore Central Jail 17 years into the killing. The killers are: Safayat Hossain Habib, Anwar Hossain, and Rasedul Islam Jhantu. All were top cadres of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Laltu).
7 January 2016

Autopsy verifies dead youth as bomber

As police sue two unknown assailants over the Bagmara Ahmadiyya mosque blast in Rajshahi, autopsy report confirms the dead youth as one of the attackers. None of the attackers have been identified yet and none held.
26 December 2015

2 Ctg cops held over gold snatching

Three persons including two policemen have been arrested over an incident of snatching gold from a trader in Chittagong city back in September 21.
15 December 2015

‘Robber’ killed, 5 hurt in Satkhira ‘gunfight’

Alleged robber killed and five others including two policemen injured in a “gunfight” in Tala upazila of Satkhira. Seven accomplices arrested.
14 December 2015