crime

2 arrested for Facebook status on hajj

Two people arrested from Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila over allegedly posting Facebook status demeaning hajj.
26 September 2015

Gunmen kidnap tourists, local woman in Philippines

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman have been kidnapped from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines, the military has said.
22 September 2015

5 lakh yaba seized in Narayanganj, 5 held

Law enforcers claim arrest of 5 including a “leading” yaba trader and seize over 5 lakh contraband tablets from them in Narayanganj.
21 September 2015

Schoolgirl killed, house looted in Narayanganj

Miscreants loot valuables from a house in Jamtola area of Narayanganj Sadar after strangulating a schoolgirl to death.
17 September 2015

10 dead in Pakistan bus stop blast

At least 10 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a bus terminal in the Pakistani city of Multan, officials say.
14 September 2015

'Mugger' killed in Dhaka cop firing

An alleged mugger is killed in police firing while fleeing after snatching money from a pedestrian in Tikatuli of Dhaka.
6 September 2015

Argentine man 'kept wife and son locked up for years'

Police in Argentina have charged a man they say kept his wife and adult son locked up in a cell for several years with unlawful imprisonment.
6 September 2015

'BCL men' attack Sust teachers’ demo

Bangladesh Chhatra League attack a teachers’ demonstration demanding vice-chancellor’s resignation at Shahjalal University in Sylhet.
30 August 2015

DB takes over Niloy murder probe

DB takes over charge of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy’s murder probe from police, three days after the killing.
10 August 2015

Habiganj college boy murdered in campus

A fresher college student is murdered in broad daylight inside his campus in Habiganj.
8 August 2015

Opinion: Niloy murder shows the hole again

The government’s image as a secular, progressive and anti-militant political force has been greatly damaged by such killings and the government should look at itself in the mirror to see if this is the image it is happy with.
8 August 2015

The vicious circle of crime and punishment

Crime likens to math in the sense that some problems take longer time to solve, while many also remain hopelessly unresolved.
30 July 2015

Rony charged with murder of 2 in Dhaka

Police file charges only against ruling party lawmaker’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony over gunning down two people in New Eskaton of Dhaka.
21 July 2015

Cases filed over Ctg landslide, wall collapse

Police file case and arrest two people in connection to the landslide that killed three children in Chittagong city.
20 July 2015

‘Mastermind’, 5 others held over HSC question leak

Detectives claim detention of a mastermind and five others over HSC question leak, answer paper tempering and online cheating.
16 July 2015

Brutal!

A thirteen-year-old boy is beaten to death for his alleged involvement in theft in Sylhet's Kumargaon.
12 July 2015

2 held with Tk 25 lakh fake notes in Dhaka

In continuation of the fake money haul in Dhaka ahead of Eid, Rab seizes Tk 25 lakh in fake notes and claimed arrest of a syndicate ringleader.
10 July 2015

6 held over killing, snatching in Dhaka

Detectives have arrested six persons allegedly involved in separate incidents of killing and snatching in Dhaka.
1 July 2015

3 held in Dhaka over cocaine haul

Customs Intelligence arrest three people in Dhaka for their alleged link with the cocaine consignment seized at Chittagong port.
30 June 2015

3 ‘Hizb-ut Tahrir militants’ held in Ctg

Three alleged militants of the banned outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir arrested from Chittagong city's Muradpur. An English medium school teacher and a lawyer are among them.
29 June 2015