Dhaka
Moderate quake jolts country
A moderate earthquake jolted different parts of the country including Dhaka.
28 June 2015
BCL leader held for instigating fellow female leader’s suicide
Police arrest Bangladesh Chhatra League president of Government Bangla College, Mirpur in Dhaka for instigating suicide of a female BCL leader.
27 June 2015
28 hilly mynas seized, 1 held
Twenty eight hilly mynas seized and a man detained on charge of supplying birds in Tongi Bazar area, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
27 June 2015
Journo remanded for ‘torturing’ wife
Police arrest the news editor of a private television channel in Dhaka on charges of torturing his journalist wife and demanding dowry, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.
27 June 2015
3.6kg gold seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seize 31 gold bars weighing 3.6kg from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this afternoon.
26 June 2015
Nayek Razzak sent to BGB HQ
Border Guard Bangladesh Nayek Abdur Razzak who was brought back Thursday from Myanmar’s captivity is being taken to Dhaka.
26 June 2015
Boy killed in Lalbagh bomb blast
A minor boy is killed and his elder sister injured as a bomb explodes inside their house at Lalbagh, the old part of Dhaka.
25 June 2015
2 members of 'new militant outfit' held in Dhaka
Detectives claim to have arrested two members of a new militant outfit with firearms in Dhaka.
25 June 2015
Eviction drive only to show DMP boss
Hawkers, who block the DMCH emergency gate with their stalls, are evicted when VIPs go there as if the authorities are more worried about how they look before the VIPs
24 June 2015
MP’s son Rony on 4-day remand
A Dhaka court allows detectives to take Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling party lawmaker Pinu Khan, on a four-day remand in a case filed in connection with the shooting and killing of two people on April 14.
24 June 2015
41 Bangladeshi trafficking victims return from Thailand today
Forty one Bangladeshi trafficking victims will return home from Thailand today. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying them will land at Dhaka airport at 7:30pm.
24 June 2015
17 Cobras seized, smuggler jailed for 1yr
A mobile court seizes 17 Cobras in Keraniganj upazila of Dhaka and sentences a man to one year’s imprisonment for his attempt to smuggle those. The convict was also fined Tk 50,000, in default of which he will have to serve 2 months in jail.
23 June 2015
Arrest warrant issued against Alal
A Dhaka court issues an arrest warrant against Jubo Dal President Moazzem Hossain Alal in a case filed for hurling crude bombs in front of the chief justice’s resident five years ago.
23 June 2015
bKash agent shot, Tk 3 lakh looted
Muggers looted Tk 3 lakh from a bKash agent after shooting him in Tejgaon Industrial area of Dhaka in the wee hours today.
23 June 2015
4 ‘traffickers’ held in Dhaka
Criminal Investigation Department claims to have detained four human traffickers from a travel agency office in Motijheel area of Dhaka. Around 1,000 passports seized from them.
23 June 2015
Hearing on Fakhrul’s bail on June 25
The Supreme Court fixes June 25 for hearing the government petitions against the High Court orders of bail to detained BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three cases.
22 June 2015
Team India fan Sudhir Gautam attacked in Dhaka: Report
Team India and Sachin Tendulkar fan Sudhir Gautam has claimed that he was attacked by Bangladesh fans in Dhaka.
22 June 2015
6.80 lakh Yaba seized in Feni, 2 held
Rapid Action Battalion detain two people including an official of Special Branch of police and seize around 6.80 lakh Yaba tablets from his car in Feni Sadar upazila.
21 June 2015
India's pride on the line as Bangladesh eye historic series win
There used to be a time in the mid-2000s when Bangladesh starting off well meant complacency, but the current team has shown more consistency.
20 June 2015
College student 'raped' in Dhaka
A college student was allegedly raped in the city and police have arrested two men in this connection.
20 June 2015