Dhaka Division

4 Ansar-al-Islam members held in Dhaka

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has arrested four members of the banned militant outfit Ansar-al-Islam—also known as the Ansarullah Bangla Team—from the

Willes Little Flower student Risha killing: Lone accused Obaidul gets death sentence

Shawdesh desk: A court in Dhaka has awarded death sentence to lone accused Obaidul in the killing case of Risha, a student of Willes Little Flower School in the capital,

2 die drinking ‘excessive liquor’ in Tangail

wo people died and two others injured after drinking ‘excessive’ liquor while celebrating Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival for Bengali Hindu community Betdoba village of Kalihati upazila in Tangail

Hearing on bail plea against Samrat October 15

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday set October 15 to hold hearing on police plea to place former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat on total 20-day remand

Probe report in Ashkona militant den raid case Nov 24

Shawdesh Desk: A court on Wednesday set November 24 to submit the probe report in a case lodged under anti-terror act over law enforcing agency’s raid at a militant den

Fire breaks out at garbage bin near BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan

Shawdesh Desk: A fire broke out in a garbage dump near central office of BNP in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan area on Tuesday morning. The fire caused panic among the leaders of

Khaled Bhuiyan remanded again in two cases

Shawdesh Desk: Separate Dhaka courts on Monday placed former Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on total seven-day remand in two cases lodged under anti-money laundering and narcotics acts. Dhaka

Abrar dies of internal bleeding and excessive pain: Doctors

Shawdesh desk: Doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) said that Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), died of “internal bleeding and excessive