Dhaka: To an interrogation of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Bilkis Akter, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain’s wife, admitted to siphoning off money to United Kingdom. “She has admitted to having a joint account during our questioning,” said ACC Investigator Ahsan Ali. ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali made the disclosure on Tuesday to journalists after…
Jessore: Indian authorities returned 18 children to Bangladesh authorities at Jessore’s Benapole border on Monday after they had suffered three years of imprisonment without any trial. Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and immigration police handed over the children to Bangladeshi immigration police at the Benapole check post in the evening. The check post’s immigration officer Monir Hossain…
Khulna: A person named Dipankar Das tried to commit suicide after slaughtering his wife Anima (32) and son Sajib (7) at their house at Shalua village under Paikgachha upazila of the district early Tuesday. Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Paikgachha thana said, Dipankar tried to commit suicide after killing his wife and son. Police detained Dipankar…
Ghazipur: Police recovered a dead body from Gazipur on Monday morning. The identity of the deceased, 30, was not confirmed. The head of the body had been smashed by some blunt weapon, what might caused his death. The body was recovered from Member Bari area under Bhaoalgarh union of Gazipur Sadar upazila on Dhaka-Maymenshing highway…
Chittagong: One person was killed when three compartments of a Chittagong-bound passenger train were derailed in Mirsarai of the district Monday afternoon. Officer-in-charge of Mirsarai police station confirmed the matter. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Station manager of Chittagong Railway Station, said that three compartments of Karnafuli Express derailed in…
Chittagong: A tax evasion case by National Board of Revenue (NBR) against former Chittagong mayor and ruling AL leader ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury has been withdrawn by a Chittagong court. Divisional Special Judge Ataur Rahman issued the order on Monday. The recommendation came four years earlier from the Ministry of Home Affairs on the ground that…
Cox’s Bazar: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive on early Monday recovered four sacks-full gold ornaments weighing more than 27.765 kgs from a house in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district and arrested three people in this connection. BGB sector commander Cornel Farid Hasan confirmed the news. The arrestees were identified as…
Dhaka – Miscreants allegedly strangled an unidentified young woman, 20, at Gerua area near Jahangirnagar University at Savar upazila at the outskirts of the capital. The dead body was recovered by Ashulia thana police on Sunday noon. The locals informed Ashulia thana police when they saw the dead body of the woman by the side…
Habiganj – Three Bangladeshi nationals were hacked to death at Gournadi area in Khowai town of Teliamara district in north-eastern Indian state of Tripura, close to the border in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district early morning on Saturday. Amulya Kumar Chowdhury, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chunarughat thana, confirmed the report to newsnextbd.com. The deceased were identified…
Sirajganj – Two persons including a policeman were killed and five others injured as a prison van overturned on west side link road of Jamuna bridge at Mulibari Rail Crossing area Sirajganj Sadar upazila around 9:30am on Sunday. Witnesses said the prison van carrying two condemned convicts of a murder case from Kashimpur Jail to…
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