Crime
Mother ‘throws’ 52-day-old daughter into pond
A 52-day-old girl died on Friday as her mother reportedly threw her into a pond of Gopinathpur village in Mithapakur upazila allegedly after her husband and his family members were unhappy over her giving birth to the third girl in a row.
Woman ‘raped’ by dairyman in Cumilla
A woman was allegedly raped by a dairyman at Jaimangalpur village of Chouddagram upazila in Cumilla on Saturday.
Chinese prosecutors fight crime amid virus outbreak
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Tuesday published 10 typical cases involving crimes that harm prevention and control efforts against the novel coronavirus outbreak.
5 members of ‘Ansar Al Islam’ held in city
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested five suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from the city’s Sabujbagh area on Sunday night.
Journos submit memo to Home Minister for stopping motivated case filing
Leaders of a faction of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Sunday submitted a memorandum to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal demanding a stop to filing of motivated cases against journalists as well as attacks during the course of conducting their nprofession activities.
Eight held over ‘gang-rape’ in Narayanganj, Bhola
Eight people were arrested in Narayanganj and Bhola districts on Sunday for their alleged involvement in separate incidents of gang-rape.
Satkhira teen tortured for plucking betel leaves
A Class-VIII boy has brutally been tortured at Sakhipur village in Debhata upazila for plucking some betel leaves from a garden.
4 more arrested in connection with attack on journo Sumon
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four alleged miscreants from Mohammadpur area on Friday night over attacking journalist Sumon on the day of Dhaka City Corporations elections.
Youth held for spreading PM’s distorted image
Police arrested a young man from Pashchim Gomdondi Charkhijirpur village in Boalkhali upazila on Friday night for distorting image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and uploading it on social media.
2 held with huge note and guide books in Satkhira
Police arrested two book traders and seized five trucks of note books and guide books from Munzitpur library para area in the district town on Wednesday night.