Crime
‘Drug trader’ injured in Lalmonirhat gunfight
Lalmonirhat, Aug 30 (UNB) – A suspected drug trader sustained bullet injuries in a reported gunfight with police in Aynarpul area of Aditmari upazila early Thursday.
Pabna female journalist murder: Ex-father-in-law remanded
Pabna, Aug 30 (UNB) – A court here on Thursday granted a three-day remand to ex-father-in-law of female journalist Subarna Akther who was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants on Tuesday.
ACC completes quizzing 32 Petrobangla officials
Dhaka, Aug 30 (UNB) - Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday interrogated eight more officials of Petrobangla in connection of the mysterious disappearance of a huge stack of coal from Barapukurua Coal Mine.
Hizb-ut-Tahrir man held in Chattogram
Chattogram, Aug 30 (UNB) - Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a member of banned Islamic outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Kazir Dewri area in the port city on Thursday afternoon.
RMG workers’ barricade halts traffic movement in city
Dhaka, Aug 30 (UNB) - Readymade garment workers put barricade on the main road in the city’s Abdullahpur area halting vehicular movement for around two and half hours on both sides of House Building to Abdullahpur on Thursday.
MP Rana cross-examined over his brother’s murder
Tangail, Aug 30 (UNB) – MP from Tangail-3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was cross-examined partially in a court here on Thursday in a case filed over the murder of his elder brother and Awami League leader Aminur Rahman Khan Bappy.
Housewife tortured to death in Shariatpur
Shariatpur, Aug 30 (UNB) – A housewife was tortured to death allegedly by her in-laws at Charmalagao village in Damudya upazila. on Thursday morning.
Female journalist hacked to death in Pabna
Pabna, Aug 28 (UNB) – A female journalist was hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants in front of her home at Radhanagar Majumdarparha in the district town on Tuesday night.
Man gets life term for rape in Tangail
Tangail, Aug 29 (UNB) – A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a woman in 2010.
The convict Abdul Jalil, son of Idris Ali of Ghatail upazila, was tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, Jalil built physical relation with her promising to marry her on January 1, 2010. When the woman became pregnant, he refused to marry her.
Later, the victim filed a case with Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal.
Meanwhile, the woman gave birth to a baby girl.
After examining records and witnesses, Judge Khaleda Yeasmin handed down the verdict and asked the convict to bear all the expenses of the girl.
Case filed over murder of 2 brothers in Chattogram
Chattogram, Aug 29 (UNB) – A case has been filed against 54 people in connection with the murder of two brothers in an attack reportedly by their rivals in Sitakunda upazila.
The deceased’s brother Selim Uddin filed the case with Sitakunda Police Station on Tuesday night accusing 34 identified and 20 unidentified people, said Iftekhar Hasan, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Saiful Islam, publicity and publication secretary of upazila unit Jubo League, was among the accused.
Earlier on Monday, Awami League activist Ramjan Ali Khokon and his younger brother Sijol Ali was hacked to death by some unidentified criminals in Choto Daroga Hat area of Sitakundu upazila.
Later, they were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the two duos succumbed to their injuries in the night.