ACC raids NCTB over alleged irregularities in textbook printing tender
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has conducted a drive at the office of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) over allegations of irregularities in the tender for printing free textbooks for the 2027 academic year and the leak of the…
Mechanic killed in AC compressor explosion in Nayapaltan
A mechanic named Jibon Barman, 25, has died in an AC compressor explosion in the capital’s Nayapaltan. The accident took place at a shop named ‘MI Engineering Plus’ in Nayapaltan at around 10:30am on Tuesday (6 October). The deceased…
Three sentenced to death for killing garment worker after mugging in Mirpur
A court has sentenced three accused to death in a case over the killing of a garment worker named Saimon after mugging him in the capital’s Mirpur. In the same case, a man named Sujan has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for buying…
414 arrested in a day in DMP drives, 59 cases filed
A total of 414 people have been arrested in the last 24 hours in the regular anti-narcotics and anti-crime drives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the capital. During this time, 59 cases were filed with various police stations. According to DMP…
Vandalism at Motijheel Islami Bank Hospital over patient’s death
An incident of vandalism has taken place at Islami Bank Hospital in the capital’s Motijheel over the death of a 13-year-old girl. Relatives allege that the girl, named Mahima, died because surgery was not performed in time even though she was…
4.5kg of gold strapped to body in a belt, Malaysian passenger held at Shahjalal
Dhaka Customs House has recovered 4.5 kilograms of gold from a Malaysian national who arrived on a Malaysia Airlines flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The estimated value of the recovered gold is about Tk 8 crore. The customs authorities…
427 arrested by DMP in capital in 24 hours
In the regular drives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the capital, 427 people have been arrested in the last 24 hours. During the same period, 54 cases were filed. This information was given in a press release of DMP’s Media and Public…
Father’s cry after losing only son: ‘Give me back my child’
Just a few days ago, father Mridul Islam had written about his pride in his only son Avan. In joy at his son moving up from play group to nursery, he had written on Facebook with a photo of the boy, ‘Life cannot be measured by results alone; the…
80 gold bars inside shoes, two cabin crew caught at Shahjalal
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) has recovered 80 gold bars hidden in a special manner inside the shoes of two airline crew members at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The total weight of the recovered gold is about…
Fugitive death-row convict in driver murder case arrested in Narayanganj
SRB-11 has arrested Monirul Islam Ranju alias ‘Gaal Pora Ranju’, a fugitive accused sentenced to death in the case over the murder of autorickshaw driver Md Jamal of Narayanganj Sadar Police Station. A team of SRB-11 arrested him in a drive…