Crime
British-Bangladeshi gets 30-yr for plot to kill PM May
London, Aug 31 (AP/UNB) — A Bangladesh origin UK man who plotted to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May received a prison sentence of at least 30 years Friday from a judge who called him "a very dangerous individual."
AL expat leader hacked dead in Sylhet
Sylhet, Sept 1 (UNB) – A leader of Kuwait unit of Awami League was hacked to death by miscreants at Zindabazar in the city on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as SM Abdul Ahad, 40, son of Haji Nur Miah of Munshibazar Karimpur Medeni Mahal in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district and organising secretary of Kuwait unit of Awami League.
FBI arrests 5 from New Mexico compound on firearms charges
Santa Fe, Sep 1 (AP/UNB) — The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the property.
3 ‘smugglers’ held in Benapole
Benapole, Sept 1 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three suspected smugglers along with Indian contraband goods at Navaran Bazar in Sharsha upazila on Friday night.
10 Chuadanga BNP men hurt in clash with police
Chuadanga, Sept 1 (UNB) – At least 10 BNP leaders and activists were injured in a clash with police in front of Kedarganj BNP office in the district town on Saturday morning.
Rape in bus: 1 held, hunt on to nab driver, supervisor
Tangail, Sept 1 (UNB) – An assistant of a bus driver has been arrested on charge of raping a disabled teenaged girl along with two of his accomplices in a moving bus near Ibrahimabad Rail Station at Bhuapur area of Tangail.
Indigenous woman raped in Chattogram
Chattogram, Sep 1 (UNB) – A woman of an ethnic minority community was allegedly raped in BRAC Karnafuli Tea Garden in Shetkua area of Kanchan Nagar in the district on Friday.
Mother ‘kills self’ after killing two children in Habiganj
Habiganj, Aug 31 (UNB) – A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan of her house after killing her seven-month-old boy and two-year-old daughter at Niznagar village in Madhabpur upazila on Friday night.
Death of infant Akifa: Killer bus seized
Kushtia, Sept 1 (UNB) - Police on Friday night seized the bus of 'Ganj-e-raj Paribahan' that hit infant Akifa and her mother at Chourhash intersection of Kushtia town on Tuesday.
‘Drug trader’ found dead in Chuadanga
Chuadanga, Sept 1 (UNB) - Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from a garden at Benipur village in the bordering area of Jibannagar upazila on Saturday.