Crime
Four pirates held with arms in Barguna
Barguna, Sep 1 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained four members of two pirate gangs from different areas of Patharghata, near the Sundarbans on Friday.
The detainees were identified as Rumi Sheikh, 28, son of Gaffar Sheikh and member of Sattar Bahini, and three members of Zakir Bahini--Emadul Akand, 27, son of Yunus Akand, Imran Khan, 28, son of Bablu Khan and Hasmot Ali, 37, son of Abu Hasan Sardar.
The elite force also recovered two locally made arms, 10 round bullets, a gun, four cartridges from their procession.
Four cases were filed with Patharghata Police Station in this regard, said its officer-in-charge Molla Md Khabir Ahmed.
Helper held for 'killing youth by pushing off bus' in Ctg
Chattogram, Sep 1 (UNB) - Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Saturday arrested the helper of a bus for allegedly pushing a young man to death from the moving bus following an altercation in City Gate area of the port city on August 27.
Acting on a tip-off, the law enforcers arrested Md Manik Sarkar, 32, from his house in Ramgati upazila in Laxmipur district, said PBI Additional Superintendent Md Moin Uddin.
According to the confession of the detainee, police were conducting raids to arrest the bus driver, he said.
Earlier on August 17, Rezaul Karim Rony, 35, had an altercation with the helper of the bus which runs from New Market to Bhatiari in the port city.
At one stage, the helper pushed Rony out of the bus around 3:30 pm, leaving him dead on the spot.
Following it, victim’s uncle filed a case with Akbar Shah Police Station.
‘Brothers-in-law’ kill Sylhet housewife for rice cake
Sylhet, Sept 1 (UNB) - A young housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her brothers-in-law for rice cake at Sunampur village in Balaganj upazila on Friday night.
Gang of 6 caught with 40,000 Yaba
Dhaka, Sept 1 (UNB)- Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained six people who were caught in possession of 40,000 contraband yaba pills from inside a microbus in the city’s Golapbag area on Saturday afternoon.
Kidnapped boy rescued in city, one held
Kushtia, Sep 1 (UNB) – Police rescued an eight-year-old boy, who was abducted from Kumarkhali upazila on August 17, from the capital’s Shyampur area on Friday night.
DMP’s daylong drive: Almost 3000 cases filed, Tk 1.5 million in fines
Dhaka, Sept 1 (UNB) – Traffic Department under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 2921 cases and collected fines amounting to Tk 15.46 lakh (over 1.5 million) during the daylong drive against traffic rules violators in the capital on Friday.
Kidnapped boy rescued in city, one held
Kushtia, Sep 1 (UNB) – Police rescued an eight-year-old boy, who was abducted from Kumarkhali upazila on August 17, from the capital’s Shyampur area on Friday night.
Man ‘set on fire’, succumbed to his injuries at DMCH
Narayanganj, Sep 1 (UNB) – A man who was allegedly put on fire by some drug traders over a drug-related dispute in Fatullah, succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday.
Malaysia detains 500 ‘illegal’ migrants including Bangladeshis
Dhaka, Sep 01 (UNB) – The Immigration Department of Malaysia on Saturday detained at least 500 undocumented migrants, including Bangladeshis, during a nationwide crackdown against ‘illegal’ immigrants.
Ring of brokers at Faridpur MCH busted
Faridpur, Aug 30 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested at least nine brokers including three women from Faridpur Medical College Hospital on Thursday morning.