Police arrested a man along with 20 gold bars weighing over 2 kg from Rarirchar area of Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Friday. The estimated worth of the gold bars is 1.3 crore. The arrestee was identified as Mahmudul Haque, son of Abdus Sabur, hailing from sotobarkona village in Satkania upazila of Chattogram district. Read: 12 kg gold bars seized at Dhaka airport Police said being tipped off, a police team led by Noman Hossain, sub-inspector of Chandina Police Station conducted a drive in the Dhaka-bound bus from Chattogram and recovered the gold bars from his A case was filed in this connection, police said.

Law enforcement agencies have apprehended one of the 21 accused in the murder of local councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel. Sumon, the accused, was picked up by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the city's Kuchaitoli area on Tuesday night. He was later handed over to the police, said Faruk Ahmed, superintendent of Cumilla Police. "Sumon, whose name figures in the FIR (First Information Report) filed in the case, was detained by RAB during a raid. Efforts are on to nab the other accused," Faruk told reporters after visiting the slain councillor's house around noon on Wednesday. Read: Awami League activist shot dead in Bandarban The late councillor's family members, however, demanded immediate arrest of all the accused in the case. Sohel, Cumilla City Corporation (CCC) councillor of Ward-17, and one of his aides were shot dead while four others sustained injuries when gunmen opened fire at his office in the Pathuariapara area on Monday. Read: DU's 'Gha’ unit results out, pass rate 9.87% Based on his younger brother Syed Rumon's complaint, as many as 21 people, some 10 of them unidentified, were booked by the Kotwali police.

Police have arrested a man for attacking a journalist on the Dhaka city elections day from Buddhijibi Road in city’s Rayerbazar area on Wednesday night.

Police on Friday night arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the gang rape of a housewife on Wednesday night at Jadupur village in Sadar Upazila.