MD Shamsuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Begumganj Model Police Station, said the attacks were carried out by targeting the houses of Rakib’s relatives and other agitated residents suspected of being involved in the murder. He said the police acted quickly, controlled the situation and extinguished the fire with the help of local residents. Additional police and detective […]
This year, three journalists from print, online and electronic media categories received the award for their excellent journalism on the glorious liberation war of Bangladesh. Among them, The Daily Star correspondent Ahmed Ishtiaq won the award in the print and online category, while Jamuna Television senior correspondent Ahmed Raza and Ektor Television special correspondent Partha […]
Thursday’s incident, which police said is not believed to be terrorism-related, saw a man armed with a knife attack the victims outside the school, according to media and witnesses. Witnesses described how one man had been disarmed, and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said a suspect had been arrested. Superintendent Liam Geraghty later told the media […]
Women and children, including her elderly mother, were frightened by the explosion in the dark of night. They came to know from the local people that policemen were patrolling the area during the attack by masked men. Therefore they believe that the attack was carried out under police protection. Similarly, on Saturday night, the residence […]
In the letter, the VC has asked the committee to submit its report in the shortest possible time. The remaining members of the body are: Amanat Hall Provost Nirmal Kumar Saha and Assistant Proctor Hasan Mohammed Roman. On asking, Khairul Islam told Prothom Aalo that he has not received the letter yet. He will submit […]
A petition has been filed to book ten policemen, including Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner Mohd Haroon or Rashid, for vandalizing the BNP central office in Naya Paltan in the capital. BNP executive committee member Nazim Uddin appealed at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on Sunday. *more to follow…
The University of Chittagong (CU) suspended 18 students for varying terms following a series of incidents including clashes, vandalism and harassment of journalists on the university campus, UNB reports. University Proctor Rabiul Hasan Bhuiyan said on Wednesday that the CU authorities suspended him on Monday night after a virtual meeting of the university’s Board of […]