Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-08, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh have been given the status of minister. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the new status of the two mayors of Dhaka, said a handout on Monday. Besides, the Narayanganj City Corporation […]
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Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-08, A team of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU), a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police, arrested a fugitive death-row convict of war crimes from Dhaka’s Shah Ali area on Sunday. The arrestee is Md Nazrul Islam, 75, son of Nayon Ali Joardar of Noyaltola village in Khulna district. Mohammad Aslam Khan, superintendent of […]
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Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-07, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have detained three suspected drug peddlers and seized 1.90 lakh Yaba pills from the Jatrabari area of the capital, Rab said on Sunday. The detainees were Aminul Islam, 26, son of Abdur Rahim of Chattogram, Nurul Islam, 48, son of Syed Shahzada of Bandarban and Hedayet […]
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Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-04, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested six members of a fraud ring from Dhaka’s Mirpur as they swindled a large sum of money from job seekers with false promises. The accused are Md Masum Billah, 33, Khairul Alam Rocky, 20, Md Kamruzzaman, 22, Md Mahmudul Hasan, 32, Masud Rana, […]
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Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-04, Dhaka Metropolitan Police will monitor and take action against dissemination of hateful comments or propaganda on Tazia processions of the Shia community on social media during Holy Ashura. DMP commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said this at press briefing on the security measures taken regarding Tazia procession and observence of Holy Ashura […]
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