Staff Reporter :The chargesheet into the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case in the city’s Gulshan diplomatic enclave is likely to be submitted by the year end with the completion of the extensive investigation. “We [police] so far have identified 20-22 persons for their direct involvement in the attack. Of them, 14 persons have been killed. We think, there might be a total of 30-35 persons, directly or indirectly linked with the attack,” Head of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTCU)...
Kazi Zahidul Hasan :The government has halted the release of Bangladesh Bank’s cyber heist probe report after request from the Philippines central bank and the US Fed.They made the request sending letters to the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank, officials said.“The government has decided to keep the report under wrap following request from the Philippines Central Bank and the New York Fed,” a senior Finance Ministry official told The New Nation on Saturday. He said they made the appeal...
The climate deal reached in Paris is “the best chance we have to save the one planet we have”, US...
Staff Reporter :Despite threat of falling into death traps, many Bangladeshi workers being allured of a better life by human traffickers are still adventuring to reach Malaysia through illegal routes. Even nine months after the news of mass graves broke out in Wang Kelian, Perlis, the illegal route leading to Malaysia via Thailand, still the elements are active in alluring the ill-fated fortune hunters from different poor countries, including Bangladesh. According to Malaysian-based newspaper The Star, some unfortunate victims have...
Muggers looted Tk 2.20 lakh after shooting a ‘bKash’ agent in the city’s Gulshan area on Saturday. Quoting Nazrul Islam,...
Although the sky over Bangladesh was not too clear due to clouds, many people of the country saw the record-breaking...
Md Joynal Abedin Khan :The much-talked ‘Blue Whale’ game already has triggered panic among countrymen, mainly teenagers, who are almost habituated to play game on smart phone sets.Many guardians also started to seize such luxurious phone sets from their children and beloved youngsters to save them from committing suicide influenced by the notorious game.The entire nation expressed confusion that how a youth commits suicide being motivated by a game. But they bound to believe after getting experience of such game-related...
Special Correspondent :Economists on Tuesday urged the government to announce a ‘comprehensive’ economic stimulus package to fight a downturn in the country that is currently locked down to contain the spread of coronavirus.They said the ongoing shutdown has already put businesses and industries on hold creating a big hole to the national economy as well as threatening livelihood of millions of workers, mostly of informal sector.“The immediate impact of the shutdown is loss of jobs. More than 10 million people...
A suspected criminal was killed in a so-called shootout with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the city’s Mohakhali area early Tuesday.Two RAB members were also injured in the incident, sources at the RAB headquarters claimed saying that one foreign made pistol, one magazine, two bullets and two sharp weapons were recovered from the spot. The deceased was identified as Bangkok Sumon.Sub-inspector Mostak Ahmed of Banani police station said an incident of shootout took place near IPH pond, on the western...
UNB, Gazipur :An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between his associates and police in Rajendrapur area of the city on Tuesday night.Identified as Manir Khan,35, a resident of Shalna Kathura area of the city, the deceased was said to be involved in politics of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, youth front of BNP. Police said tipped off that a gang of criminals, including Manir, was staying in the area for carrying out sabotage, a team of Detective Branch (DB)...
JEDDAH: Several Daesh terrorists have threatened to kill their families and loved ones in the Kingdom “if they do not repent,” according to a video that went viral on social networking sites on Sunday evening, report Arab News on Tuesday.The threat comes in the wake of a citizen, Saad Al-Anzi, killing his cousin, Madous Al-Anzi, on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, in an incident that shocked Saudi society.Saad was arrested two days after the crime was committed. The video...
Staff Reporter :The newborn girl Galiba Hayat, who cried out at the graveyard when her relatives were preparing to bury her after a doctor declared her dead in Faridpur on Thursday, was brought to capital Dhaka and admitted to Square Hospital for better treatment on Saturday. Earlier in the evening she (newborn girl) was brought to the capital Dhaka by a helicopter. Her father, grandfather, and a nurse also flew to Dhaka with her. The newborn Galiba Hayat is now...