report in The Daily Star, Dec 26, 2023Two members of the Criminal Investigation Department along with an accomplice were arrested on Sunday on charges of abducting a man from his residence in Dhaka and withdrawing over Tk 5 lakh from his bank account on October 8. The arrestees are: sub-inspector Rezaul Karim, 39, constable Abu Saied, 32, and Sharif Hossain, 26. A team of detectives arrested them from different areas in a case filed by…
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report in Dhaka Tribune,Dec 14, 2023The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested a top leader of the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was arrested from Bashundhara residential area by the City Intelligence Analysis Division of the CTTC. The arrestee was identified as Imtiaz Selim alias Imadul Amin. He is one of the current leaders of the banned militant outfit. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s from…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 9, 2023In the streets of the capital’s Agargaon area near Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation building, a daily spectacle unfolds each evening. A group of eight to nine teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, are seen racing around on bikes. Most of these teens are from lower-income families, with some still pursuing education while others have long abandoned their studies. Their high-speed biking antics, which sometimes include lifting the front wheel, coupled…
Report in Prothom Alo, Nov 17, 2023Amid widespread speculations about the departure of United States ambassador Peter Haas from Dhaka, the foreign ministry said they are aware of the envoy’s location but will not disclose it. Seheli Sabrin, spokesperson for the ministry, made the statement in a weekly press briefing at the ministry on Thursday. “The government is aware of where US ambassador Peter Haas has gone. However, his location will not be disclosed,” she…
report in Prothom ALo, Nov 12, 2023On the first day of the fourth round of the blockade enforced by the BNP and the like-minded parties, at least five incidents of torching buses were reported across the country. Three buses were set ablaze in the capital city of Dhaka on Sunday. A bus was set on fire in the early morning in Sutrapur, while another incident took place in Mirpur on Sunday afternoon. The third bus…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 02, 2023Awami League and its affiliate organisations were more prominent on Dhaka streets yesterday, the second day of the three-day nationwide blockade called by BNP, its allies, and Jamaat-e-Islami. Leaders and activists of the ruling party took positions at different spots around the capital, held brief rallies, and brought out processions wielding bamboo sticks. The AL activists were seen taking possession at places, including AL central office on Bangabandhu…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 31, 2023Two officials of Royal Canadian Mounted Police yesterday narrated before a Dhaka court how some people, including a former Bangladeshi minister received bribes from Niko, a Canadian Oil and Gas Exploration Company, to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to the company. The witnesses were earlier summoned, asking them to appear before it yesterday in connection with the Niko graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today. Mirpur police detained more than 100 BNP men from a building in Shenpara last night, said local sources. Imran, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, said the raid was going on as of 11:00pm. Over 200 people arrested in the capital on Thursday were sent…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Tension is running high as arch rivals BNP and Awami League are all set to show their strength within two kilometres of each other in Dhaka today. Both parties got permits with conditions for their rallies from Dhaka Metropolitan Police last night. There was a sense of unease across the capital yesterday with city dwellers apprehending that the rallies would spark violence and further complicate the ongoing political…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 19, 2023The Awami League has tasked two of its presidium members, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, with coordinating its Dhaka South and North units as the ruling party plans continuous programs in the run-up to the upcoming election. Mirza Azam, organizing secretary of the Awami League’s Dhaka divisional unit, confirmed the assignment of the two leaders to media on Wednesday and said: “Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya will…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 16, 2023US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit today. Her visit will feature prominently the national elections and Rohingya crisis, according to diplomatic sources. She may hold meetings with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and then visit the Rohingya camp during her visit on October…