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Ex-Tokyo Olympics official held on alleged Games bid-rigging
In a statement, Tokyo prosecutors said they arrested Yasuo Mori, 55, a senior Tokyo 2020 organising committee official, for allegedly violating the anti-monopoly law.
Prophet remark row: BJP activist arrested for anti-Muslim comments
Police in northern India arrested a youth leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for posting anti-Muslim comments on social media after derogatory remarks by another party official about the Prophet Mohammad led to a diplomatic furore, officials said on Wednesday (June 8, 2022).
Man arrested from Dhaka over inciting content against Pahela Baishakh celebration
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested a man on charge of circulating inciting and extremist content against Pahela Baishakh celebration.
4 held over school boy murder in Gazipur
Four persons including the key accused in a case filed over killing of a school boy in Gazipur were arrested, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says.
4 held with pistol in Brahmanbaria
Four youths were arrested with a foreign made pistol from Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria today.
BNP candidate for Satkhira-4 arrested
BNP Candidate for Satkhira-4 (Shyamnagar and Kaliganj) constituency and Jamaat leader GM Nazrul Islam is arrested in connection with a case filed over plotting subversive acts.
Teenager held over raping girl in C’nawabganj
A 19-year-old is arrested from Chapainawabganj on charges of raping a schoolgirl in Naogaon.
Ex-Krishi Bank DGM held over loan scam
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests a former deputy general manager of Bangladesh Krishi Bank in connection with a case filed over misappropriation of Tk 49.26 crore.
2 ‘Neo-JMB militants’ held in Dhaka
Police claimed to have arrested two members of banned militant outfit “Neo-JMB” from Dhaka’s Khilkhet area.
JMB man held in Chapainawabganj
Police have arrested an active member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Nachol upazila in Chapainawabganj today.
Shibir man held with firearms in Ctg
Police arrest a Shibir activist with a pistol and 25 sharp weapons in Satkania upazila of Chittagong.
4 more detained over Bogra Shia mosque attack
Law enforcers, in an overnight drive, detain four more people for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s gun attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra that left one dead.
Hussaini Dalan blast: 5 JMB men remanded
A Dhaka court places five members of the militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a five-day remand over the bomb attack on Shia Muslim community headquarters, Hussaini Dalan, in Dhaka.
‘Murders inspired by void of justice’
Eminent writers, scholars and cultural activists have issued a joint statement voicing frustration over failure to bring the killers of writers and free thinkers to justice.
Attacks on publishers cowardly, act prompt: BNP
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.
Man held ‘for killing’ wife, stepson in Keraniganj
Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife and a nine-year-old stepson in Keraniganj at the outskirts of capital Dhaka.
Egypt's government resigns amid corruption probe
Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and his Cabinet resigns amid a corruption investigation that led to the arrest of the agriculture minister last week.
10 Jamaat men including Sylhet city ameer held
Ten leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami including its Sylhet city unit ameer are detained in the city.
Gonojagoron Mancha gives 7-day ultimatum to arrest Niloy’s killers
Leaders and activists of a faction of Gonojagoron Mancha give the government a seven-day ultimatum to arrest the killers of slain blogger and online activist Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy.