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DNCC councillor Mizan held on firearms, money laundering charges.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests Habibur Rahman Mizan, a ward councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation, on possessing illegal firearms and laundering money charges.

AL man held for rape attempt to Dhaka schoolgirl

A ward-level Awami League (AL) leader is arrested for his alleged attempt to rape a 10th-grader in Sabujbagh area of Dhaka.

7 'traffickers' held

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday detained seven suspected traffickers on charges of illegally sending a Bangladeshi national to Libya and realising ransom from his family.

'Breakthrough' in priest killing

Five days into the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh, police yesterday claimed to have "completely cracked" the case and arrested three "key suspects".

6 suspected Huji men arrested

Police arrested six “members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji)”, including its “Kushtia regional commander”, in the capital's Kotwali area on Tuesday evening.

Man held in Ctg with stun gun, drone

Customs intelligence officials arrested a man with a drone and a stun gun at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong Tuesday morning.

Ramu Mayhem / Main accused held in Dhaka

Law enforcers yesterday detained the chairman of Bandarban's Naikkhangchhari upazila in connection with the 2012 arson attacks and vandalism at Buddhist temples in Ramu.

OC closed after Dinajpur temple blasts

Officer-in-charge of Kaharol Police Station has been closed to the office of Superintendent of Police in Dinajpur hours after the blasts at Kantaji temple that left 10 people injured.

Jamaat leader held in Sylhet

Police arrest Jamaat-e-Islami district (South) unit general secretary Maulana Lokman Ahmad on various charges from his house in South Surma upazila.

March 16, 2015
March 16, 2015

US tycoon murder suspect Durst says he 'killed them all'

US tycoon Robert Durst is arrested on a murder charge ahead of the finale of a TV show investigating the murder of Susan Berman

March 15, 2015
March 15, 2015

Turkey sends teenagers back to UK after Syria attempt

Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey have been flown back to the UK and arrested, Scotland Yard has said.

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