robbery

Kidnapped child rescued after 16 hours

The eight-month-old daughter of a home ministry employee, who was abducted during a robbery in their home in the capital’s Lalbagh, was rescued by Rab 16 hours after being kidnapped on Friday morning.

Robbers stab 82-year-old to death at Dhaka home

Deceased AKM Abdur Rashid, 82, was a physician, and an expatriate who lived in the United Kingdom

Teen gangs, top criminals behind mugging surge

Teen gang members and top-listed criminals were behind the rise of mugging, theft, and robbery incidents in the capital’s Mohammadpur.

Muggers rule Mohammadpur alleyways

Fearing a rise in mugging incidents, Billal Hossain, owner of a mobile repair shop near Nabinagar Housing of the capital’s Mohammadpur, has resorted to closing his shop and returning home immediately after dusk.

6 held over robbery posing as security forces in Mohammadpur

Law enforcers arrested six people linked to a group of miscreants who, while posing as security personnel, allegedly robbed Tk 75 lakh and 70 bhoris of gold ornaments from an apartment of a building in Mohammadpur early today

Ten arrested over attempted robbery in Gulshan

At least 10 people were detained after attempting to rob a building in Gulshan-2 early yesterday.

Armed criminals rob Sonali Bank in Ruma

Bank manager abducted, weapons of cops taken

When law enforcers become criminals

Such sinister and premeditated actions raise grave concerns about whether our law enforcers are scrupulous enough to serve citizens.

Robbery, rape on bus in Tangail: One arrested

Police arrested an alleged member of a robbery gang which raped a woman and took away passengers’ valuables after taking control of a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Wednesday.

April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019

They prefer Sunday for robbery

Motin alias Moitta Dakat, the ringleader of a 50-member gang, had been conducting robbery for the past 20 years. He and his men broke into at least 100 households and looted many people at gunpoint during the time.

March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019

Huji now raising funds through robbery: DB

Banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) had been engaged in fund collection through robbery to reorganise itself and free a death row inmate either by ambushing a prison van or attacking a jail, police said.

January 31, 2019
January 31, 2019

Mob beats two 'robbers' to death in Gazipur

Two men were killed by a mob after allegedly being caught red-handed while committing robbery at Kaliganj in Gazipur yesterday.

September 8, 2016
September 8, 2016

US swimmer Ryan Lochte banned 10 months

US swimmer Ryan Lochte is slapped with a 10-month suspension following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Olympics.

August 26, 2016
August 26, 2016

US swimmer Ryan Lochte charged over false robbery claim

The Brazilian authorities have charged US swimming star Ryan Lochte with making a false statement about being robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics.

June 12, 2016
June 12, 2016

One more killed in 'gunfight'

One man was killed and two others injured during “gunfights” with police in Narail, Jessore and Satkhira districts early yesterday.

May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016

2 foreigners arrested for 'robbery'

Police yesterday arrested two Iranian citizens on charges of robbery at a filling station in Faridpur.

April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016

2 suspects of Ctg jewellery shop robbery killed in ‘gunfight’

Two alleged robbers, who were involved in a jewellery shop robbery in February, are killed in a "gunfight" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong.

April 4, 2016
April 4, 2016

Freedom fighter killed by ‘robbers’ in Gazipur

Armed robbers have allegedly broken into the house of a freedom fighter and shot him dead in Gazipur city.

March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016

4 'robbers' killed by mob in Hatiya

Four suspected robbers are beaten to death and another two critically injured by a mob at Noakhali's Hatiya late last night.