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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 10 people in connection with an attack on a house in the Shyamoli Housing area of Adabor in Dhaka. The DMP said two “terrorists” were shot during the operation. The DMP disclosed the information in a text message sent on Tuesday morning. Earlier, at around 6:30 am on Saturday, a group of around 20 people armed with machetes, cleavers and pistols attacked an eight-storey house in Shyamoli Housing in Adabor in an attempt to take control of the pro...

A teenager who got out of the private car that ran over a construction worker in Dhaka’s Baridhara has been arrested by police after he was initially released amid widespread discussion over the incident. The 16-year-old was arrested from his home in Gulshan this afternoon, Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Abu Zayed Md Nazmun Nur confirmed to Agamir Somoy on Wednesday evening. The private car ran onto the sidewalk in Baridhara on Tuesday and ran over construction worker Mehedi Has...

‘Where will I look for my son? In the jungle or in the water?’ Cumilla University teacher Nahida Nahid wrote the words on Facebook in despair after her son went missing. A search for him was underway at various locations. Many had hoped the child would return. After 20 hours, he was found in a jungle, but not alive. Nahida’s Facebook post began circulating on social media from Friday night and Saturday morning. After failing to find Apratim despite searching nearby areas, his father filed...

A 25-year-old unidentified youth was allegedly beaten to death by on duty Ansar members at the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) office in Tejgaon, Dhaka, on suspicion of theft. The incident took place at around 7:30 am Tuesday (September 8). The youth was taken to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital in an unconscious condition. Doctors declared him dead at around 3:30 pm. The deceased was wearing a black vest and black trousers. Mohammad Saiful Islam, an office assis...

A gang of thieves stole Tk 780,000 from a customer’s money bag kept in front of the cash counter at a Sonali Bank branch in Brahmanbaria. The incident took place Monday morning at Sonali Bank’s Brahmanbaria Corporate Branch. The incident has caused panic among ordinary customers. According to eyewitnesses and bank authorities, a customer went to the bank at around 11 am to deposit Tk 780,000. He left the bag of money in front of the cash counter and sat at a nearby table to fill out the...

After the ‘umbrella bomb’ found in Dhaka, a ‘pressure cooker’ bomb has now been found inside a bag left in front of a shop in Ashulia. A bomb disposal team from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) went to the scene and defused it. Although the bomb was found Thursday night, Ashulia Police Station Officer in Charge (OC) Tarikul Islam confirmed the incident at around 3 pm Friday. A case has also been filed under the Explosives Act at Ashulia Police Station. Police said a masked man came to...

Actress Tasnia Farin was shooting in front of the Zahir Raihan Auditorium at FDC. She took a short break in the middle of the shoot. Thinking that journalists were waiting, she decided to speak with them for a bit. Farin walked toward the journalists gathered near the shooting set, with a production...