Police-arrest

Intern doctors at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College (SZMC) Hospital in Bogura have withdrawn their work stoppage after nearly 48 hours over four demands. SZMC Hospital Deputy Director Munzir E Morshed confirmed the matter Thursday afternoon. The intern doctors announced the work stoppage following a clash with relatives of a patient late Tuesday night. As part of the work stoppage, they closed the outpatient department ticket counter at around 9:45 am Thursday. This caused suffering f...

Bidisha Ershad, second wife of former president and late Jatiya Party founding chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad, has been arrested by police. She was arrested from her residence in Gulshan in the capital at around 20:30 on Tuesday. Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Daud Hossain confirmed that Bidisha was arrested in a fraud case. The OC said there was an arrest warrant against her issued by the court. Earlier in May, a court sentenced Bidisha to two years in prison in the fraud case. She...

Police have arrested Hasibur Rahman, a friend of model and actress Ridhika Ridhi, in a case filed over allegedly abetting her suicide. Officer in Charge (OC) Mazharul Islam of Bhatara Police Station confirmed the matter Sunday morning. He said Ridhika’s mother filed a case Saturday accusing someone of abetting suicide. Hasibur Rahman was named as an accused in the case. He was arrested from the scene when he arrived to see Ridhika on the day of the incident. He was later sent to court. T...

Police have arrested Monir Hossain, son of the president of a BNP ward unit, in connection with a fire at a BNP ward office in Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj. He was sent to court on Wednesday afternoon. Locals said the BNP office in the Chandherchar Leku Market area of Ward No. 2 under Baluchar Union was set on fire on the night of July 17. Furniture and other important items at the office were damaged in the incident. The incident caused a stir in the area. Five days after the incident, on Jul...