Police-investigation

Four passengers were killed and two others injured after a pickup van overturned in Rangamati. The accident occurred around 6:00 am Sunday in front of the Manikchhari Army Camp in Sadar upazila. The deceased were Meghrani Chakma, Shantana Chakma, Shobha Chakma and Shanti Ranjan Chakma. Locals said a pickup van was traveling from Rangamati town toward Kutukchhari Market. When it reached the Manikchhari area, the vehicle overturned. Three people died at the scene. Among the injured, pickup...

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...

Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb onto the road beneath the metro rail station at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel, the capital. Another unexploded bomb was recovered from the scene. The petrol bomb was thrown on Friday night. However, no casualties were immediately reported. Meanwhile, police and members of the Bomb Disposal Unit arrived at the scene. They are collecting evidence and working at the site.Eyewitnesses said, “A loud explosion was suddenly heard on the road beneath the metro statio...

An excavator was used to partially demolish the house of Mizanur Rahman Lavlu Kazi, president of the Madhabkhali Union Awami League and chairman of the union parishad, in Mirzaganj of Patuakhali. Miscreants later looted belongings from the house before setting it on fire. The incident took place around 12:30 am Friday beside Kathaltali Bazar in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali. The owner of the house, Mizanur Rahman Lavlu Kazi, is the president of the Madhabkhali Union Awami League in the...

The door of a residential hotel room was locked from the inside. The lifeless body of a young man was hanging from the ceiling fan, while the body of a young woman lay motionless on the bed. Seeing the scene, everyone initially believed that the young man had committed suicide after killing the woman over a romantic dispute. After nearly 10 months of investigation, local police also reached the same conclusion. However, some silent clues at the crime scene seemed to tell a different story...