Desk Reports: OC withdrawn over clash in Hathazari The officer-in-charge (OC) of Hathazari Model Police Station, Abu Kawsar Mahmud, has been withdrawn from duty a day after clashes broke out between Qaumi students and Sunnis in Chittagong over an objectionable post on Facebook. He was removed from duty around 11pm on Sunday, but the matter was made public on Monday. Chittagong Additional District Superintendent of Police (Hathazari Circle) Kazi Md. Tarek Aziz confirmed the authenticity of this information. Earlier, on Saturday evening, a clash broke out between Sunnis and students…
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Case filed against Khulna Medical College doctor Shamshun Nahar for torturing domestic worker
Desk Reports: A case has been filed in court against doctor Shamshun Nahar Lucky for allegedly torturing a domestic worker in Khulna. Doctor Lucky is a professor at Khulna Medical College and the head of the hospital’s gynecology and obstetrics department. On Tuesday (September 2), domestic worker Aklima Khatun filed a case with the Khulna Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Sadar Amli) Court, alleging torture. The court judge took cognizance of the case and ordered the PBI to investigate. The next date for the case was fixed for September 30. Plaintiff’s…
Read More‘Bad Touch’: Protests demand resignation of college teacher in Demra
Desk Reports: ‘Bad Touch’: Protests demand resignation of college teacher in Demra A teacher named Mizanur Rahman of Demra University College in the capital has been accused of sexually harassing several female students. Students and guardians protested on the college campus on Wednesday afternoon demanding the resignation of the teacher from the college’s accounting department. The protesters displayed placards reading ‘One point, one demand – resignation’, ‘Not the victim of bullying, but injustice’, ‘We want justice’, and ‘Raise your voice against bad touch’. Tensions were seen in the area last…
Read MoreMan sentenced to 5 years in prison for attempted rape of child in Manikganj
Crime Reports: Man sentenced to 5 years in prison for attempted rape of child in Manikganj The Manikganj Women and Child Abuse Prevention Tribunal has sentenced a man named Md. Akbar Hossain to five years in prison and a fine of Tk 20,000 for attempting to rape a fourth-grade child. Judge MA Hamid of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal announced the verdict on Wednesday (September 3). Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) of the court, Muhammad Machudul Haque, confirmed the matter. The convicted accused, Akbar Hossain (50), lives in Gobindabari…
Read MoreDNCC Kidney Care Center launched in Mohakhali
Desk Reports : Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has taken the initiative to establish a ‘Comprehensive Kidney Care Center’ in Mohakhali of the capital to ensure low-cost dialysis and specialized treatment facilities for kidney patients. To this end, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Sonar Bangla Foundation at the DNCC Nagar Bhaban auditorium in Gulshan on Tuesday. The program was chaired by DNCC Chief Health Officer Brigadier General Imrul Kayes Chowdhury and DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz was the chief guest. Sonar Bangla Foundation President Dr. Abu Hena Mostafa…
Read MoreHousewife dies after finding poisonous snake in bathroom ventilator
Crime Reports : Housewife dies after finding poisonous snake in bathroom ventilator A housewife named Ferdous Begum (35) died after being bitten by a poisonous snake in Patiya, Chittagong. The incident took place at Shukkur Hazir’s house in Belkhain village of Baralia union of the upazila on Tuesday. The deceased Ferdous Begum is the wife of Md. Russell, a businessman from Budhpura Bazar. Her only son Md. Raihan (16) is a student of class eight. The housewife’s younger brother Md. Belal Hossain said that while working near the ventilator in…
Read MoreYouth arrested with 130,000 yaba pills in Cox’s Bazar
Crime Reports : Police have arrested a young man with 130,000 yaba pills while smuggling them on a motorcycle in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar. He was arrested during the operation at around 4 pm on Tuesday (September 2) after setting up a check post on the Panjegana-Sonaichhari road in Madhyam Ghonarpara of Rajarkul Union of the upazila. The arrested Abu Taher (25) is the son of Sultan Ahmed of Ghilatoli of Rajapalong Union of Ukhia Upazila. Ramu Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Mohammad Farid confirmed this information. He said that after receiving…
Read MoreYouth stabbed to death in Chittagong
Crime Reports : Youth stabbed to death in Chittagong A young man named Abdullah Al Monir alias Pintu (34) was stabbed to death in Bayezid, Chittagong. The stabbing incident took place around 12 am on Saturday in the Hillview residential area of Bayezid Bostami police station in the city. Although Monir, a carpenter by profession, lives in Brahmanbaria, he and his wife used to live in his in-laws’ house in Burma Colony of Bayezid Bostami police station in Chittagong city. Bayezid Bostami police station SI Jamir Uddin, who went to…
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