Police in Pabna have detained 15 people, including Abdul Wahab, president of the Awami League’s Sujanagar upazila unit and a former upazila chairman, over allegations of planning acts of sabotage and preparing to stage a procession in the town. The District Detective Branch (DB) detained the group at around 6.30am on Wednesday (30 September) near […]

A list prepared by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) identifying people allegedly involved in extortion and land or property grabbing has reportedly included a significant number of current and former BNP leaders and activists. According to a report published by the English-language daily New Age, the DMP list contains the names of 1,530 people allegedly […]

Police have arrested eight people, including three leaders affiliated with the Awami League and Chhatra League, during separate operations in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga. The arrests were made between 1am and 5am on Monday (28 September), as separate police teams conducted raids at several locations across the upazila. The operation was carried out following information […]

Dhaka’s stock market closed lower on Sunday as falling prices of large-cap securities put pressure on the benchmark index, despite a modest rise in overall trading turnover. The benchmark DSEX index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) declined by 6.9 points to settle at 5,526, compared with 5,533 in the previous trading session. The movement […]