A person was killed during a ‘gunfight’ with members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in Dipnagar Balur Math area near Gabtoli Bus Terminal of the capital yesterday.   Talking to The Independent, Inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College…

The ownership of Ekushey Television ( ETV), the country’s first satellite TV channel,  has changed, according to a release issued by new management body on its website yesterday. According to the release, S Alam Group has taken over the TV station buying it in an auction on October 8 and…

The High Court yesterday asked the government to explain why certain sections of the Mobile Court Act 2009, which empowers executive magistrates to run…

The Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested an activist of the Jamaat-e-Islami for allegedly threatening several eminent persons by sending them messages on their cellphone. The person was identified as Abdul Haque of Sunamganj. He is a madrasa teacher in Sylhet. Muntasirul Islam…

The detective plice on Tuesday night arrested a youth in the capital, on charges of spreading propaganda for militant outfit Islamic State (IS) in internet. DMP deputy police commissioner Muntasirul Islam said that the young man who was identified as Nahid Hossain, was arrested from Badda area of the…

Russia yesterday accused Turkey of a “planned provocation” over the downing of a warplane on the Syrian border but pledged not to go to war as NATO-member Ankara sought to play down tensions, reports AFP from Moscow. As the diplomatic fallout from Tuesday’s incident raged on, Moscow…