Nearly 40,000 buyers in Bangladesh were involved in 9,823 pending cases alleging fraud in land-share housing projects as of Sept. 30, The Business Standard reported Oct. 25, citing Supreme Court and court sources. The projects promise buyers a share of land and an apartment. Complainants alleged that developers sold identical shares to multiple customers, marketed […]
Police in Bangladesh arrested three men Sunday over the killing of Awami League leader Dalia Akter Suma, 50, at her Keraniganj apartment.
Bangladeshi singer and former cricket official Asif Akbar has filed an attempted murder case after an unidentified gunman fired at his parked car in Dhaka’s Moghbazar neighborhood.
Police in Bangladesh have arrested five people, including two women, accused of luring wealthy men into romantic relationships before blackmailing them with intimate videos.
Canadian authorities have charged five people over an alleged immigration fraud scheme involving 243 temporary resident visa applications for 209 Bangladesh nationals, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Oct. 22. Four accused appeared in court in Valleyfield, Quebec, that day. The fifth, Md Rakibul Hassan, was reportedly in Bangladesh, and an arrest warrant had […]
Police in Bangladesh have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of involvement in the killing of journalist Lutfuzzaman Fakir Alif, The Financial Express reported Sunday, citing United News of Bangladesh (UNB). The suspect, identified as Apurba, was arrested during a police operation in Durgapur on Saturday night, according to Khandaker Shaker Ahmed Khan, officer-in-charge of Durgapur […]
Police in Bangladesh have filed a case over the Oct. 17 fire at Tuptup Resto & Resort in Cox’s Bazar that killed 10 people, adding a formal criminal investigation to the disaster response. Atiqur Rahman Majumder, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station, confirmed the filing, The Business Standard reported. He declined to identify the accused or […]
A journalist who survived an attack last year was shot dead in Netrokona, Bangladesh, on Thursday night, The Financial Express reported. Lutfuzzaman Alif Fakir was the Netrokona correspondent for Ruposhi Bangla, an internet television channel. He also ran a Facebook page, Detective Article, where he wrote about alleged irregularities and criminal activities. Dhaka Tribune reported, […]
Twenty Bangladeshis promised construction jobs in Russia were killed after being sent into combat, Bangladesh’s Special Response Battalion (SRB) said Wednesday, citing its preliminary investigation. The force said a group of 30 men had their passports and phones confiscated after arrival and were handed to Russia’s military. They received 21 days of training before deployment […]
A fake Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) website targeted applicants in Bangladesh, tricking them into authorizing access to mobile wallets, according to a Dismislab investigation reported Wednesday by The Business Standard. Fraudulent text messages urged applicants to verify appointment slots. The imitation site requested personal information and presented a payment prompt that instead linked users’ […]
