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7 DB men jailed for abduction of businessman
Seven members of the Detective Branch of police were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment yesterday for kidnapping a businessman and taking ransom.
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
“If you want your child back, tell me where my wife is”
After Rashedul Islam’s wife eloped with a man, he was desperate to get her back. Rashed and his wife have a seven-year-old child.
A mother's love: Flies to Libya, brings back abducted son
Shahinoor Begum left no stone unturned in the search for her kidnapped son even though everyone told her that there was no hope.
Three abducted in Rangamati
Three people involved with the MN Larma faction of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) have been abducted, police said.
Armed men abduct Rangamati UP member
A union parishad member has been abducted by an armed group from his residence in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila.
Abducted boy rescued in Dinajpur, 4 held
Police have rescued a boy and arrested four people who abducted him in Dinajpur after responding to a call to emergency helpline 999.
Fraud accused walk out on bail, abduct lawyer’s son: police
A lawyer who represented and secured bail for a group accused in a fraud case, later became their victim after the group abducted his son.
4 arrested for 'abducting' employer over non-payment of salaries in India
The Bengaluru police arrest four employees of a private IT company for allegedly kidnapping their boss for not paying salaries for several months.
IGP plays down abductions, disappearances
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque yesterday said abduction and enforced disappearances are nothing new in the country.
DMP urges parents to keep an eye on children at shopping complexes
After Friday’s abduction of a young boy from a shopping mall in the city and his rescue later, Dhaka Metropolitan Police urges parents to be vigilant with their children at shopping malls and other such areas.
Abducted child rescued in Dhaka, 3 held
A six-year-old child, who was abducted from Gulshan area in Dhaka, is rescued from Tejgaon area of the capital.
Killing Tangail boy after abduction: HC upholds death for one
The High Court confirms the death penalty of a person and upholds the life imprisonment of another for killing after abduction of eight-year-old boy Mamun at Mirzapur upazilla in Tangail in March, 2003.
'Abducted' mayor found after 2 days
Jamalpur's Sharishabari municipality mayor, who went missing from the capital's Uttara last Monday, was found in a tea estate in Sreemangal yesterday.
Four remain missing for over a month
Shrouded in her son's memory, Nasrin Akhter is now bed-ridden and anxiously passing her time.
Kidnapped child found in N'ganj
Police rescued a two-and-half-year-old baby boy from a slum in Narayanganj yesterday, a day after he was abducted from a hospital in Dhaka for ransom.
Traceless for three months
Though around three months have passed after the abduction of Chittagong Awami League leader Nur-Nabi Mamun from Noakhali, law enforcers are yet to trace his whereabouts.
'It was not abduction'
Detectives yesterday interrogated poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar in their custody and presented their evidence nullifying his claim
Farhad Mazhar: It doesn't seem to be a case of abduction: IGP
Police have not yet found any clue as to whether Farhad Mazhar was abducted on the morning of July 3 from near his Adabar residence
