BDR explosives case: 161 languish in jail as trial drags on
For the family of ex-BDR member Mollah Sayeed Hossain, the wait for his release is likely to get longer.
3 January 2026, 18:00 PM
3 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Secretariat protest: Govt suspends 14 arrested employees
The government has suspended 14 employees from four ministries and the Cabinet Division after police arrested and sued them under the Anti-Terrorism Act for protests at the Secretariat.
17 December 2025, 20:41 PM
17 December 2025, 20:41 PM
12yrs on, no closure in Gopibagh 6 murder case
Abdullah Al Faruk still shivers thinking about the evening that shattered his world.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Plot scam case: Hasina, Rehana, Tulip jailed
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her niece Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP in the UK, were yesterday sentenced in absentia to varying jail terms over corruption in the allocation of Purbachal plots.
1 December 2025, 18:07 PM
1 December 2025, 18:07 PM
Purbachal plots: Verdict in case against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip today
A special court is set to deliver a verdict today in the case filed over the Dhaka’s Purbachal plot scam against 17 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq.
30 November 2025, 18:46 PM
30 November 2025, 18:46 PM
Purbachal plot scam: Hasina gets 21yrs in 3 graft cases
A special court yesterday convicted deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two children on corruption charges, handing them different jail terms in three cases filed over plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal.
27 November 2025, 18:12 PM
27 November 2025, 18:12 PM
Purbachal Plot Scam / ‘Blatant disregard for legal provisions’
A Dhaka court has strongly criticised Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and the Ministry of Housing and Public Works for continuous unlawful practices in public land allotment.
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
'Unprofessional, deeply worrying': Court slams ACC for corruption case without verified evidence
Acquits former diplomat
27 November 2025, 12:45 PM
27 November 2025, 12:45 PM
Harassment writ large
Mosharrof Hossain, 48, has been a reconditioned car seller for 30 years and has never been arrested or accused in any criminal case.
16 May 2024, 18:00 PM
NSI Recruitment: Dhaka court staffer accused of scam
A staffer at a Dhaka court created fake documents to recruit a “Junior Field Officer” for the National Security Intelligence (NSI) at the Prime Minister’s Office, according to ACC officials.
10 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Cops clueless about Bacchu’s whereabouts
Law enforcers have no idea where former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu is even though a Dhaka court has so far issued 52 warrants for him in as many cases since February 28.
8 May 2024, 18:00 PM
2014 Narayanganj 7 murder: Justice eludes victim families
Even after a decade into the sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj, the families of the victims continue to wait for justice, as the case trial drags on.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Rape of Teen; Accused Chinese national ‘fled the country’
A Chinese national raped a teenager in the capital’s Uttara area in August last year, police have found in investigation.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Eight years on, trial of case yet to start
Eight years into the murder of blogger Nazimuddin Samad, the trial of the case is yet to begin at a Dhaka court.
25 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Trial of murder case drags on
Even 11 years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, the trial of two cases filed over the incident did not reach any verdict, causing frustration among the victims.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Hurling stones at metro: 9-month probe fails to identify culprits
During a nine-month investigation, police were unable to identify any one responsible for damaging a window on a metro train in Dhaka.
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Major Fire Incidents: No verdict to date
At least 71 people were killed in a tragic fire at Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area in Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019.
2 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Back to planning sabotage a day after release
Just a day after securing bail in five cases filed under the anti-terrorism act and coming out of jail, Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, started planning for sabotage activities in full swing.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Torture of 4 men in custody: Police probe finds addl SP, OC guilty
An investigation has found evidence that an additional superintendent of police and an inspector had physically tortured four men in custody at a police station in Shariatpur last year.
26 January 2024, 18:00 PM
When cops turn part-time robbers
On the night of January 23 last year, Abdullah Munshi landed at Dhaka airport from Dubai and took a CNG-run autorickshaw to go to his brother’s house in Khilgaon around 11:00.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Ansarullah Bangla Team chief out of prison
Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit now known as Ansar al Islam, was released from the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on Sunday.
22 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Trader ‘tortured’ in DB custody
A trader in the capital’s Ashkona has alleged that he was tortured in custody of the Detective Branch of police in October and forced to write a cheque of Tk 3.60 crore.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Bail hard to come by for BNP ranks
Mehedi Hasan was in Kuwait when Jatrabari police filed a case on July 30 over political violence in the area the day before. Police named 99 people, mostly BNP leaders and activists, in the case, and Mehedi was not among them.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Preventing snatching of militants: Measures not fully implemented yet
The Police Headquarters in August asked all its units to implement a set of measures by September 15 to prevent recurrence of militants or criminals getting snatched away.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM
EC Recruitment Test Fraud: Over 2 months gone, no headway yet
Police are yet to arrest any of the 91 people involved in fraudulence -- proxy candidates and mediators -- in the recruitment test at the Election Commission Secretariat in the last two months.
8 November 2023, 18:00 PM
‘I just want my husband back’
Twenty-four-year-old Mousumy was seen roaming in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka for several hours to get news of her husband Sabuj Mia yesterday.
29 October 2023, 18:00 PM
‘That’s my father in the van’
Every time a van stopped in front of her, seven-year-old Jannat started clapping.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Mother, I am here’
An elderly couple rushed towards a prison van after it stopped in front of the lockup of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka around 12:45pm yesterday.
27 October 2023, 18:00 PM