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Emrul Hasan Bappi

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Ronjila Parvin - 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura

Woman dies after muggers snatch her bag from rickshaw

30 August 2026
A 56-year-old primary school headteacher from Bogura, who was in the capital for eye treatment, died after falling from a moving rickshaw when two muggers snatched her bag yesterday.
30 August 2026
Bangladesh dental technologists private practice ban

The hassle of finding a hearing date

29 August 2026
Lawyer Hasan Mahmud attended a hearing in a cheque dishonour case at Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court 8 on June 15.
29 August 2026
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Aug 21 blast probe, trial: Skewed from the get-go

21 August 2026
Twenty-two years after the August 21 grenade attack, the case remains one of the most consequential unresolved cases in Bangladesh’s history.
21 August 2026
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Once he played the villain opposite Salman Shah. Now he is accused in his murder case

9 August 2026
30 years after the actor’s death, longtime co-star Don has been sent to jail as CID investigates the case
9 August 2026
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2 years on, July cases move at a crawl

16 July 2026
Two years after losing her son during the July uprising, Bithy Begum’s long wait for justice has turned her grief into anguish.
16 July 2026
Daily Star and Prothom Alo office attack investigation update

Attacks on Star, Prothom Alo: 6 months on, probe at a standstill

18 June 2026
Six months after the arson attacks on the country’s two leading dailies -- The Daily Star and Prothom Alo -- the investigation remains stalled despite a direct ministerial directive for its swift completion.
18 June 2026
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Pro-AL lawyers ‘shut out’ of at least 13 bar elections

12 May 2026
Around 200 lawyers aligned with the Awami League -- a party whose activities are currently banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act -- have been unable to contest at least 13 bar association elections since January, according to members of lawyers’ associations across the country.
12 May 2026
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DB raid nets 8kg heroin and one of its own

30 April 2026
Serving constable among two remanded as police investigate alleged drug network across Dhaka and outskirts
30 April 2026
justice delayed due to fake cases

Dubious cases weaken quest for justice

A man named Labhlu Mia was shot dead in the capital’s Uttara during protests on the morning of August 5.
22 September 2024
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Quota reforms protest: Police file final reports in 650 cases

Police have dropped charges of committing violence and cybercrimes countrywide against all the accused in around 650 cases, said a high official at the Police Headquarters.
31 August 2024
437 Ansars sued over clashes near Secretariat

437 Ansars sued over clashes near Secretariat

A total of 437 Ansar personnel have been named as suspects in four cases that also accuse 11,100 unidentified people over clashes between the members of the force and students outside the Secretariat in Dhaka on Sunday night.
26 August 2024
Political Violence: Another 22 BNP-Jamaat activists jailed

Iron cages being removed from all courtrooms

The Public Works Department (PWD) has initiated the removal of iron cages from courtrooms nationwide, following directives from higher authorities.
18 August 2024
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Official Secrets Act: Court clears journalist Rozina of charges

Prothom Alo senior journalist Rozina Islam has been cleared of the charges in an Official Secrets Act case
14 August 2024
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Prof Yunus acquitted in graft case

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), four days after being cleared of charges in a labour law violation case.
11 August 2024
Yunus among world's most influential Muslims in 2024

Prof Yunus acquitted in graft case

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) four days after his acquittal in the case filed for labour law violations
11 August 2024
Police cases quota reform violence Dhaka

Cases after violence: Over 2 lakh accused in Dhaka city

Over 2.13 lakh people, most of them unnamed, are accused in around 200 cases filed with police stations in the capital over the recent violence centring the quota reform movement.
28 July 2024
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Agonising wait to see loved ones

Everyone was ready to celebrate Surjo’s sixth birthday at his Gopibagh residence on Monday night.
25 July 2024
While waiting to see her arrested husband, Joly, 21, feeds her 18-month-old son in front of the CMM court yesterday afternoon.

Scenes of despair at CMM court

Bristy Begum went to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in the old part of the city from Manik Nagar in Jatrabari to catch a glimpse of her husband Fazlur Rahman.
24 July 2024
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Arrests following unrest: Desperate for a glimpse of loved ones

Julekha Khatun could not sleep. Her husband Helal, 49, was arrested at 2:00am yesterday from their residence in Karail slum.
23 July 2024
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‘They mostly targeted madrasa teachers, students’

Ansar Al Islam, under scrutiny by law enforcers, tried to form a new platform, “As Shahadat,” led by an Indian national named Muhammed Habibullah, according to Rab.
6 July 2024
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Bera mayor: From a fugitive in plain sight for 33 months to a free man

Police did not arrest Pabna’s Bera municipality mayor SM Asif Shams for over two and a half years, even though he had an arrest warrant against him for his company’s failure to pay Tk 191.63 crore it owed the state.
4 July 2024
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Trial yet to see closure in 9 years

Nine years into the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, the trial of the case is yet to see any closure as the complainant and other witnesses are not appearing before a Dhaka court for statements.
23 June 2024
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Fear forced Hindus to sell their land to ex-IGP Benazir

A cluster of shanty-like homes belonging to Hindus are accessible only by a makeshift bamboo bridge over a roadside canal at Patikelbari village of Gopalganj Sadar upazila. The rickety structures declare the financial constraint of the 100 or so Maitra family.
11 June 2024
Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding

Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding

Ansar Al Islam, a militant group inspired by al-Qaeda, has raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding within a few months.
5 June 2024
Former police chief Benazir Ahmed awards and wealth accumulation

Wealth, awards piled up as he grew in power

Former police chief Benazir Ahmed kept receiving prestigious police awards even as he and his family continued to accumulate huge wealth, buying acre upon acre of land and other properties in different parts of the country.
28 May 2024
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Benazir, Family’s 114 Acres: All bought while he helmed Rab and police

Former IGP Benazir Ahmed and his family members acquired almost all their land during his tenure as the chief of the police and Rab, according to property records listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
25 May 2024
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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
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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

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