Bombs or gravel? Defence challenges ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul’s earlier claim
Dispute over alleged time bombs surfaces during charge hearing in enforced disappearance case
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
14 December 2025, 15:37 PM
‘Amar shonar Bangla’: Palak sings from prison van as cameras roll
National anthem stunt at International Crimes Tribunal premises goes viral
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
8 December 2025, 14:44 PM
Hasina sentenced to death
ICT also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman; ex-IGP Mamun, who turned a state witness, given 5yrs
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
Crimes against humanity: Trial proceedings of four cases likely to be wrapped up in Dec
Trial proceedings in four crimes against humanity cases, excluding the one against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two aides which is set for verdict on November 17, are expected to be completed by December.
15 November 2025, 18:10 PM
15 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Bullet took his voice, future
Once a cheerful boy, whose father dreamed he would become a pilot one day, Basit Khan Musa now sits silent in a wheelchair, a feeding tube in his nose and paralysis gripping the right side of his body.
27 October 2025, 18:46 PM
27 October 2025, 18:46 PM
Once power brokers, now defendants
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
ICT act amendment: Accused barred from election if formally charged
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
7 October 2025, 18:11 PM
7 October 2025, 18:11 PM
PBI Report on Militancy: Suspects slipped out
It was on July 29, 2011.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Blogger-Writer Killings: Wait now is for verdict in 6 other cases
Six other cases filed over the killings of secular bloggers, writers and LGBT rights activists are either awaiting verdict or under trial.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Jonny’s Murder in Custody: Fugitive convict ‘selling drugs’ in Pallabi
Five months have passed since the delivery of the verdict in the case filed over the murder of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in police custody, but two convicts are still eluding arrest.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sub-Inspectors, Constables: PHQ to revamp their recruitment process
Men under the height of 5 feet 6 inches and women under 5 feet 4 inches will not be able to qualify for the post of sub-inspector as some changes in the recruitment criteria for the lower tier of police force is in the offing.
1 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Councillor Rajib may own more assets than thought
As investigation into the money laundering case against Dhaka city ward councillor Tarequzzamqn Rajib nears completion, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found a previously undiscovered duplex house owned by him and Tk 1.46 crore deposited in his bank account.
31 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Rape Case Investigation: Delays put justice at risk
Two schoolgirls lost their way back home in the capital’s Badda from an outing on the night of February 8 last year. Wandering on the road for a few hours, they came across one Emon Hossain.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Trial of Robbery Cases: Most offenders go unpunished
It was a robbery that caused quite a sensation in Manikganj almost 15 years ago.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Hefajat Mayhem 2013: Govt moves to resume probe
The government is resuming the long-stalled investigations into 62 cases filed over the mayhem by thousands of Hefajat activists in the capital and elsewhere in May 2013.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Beat policing gaining popularity in rural areas
Anguished and fed-up by her husband’s frequent torture, Farida Begum lodged a complaint with the newly established beat police office at her union in Satkhira’s Debhata upazila in mid-October.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Yaba flows in as drives lose steam
The anti-narcotics drive, particularly against yaba, has lost momentum since the killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in police firing in Teknaf four months ago, resulting in an increase in the availability of the crazy pills in the capital and elsewhere.
1 December 2020, 18:00 PM
DMP sacks 10 cops for dope test failure
Dhaka Metropolitan Police has come down hard on its members who have failed the dope tests and were found to be involved in drug trading or collaborating with such traders.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Cases Over Bus Torching: He was in hospital, still made accused
When buses were being torched in Dhaka on November 12 afternoon, Zakir Hossain Siddiqui, a vice-president of Jubo Dal, was undergoing treatment for a blood disease at LabAid Hospital.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Oct 2019 Bhola Mayhem: A hacker started it all
Biplob Chandra Baidya, a youth from Bhola, has been languishing in jail for a year even though a hacker, arrested by police, confessed to have circulated anti-religious messages using his Facebook ID.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Sell it cheap or face torture
When a portion of his shop in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar was demolished by the men of lawmaker Haji Salim in April 2019, Aftab Ahmed did whatever he could to save the rest of his shop in a century-old building.
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Nightmare in Jordan
Abandoned by her husband and struggling to feed her two children, Nazma Begum thought moving overseas for work would change her life.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Each division to get school-college for cops’ children
The police authorities are planning to establish eight high-quality schools and colleges with residential facilities in eight divisional headquarters to bring an end to officers’ intense attempt to stay in Dhaka on ground of their children’s education.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A fairer ladder to climb up
From now on, Police Headquarters (PHQ) will hold centrally-supervised examinations for departmental promotion of lower-tier police officers, to bring an end to discrimination that many deserving candidates have allegedly long been facing.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Neo-JMB leader confesses to killing missing man
A Neo-JMB leader has confessed to a court that a sleeper cell of the militant group killed a man whose photograph is uploaded on the website of SITE Intelligence Group.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Renu’s Death in Mob Beating: Police submit charge sheet against 15
The police probe has found involvement of 19 people in the killing of Taslima Begum Renu in the capital’s Badda last year.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Zero Border Killings: Promise that keeps ringing hollow
For years, India has been promising to bring the killing of Bangladeshis along the Indo-Bangla border down to zero.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM