Sagar-Runi murder: Inconclusive DNA test results stall probe

The task force investigating the 2012 murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in its report submitted to the High Court last month said it required more time to complete the probe as the results of the DNA samples collected from the scene were inconclusive.
3 May 2025, 18:06 PM

Mobile court attacked in Lalmonirhat during eviction drive

The executive magistrate and upazila nirbahi officer of Patgram upazila came under attack and was harrassed today while conducting a drive to evict illegal structures on both sides of the road in Lalmonirhat..The victim is UNO Jillur Rahman, confirmed Patgram Police Station Officer-in-Char
3 May 2025, 14:42 PM

35 Rohingyas fleeing Bhasan Char detained in Ctg

The detainees were later handed over to the police for further legal procedures
3 May 2025, 12:39 PM

World press freedom day: 266 journalists face criminal cases so far

Fears for physical safety and instances of judicial harassment are still profoundly visible -- only the actors have changed.
2 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Body found with shotgun, cartridges in Munshiganj

The body was sent to Munshiganj General Hospital for an autopsy, and a case is currently being processed.
2 May 2025, 09:03 AM

4 arrested, sent to jail in Tk 98 lakh robbery case in Gazipur

During the arrests, Tk 22.55 lakh in cash was recovered
2 May 2025, 07:43 AM

Clashes break out between SAD groups at NCP rally

Clashes broke out between members of the Students Against Discrimination at a National Citizen Party rally in Bogura yesterday, leaving at least four people injured.
30 April 2025, 19:16 PM

Court orders freezing 70 accounts, 22 company shares of Bashundhara

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the relevant authorities to freeze 70 bank accounts of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan Shah Alam and seven of his family members, including his son and Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, in connection with corruption allegations.
30 April 2025, 18:02 PM

HC verdict on appeals May 8

The High Court yesterday fixed May 8 for delivering its verdict on the death references and appeals of the 2001 Ramna Batamul carnage case.
30 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Court orders confiscation of Joy, Putul, Rehana’s assets

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to confiscate a residential building, a flat, and 117 katha of land owned by Sheikh Rehana, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Saima Wazed Putul, Rehana’s children Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and Azmina Siddiq, in connection with corruption allegations brought against them.
30 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Chinmoy Das granted bail

Former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari yesterday got bail from the High Court after 156 days in jail in a sedition case filed in connection with disrespecting the Bangladesh national flag.
30 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Man arrested over death of JnU student

The accused was sent to court, according to the OC
30 April 2025, 15:13 PM

Court orders ACC to confiscate Nasrul Hamid's building in Gulshan

On April 20, the same court ordered the ACC to freeze 70 bank accounts of Nasrul Hamid
30 April 2025, 13:23 PM

Schoolboy found dead in Chattogram; 4 classmates detained

Locals at Hamid Char found the body along the bank of the Karnaphuli river this morning and informed police, said family members.
30 April 2025, 11:17 AM

Young man detained over death of JnU student

The young man who brought her to the hospital was taken into custody due to suspicious circumstances, OC says
30 April 2025, 06:34 AM

SC acquits BNP leader Amanullah Aman, wife in graft case

The apex court also scrapped a High Court verdict that had upheld a 13-year prison sentence for Aman and a three-year sentence for Sabera
30 April 2025, 05:23 AM

17 actors sued for ‘attempt to murder’

Seventeen actors were sued yesterday in a case filed over the July uprising, while another actor was handed over to police after being assaulted by a group of youths.
29 April 2025, 20:48 PM

July uprising: Rights bodies worried over false cases

Human rights organisations yesterday expressed concern over implicating innocent persons in cases filed over the July uprising, saying that such actions, driven by malicious intent or harassment, amount to a violation of human rights.
29 April 2025, 18:01 PM

No cattle market in Meradia ahead of Eid-ul-Azha: HC issues injunction

The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the Dhaka South City Corporation and the government to explain why the decision for leasing out the Meradia area for cattle market should not be declared illegal
29 April 2025, 17:54 PM

CMC student murder: HC asks 12 acquitted accused to surrender in 30 days

The HC also stayed the trial court verdict that in 2019 acquitted all 12 accused in the case and issued a rule asking the officials concerned of the state to explain why the trial court judgment of acquittal should not be scrapped
29 April 2025, 16:04 PM