Court orders ACC to freeze bank accounts of former Cumilla city mayor

ACC Public Prosecutor Rezaul Karim Reza moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.
3 March 2025, 13:30 PM

Major (retd) Rezaul acquitted of case filed in 2012

A Dhaka court has acquitted former army major Rezaul Karim in a 2012 extortion case.
3 March 2025, 13:24 PM

Tk 10,476 crore worth of assets of AL, beneficiaries seized by ACC since August

The information was revealed in a recent report by the ACC’s Asset Management Division.
3 March 2025, 12:08 PM

Writer Rakhal Raha sued for 'hurting religious sentiments'

Rakhal Raha, a writer and researcher involved in the textbook revision process, was sued today for "hurting religious sentiments".
3 March 2025, 11:18 AM

HC questions president's power to grant mercy to convicted persons

HC issued rule questioning legality of the president’s power to grant clemency to convicted persons without any guidelines.
3 March 2025, 09:54 AM
3 March 2025, 09:29 AM

Panchagarh BCL president placed on five-day remand

A Panchagarh court today placed Abu Hasan Md Noman, 32, president of the Panchagarh unit of the now-banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), on a five-day remand in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Al Amin, a local easy-bike driver, on August 5
3 March 2025, 09:23 AM

Body of woman recovered from the side of a road in Chattogram's Anwara

The body was recovered from the Jheori area of ​​Barkhain Union around 10:00am today
3 March 2025, 08:59 AM

Home adviser urges all not to smoke in open spaces

Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday urged the public to refrain from smoking in open spaces as people are criticising a recent attack on two women by a group of men in the capital’s Lalmatia.
2 March 2025, 21:00 PM

Ward Jubo Dal leader hacked to death in Barishal

Another man, Nayan Hawlader, was critically injured in the attack
2 March 2025, 19:16 PM

Robbery on moving bus in Savar

Passengers on a bus were robbed of their mobile phones and cash at knifepoint in Dhaka’s Savar yesterday afternoon.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

SAD leader accused of extortion in Rangpur

Nahid Hasan Khondokar, a leader of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) in Rangpur, has been accused of demanding extortion money from a person in the district.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Freeze 44 bank accounts of Amu, family

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 44 bank accounts of former industries minister and Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu, his wife Syeda Haque and their daughter Sumaiya Hossain in connection with corruption allegations against them.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Abu Sayed murder: 4 accused asked to be produced before ICT

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to produce four persons, including two policemen, before it on April 9 in connection with a case over the killing of Abu Sayed, a Begum Rokeya University student, during the July mass uprising.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Appeal hearing on Khaleda Zia’s acquittal today

The Supreme Court yesterday deferred until today the date for hearing the leave to appeal petitions filed by the state and the Anti-Corruption Commission challenging the High Court verdict that acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Death row fugitive held after 18 years

The law enforcers arrested a death row fugitive who had been evading arrest for the past 18 years in Gazipur district on Saturday night.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Tk 2.42 crore seized from former DGFI chief’s home

The Anti-Corruption Commission has recently raided the cantonment residence of Lieutenant General Saiful Alam, former director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

1,471 held in 6 days in the capital

Dhaka Metropolitan Police and other law enforcement agencies arrested 167 suspected criminals, including robbers and muggers, during a crackdown in the capital on Saturday, according to a DMP press release.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Sagar-Runi murder: PBI quizzes five, including Justice Manik

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has interrogated five people, including a retired judge of the Supreme Court who is now in jail, in the case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Take action against organised violence

The Democratic Rights Committee, a platform formed after August 5, has urged the government to take active measures against organised violence, including murder, rape, robbery, extrajudicial killings, sexual harassment, public death threats, and the suppression of creative activities.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM