SC gets two new judges

Two High Court judges were elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday.
24 March 2025, 18:12 PM

Five cops held for abduction and extortion

A police officer, three constables from the Detective Branch of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP), and another constable from the Rajshahi University Police Outpost were arrested in Bogura yesterday on charges of abduction and extortion.
24 March 2025, 18:00 PM

ACC sues ex-chief whip Noor-e-Alam and wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury Liton and his wife Jinnat Parveen Chowdhury for illegally acquiring assets worth Tk 71.30 crore.
24 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Court orders confiscation of Shakib Al Hasan’s assets

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate properties of cricketer and former Awami League MP Shakib Al Hasan in a cheque dishonour case.
24 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Court places two on remand again over Milon murder in Thakurgaon

Milon's decomposed body was recovered from an abandoned toilet pit
24 March 2025, 15:01 PM

Teen detained over rape

Police yesterday detained a teenager for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila.
24 March 2025, 13:44 PM

All-out measures taken for safe Eid celebration: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has taken all possible security measures to ensure safe and festive celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
24 March 2025, 11:59 AM

3 cops, including ex-IGP Shahidul, sent to jail over 'militant drama' case

The three-member tribunal passed the order based on a petition filed by the prosecution in this regard.
24 March 2025, 11:31 AM

Newborn rescued from field in Thakurgaon

A newborn baby was rescued from a maize field in Thakurgaon's Sadar upazila this morning.
24 March 2025, 11:01 AM

Ex-Joypurhat mayor arrested in explosives case

Mostafizur was previously arrested on December 31 last year from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka
24 March 2025, 09:01 AM

Palak on 4-day remand in murder case

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Istiaq passed the order after police produced him before the court with a seven-day remand prayer
24 March 2025, 06:18 AM

Man posing as army officer held in Rangpur

He had been promising army jobs to unemployed youths in exchange for large sums of money
24 March 2025, 04:02 AM

DGHS former driver Malek jailed for 13yrs in graft case

Abdul Malek, a former driver of Directorate General of Health Service, was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment yesterday for amassing wealth worth Tk 1.5 crore illegally and concealing wealth statement of Tk 93 lakh to the Anti-Corruption Commission.
23 March 2025, 18:00 PM

ICT investigators submit report on killing of 6 protesters in Ashulia

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has submitted its probe report in the case filed over the shooting of six protesters and the subsequent burning of their bodies in Dhaka’s Ashulia on August 5, 2024.
23 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Auto-rickshaw driver killed

A battery-run rickshaw driver was murdered in Narayanganj's Fatullah yesterday.
23 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Dinajpur rape convict goes into hiding after HC bail stayed

A life-term convict has gone into hiding shortly after the Supreme Court chamber judge stayed the High Court order that granted him bail in a case filed over the rape of a five-year-old girl in Dinajpur
23 March 2025, 16:43 PM

President asks judicial council to probe Justice Akhtaruzzaman

On March 18, the president removed Justice Khizir Hayat, who was also among the 12 HC judges barred from judicial proceedings last year, for "misconduct and incapacity" as per the recommendation from the SJC
23 March 2025, 16:00 PM

Case filed against former BNP leader for illegally storing VGF rice in Kurigram

he VGF rice was recovered from a maktab (a centre for teaching Arabic) run by the imam of a local mosque
23 March 2025, 15:49 PM

Writ petition filed with HC challenging RPO provision for political parties

Advocate Md Eunus Ali Akond submitted the writ petition as a public interest litigation and prayed to the HC to scrap the public notification issued on March 10 by the Election Commission asking political parties to apply for registration by April 20
23 March 2025, 15:46 PM

BSS chief editor Mahbub Morshed sued for defamation

Abdul Hye Sikder, editor of Jugantor, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate
23 March 2025, 14:18 PM