1994 attack on Hasina's train: HC to deliver verdict on February 5

The High Court will deliver its verdict on February 5 on the appeals against the trial court judgement, which sentenced nine people to death and life imprisonment to 25 others, in a case over the attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Pabna's Ishwardi 30 years ago
30 January 2025, 11:13 AM

Charges framed, arrest warrant issued against Samrat in drugs case

A Dhaka court today issued an arrest warrant against former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman after framing charges against them in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act
30 January 2025, 10:57 AM

Ex-minister Nurul Islam Sujan placed on 3-day remand

Nurul was arrested on September 16 in Dhaka in a separate case filed with Jatrabari Police Station and has been in jail since then
30 January 2025, 10:39 AM

Ex-public administration minister on 2-day remand

A Meherpur court has granted a two-day remand for former public administration minister Farhad Hossain in connection with the attack on the anti-discrimination student movement
30 January 2025, 08:56 AM

Verdict of graft case against GK Shamim deferred to Feb 17

The court shifted the sate as the judgement was not ready
30 January 2025, 05:26 AM

Ahsanullah murder: SC sets Feb 26 to hear appeals against HC verdict

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed February 26 to hear the appeals challenging the High Court verdict in the then Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case.
29 January 2025, 20:45 PM

Illegal brick kilns: HC summons 8, including DCs and UNOs

The High Court yesterday summoned eight high officials -- three divisional commissioners, three deputy commissioners and two upazila nirbahi officers -- for allegedly their failure to comply with its directives for shutting down illegal brick kilns.
29 January 2025, 19:12 PM

Evaly’s Rassel, wife jailed for two years over embezzlement

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Evaly’s founding chief executive officer Mohammad Rassel, and his wife Shamima Nasrin, former chairperson of the e-commerce platform, to two years’ imprisonment in a case filed over the embezzlement of Tk 14.10 lakh from a customer.
29 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Swechhasebak Dal leader sued for illegal sand, stone extraction

Five more individuals have also been accused in the case
29 January 2025, 15:57 PM

OC files GD following criminal’s threat on Facebook in Ctg

Officer-in-Charge of Baizid Bostami Police Station under Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) filed a general diary early today against a criminal after he issued a threat against the police officer on Facebook Live last night
29 January 2025, 15:36 PM

Ex-Joypurhat mayor held at Dhaka airport

Former mayor of Joypurhat Municipality Md Mostafizur Rahman Mostak was arrested at Hajrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today while attempting to flee to Malaysia, said police
29 January 2025, 14:23 PM

MJF, Mahila Parishad, BLAST condemn attack on women’s football match

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, and Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) today strongly condemned the recent disruptions and violence targeting women’s football matches in Joypurhat and Dinajpur
29 January 2025, 12:54 PM

Youth caught after brandishing ‘toy pistol’ in Panthapath

The detainee, an eighteen-year-old from Mohammadpur, claimed to be a student of Bangladesh University
29 January 2025, 12:10 PM

Salman F Rahman, 3 others sent on remand in various cases

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam passed the orders, following remand petitions submitted by case investigators
29 January 2025, 09:45 AM

Ex-minister Sadhan Chandra shown arrested in graft case

Former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder was shown arrested today in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 25.35 crore from an unknown source of income
29 January 2025, 06:45 AM

Rupa murder: HC commutes death penalty of 3 convicts

The High Court (HC) has commuted the death sentences of two convicts to life imprisonment and reduced another’s sentence to seven years in the 2017 rape and murder case of Zakia Sultana Rupa, a Dhaka Ideal Law College student, on a running bus in Madhupur, Tangail.
28 January 2025, 19:46 PM

KU student murder: Suspect Rabbani on 2-day remand

A Khulna court yesterday placed Golam Rabbani, a suspect in the case filed over Khulna University student Arnob’s murder, on a two-day remand for interrogation.
28 January 2025, 19:21 PM

Muggings even in daylight rattle Mohammadpur

Muggers in Mohammadpur are no longer waiting for the cover of darkness.
28 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Engineer stabbed to death in Jatrabari

A diploma engineer was stabbed to death in Dhaka’s Jatrabari this evening
28 January 2025, 16:27 PM

ACC for showing ex secretary Mohibul arrested for embezzling Tk 812cr

The Anti-Corruption Commission today submitted three applications to show Mohibul Haque, former senior secretary of civil aviation and tourism, arrested in three cases of embezzlement totalling Tk 812 crore from four development projects at three airports
28 January 2025, 15:01 PM