BNP leader Mirza Abbas acquitted from 2007 corruption case

Finding no sufficient evidence, a Dhaka court today acquitted BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas in a corruption case filed against him in 2007
29 August 2024, 08:18 AM

SC adjourns hearing of petition challenging Yunus’s indictment

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today adjourned until Monday the hearing on a leave to appeal petition challenging a High Court order that upheld the indictment against Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and six other officials of Grameen Telecom in a graft case
29 August 2024, 07:03 AM

Anisul, Salman placed on fresh 5-day remand

They were produced before court around 7:00am with a 10-day remand prayer
29 August 2024, 05:26 AM

Pregnant woman dies after being stabbed in Dhaka’s Jatrabari

A pregnant woman died yesterday after being stabbed by unidentified attackers at her home at Jatrabari in Dhaka on Tuesday
28 August 2024, 20:44 PM

Tipu Munshi arrested from Gulshan

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested former commerce minister Tipu Munshi from Gulshan area of Dhaka.
28 August 2024, 19:53 PM

Journalist’s body found floating in Hatirjheel

The body of a journalist at GTV, also known as Gazi Television, was found floating in Hatirjheel lake in the capital early yesterday.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Hasina made accused in 4 more cases

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sued in four more cases over the killings of three people and the attempted murder of another person during the student-led mass uprising.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Four more cases filed against Hasina

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sued in four more cases over the killings of three people and the attempted murder of another person during the student-led mass uprising
28 August 2024, 16:07 PM

A life full of possibilities brutally cut short

Newly married software engineer killed by muggers in the capital
28 August 2024, 13:07 PM

Video of elephant being tortured: Forest dept trying to rescue animal

The Forest Department is trying to rescue the elephant that was shown in a video being tortured by several people near the Fire Service and Civil Defence station in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila
28 August 2024, 10:13 AM

Hasina, Asaduzzaman, Quader sued over death of student in Ashulia

The victim's brother Mizanur Rahman filed the case with the court of Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman
28 August 2024, 09:09 AM

Ehsanul Haque Shomaji made Dhaka metropolitan public prosecutor

The government has appointed senior lawyer Ehsanul Haque Shomaji as Dhaka Metropolitan public prosecutor
28 August 2024, 06:58 AM

Modi’s 2021 visit: 200 sued for killing madrasa student in Ctg

Two hundred people were sued yesterday over the killing of a madrasa student during a clash with police in Chattogram city in 2021 over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh
27 August 2024, 20:45 PM

9th-grader raped, teacher held

Police yesterday arrested a teacher of a coaching centre in a case filed over the rape of one of his female students in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Hasan Mahmud, Nowfel, S Alam, sued for murder

A murder case was filed yesterday against former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, S Alam Group Chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam, former principal secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office Tofazzal Hossain Mia and 270 others.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Scrapping of caretaker govt: Petition filed for reviewing SC verdict

A petition was filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday seeking review of its verdict that scrapped the nonparty caretaker government system in May 2011.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Murder case filed against ex-speaker Shirin

Former Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and 15 others were accused yesterday in a case filed over the murder of a goldsmith in Rangpur during a mass protest on July 19.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Aug 4 cop killings: Four AL leaders and 6,000 unnamed sued

A case was filed yesterday against four local Awami League leaders and around 6,000 unnamed individuals on charges of killing 15 police personnel at Enayetpur Police Station in Sirajganj on August 4.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Hasina faces 5 more cases

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accused in five more cases yesterday.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Two girls found dead 3 days after going missing

The bodies of two female students, presumed to have been killed after rape, were recovered in Brahmanbaria yesterday, three days after they went missing.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM