Build monument at Salonga massacre site: HC

The High Court today directed the government to build a monument at Salonga in Sirajganj, where a genocide took place during the British regime in 1922
2 June 2024

Cheque dishonour case: Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima get 1-yr jail in Ctg

On September 16, 2021, Rassel and Shamima were arrested from their Mohammadpur residence in the capital in a case filed over fraud and embezzlement
2 June 2024

Graft case: SC stays HC acquittal of former land ministry official

The Supreme Court today stayed till July 1 the High Court verdict that acquitted former land ministry official Md Kutub Uddin Ahmed from a corruption case in which he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment
2 June 2024

Rape of woman, suicide: NHRC demands probe, punishment

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered an investigation into the gang rape and subsequent suicide of a woman in Kurigram following her family's inability to repay a loan
2 June 2024

Man gets life for rape, murder of woman in Narsingdi

A Narsingdi court today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing a 25-year-old girl after rape in 2022
2 June 2024

UP member's relative killed in Pirojpur clash over food distribution

A man has been killed in a clash between two groups over the distribution of food assistance among cyclone-affected people in Pirojpur's Kawkhali upazila
2 June 2024

Panic grips clients as 149 bhori gold goes 'missing' from locker of Ctg Islami Bank

The locker holders of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited’s Chawkbazar branch in Chattogram city were gripped by panic as 149 tolas (bhori) gold from a locker of a client allegedly went missing
2 June 2024

Two tourists rescued in Cox's Bazar after abduction

Rab has rescued two tourists from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar, seven days after they were kidnapped while visiting the district
2 June 2024

Court order on framing of charges against Yunus on June 12

A Dhaka court today set June 12 for passing an order on framing charges against Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over misappropriation of about Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers' profit participation fund
2 June 2024
2 June 2024

Prof Yunus, 13 others seek discharge in graft case

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others today sought discharge from a case filed against them over misappropriation of about Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers' profit participation fund
2 June 2024

Man's body recovered from Bashundhara flat

Police yesterday recovered the semi-decomposed body of a young man from an apartment in Block C of Bashundhara residential area of the capital
1 June 2024

MP Azim Murder: Azim ‘taxed’ every gold bar smuggled

Anwarul Azim Anar, the recently slain MP of Jhenaidah-4, was a powerful figure in the criminal underworld with his tight grip over a gold smuggling racket as well as the narcotics trafficking in the region, investigators say.
1 June 2024

Benazir withdrew Tk 70-80cr before accounts were frozen

Former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family withdrew at least Tk 70-80 crore within a month from their 33 bank accounts before they were frozen.
1 June 2024

MP Azim Murder: ‘Celesty was supposed to receive Azim at Kolkata flat’

Celesty Rahman, a friend of Aktaruzzaman, alleged mastermind of the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anawarul Azim Anar, was responsible for receiving the lawmaker at a flat in Kolkata’s New Town on May 13.
1 June 2024

UP chairman’s son held over rape attempt

Police have arrested three men, including the son of a union parishad chairman, on charges of attempting to rape a madrasa student in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur.
1 June 2024

Illegal sand extraction plagues Dharla, two other rivers

Illegal stone and sand extraction has caused severe erosion in three transboundary rivers -- Dharla, Singimari, and Saniajan.
1 June 2024

Chief justice urges lawyers to contribute to ensuring justice for all

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan today called upon the lawyers to play a role in ensuring justice for everyone in society without keeping limited their fight to establish justice in court only
1 June 2024

149 bhori gold go missing from Ctg Islami Bank’s locker

Although the incident was discovered in the afternoon of May 29, neither the bank officials nor the client has lodged a complaint so far
1 June 2024

Rape attempt on madrasa girl: UP chairman’s son, among 3, held in Faridpur

Police have arrested three youths, including the son of a union parishad chairman, on charges of attempting to rape a madrasa student in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur
1 June 2024