A grand ploy to get visas

The gang first communicates with businesses in the US, Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, introducing themselves as suppliers of Bangladesh’s security forces.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Child's death: Family alleges negligence by doctors at city hospital

The family of a 10-year-old boy, who died at a city hospital last night more than 96 hours after a surgery, have alleged that the doctors’ negligence led to his death.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM

3 land brokers sentenced to 15 days in jail

Three land brokers today were sentenced to 15 days in jail for obstructing government work at the Dumni Land Office under the Gulshan Revenue Circle in Dhaka.
9 February 2023, 15:02 PM

'We also want the mystery to be revealed,' says home minister

The journo leaders met him and submitted a memorandum, demanding a speedy trial in the murders of the journalist couple
9 February 2023, 14:13 PM

Irregularities by BPC’s concern: HC orders ACC to finish probe in 3 months

The government has been deprived of Tk 472.7 crore for 21 counts of irregularities by Standard Asiatic Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, found an audit
9 February 2023, 12:51 PM

Murder in guise of road accident

PBI probe finds 1.5yrs later
9 February 2023, 11:24 AM

Corruption trial against Tarique, wife to continue in their absence

The court also set March 29 for hearing on charge framing against them in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
9 February 2023, 10:52 AM

Erfan Salim gets bail

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order after Erfan Salim surrendered before the court and sought bail.
9 February 2023, 06:16 AM

HC refuses bail to 17 Biman officials, orders them to surrender

ACC filed a case against the 17 Biman officials for embezzling Tk 1,161 crore by committing irregularities in purchasing aircraft from Egypt
8 February 2023, 18:40 PM

Assault on Navy Officer: Erfan Salim, four others indicted

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim’s son Mohammad Erfan Salim and four others in a case filed over the assault and attempted murder of a navy officer in October 2020.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

DSA Case: Poritosh gets 5 years in jail

A Hindu teenager was convicted yesterday under the Digital Security Act in a case filed after the violence that left an entire Hindu fishing village burned to the ground in Rangpur’s Pirganj in October 2021.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Hanging body of SI recovered

The body of a sub-inspector was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at Bhaluka Model Police Station barracks in Mymensingh yesterday afternoon.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Woman found dead

Police yesterday recovered the body of a woman in Jamalpur’s Melandah upazila.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Man kills woman, calls 999 to escape mob

“Please save me,” a male panicked voice pleaded after calling 999.  “I have killed a woman. Locals surrounded my house and they will kill me.”
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Don’t hold programmes on weekdays

DMP Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq yesterday requested BNP not to hold any programme on weekdays as it leads to city dwellers suffering.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi ‘shot dead by BSF’

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead allegedly by the Border Security Force (BSF) inside Indian territory adjacent to Laraighat border in Jhenidah’s Maheshpur upazila yesterday.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

MLM scam, in guise of an NGO

Three years back, Mirza Abdul Quader founded “Global Human Rights and Environment Development Society”, an NGO that was supposed to work on human-rights and climate-change issues. However, in the guise of that, he and his cohorts embezzled several millions from hundreds of clients, by turning it into an MLM (multi-level marketing) business.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Jonny’s Custodial Death: ‘Still deprived of final justice’

It’s been nine years since the brutal custodial torture and death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from the capital’s Mirpur, and yet, his family is still waiting for ultimate justice.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Woman, daughters left to starve: None can avoid responsibility, says brother

Shemi is taking treatment at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, while her twin daughters are undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital (NIMHH)
8 February 2023, 16:50 PM