NHRC must unearth facts behind any incidents of conspiracy: law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) must unearth the facts behind any incidents of conspiracy against the country, so that appropriate action can be taken against the offenders.
30 January 2023, 15:47 PM

Readable autopsy report: HC wants to know the progress

The High Court today wanted to know what steps have been taken to ensure that doctors concerned provide post-mortem reports in readable handwriting and add a typed copy with a report.
30 January 2023, 15:12 PM

Ex-college principal murder: Accused Nahiduzzaman confesses to killing

The lone arrestee in the former college principal murder case in Lalmonirhat has confessed to the killing, said police.
30 January 2023, 15:02 PM

Life-term convict in Avijit murder case gets another 7 yrs

A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Shafiur Rahman Farabi, a life-term convict in writer-blogger Avijit Roy murder case, to seven years' vigorous jail in an ICT case.
30 January 2023, 13:17 PM

Man’s body recovered from Buriganga

Police this afternoon, recovered the decomposed body of a man floating in the Buriganga river in Fatullah area of Narayanganj.
30 January 2023, 13:05 PM

Murshedy’s house: HC asks media not to publish report on merit of petition

The High Court today, once again directed journalists and media not to publish any report touching the merit of the writ petition regarding a house of Awami League lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy in the capital's Gulshan area.
30 January 2023, 12:29 PM

8 Rohingyas get life term for smuggling 2 lakh yaba

A Cox's Bazar court today sentenced eight Rohingyas to life term imprisonment for smuggling yaba.
30 January 2023, 09:56 AM

Detainees in shackles: HC asks why govt should not formulate guideline

The High Court today issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to formulate a guideline through a committee about imposing bar fetters and handcuffs on the detained accused.
30 January 2023, 09:54 AM

Qatar World Cup: HC seeks list of dead, hurt Bangladeshi workers

The High Court today sought a list of Bangladeshi migrant workers who died or got injured while constructing hotels and stadiums in Qatar between 2010 and 2022 in preparation for the last year's FIFA World Cup.
30 January 2023, 09:30 AM

Graft allegation: Court seeks probe report on documents against Wasa MD

A Dhaka court today asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit by April 10 a probe report on the documents submitted earlier regarding the allegation of Tk 132 crore embezzlement brought against Wasa MD Taqsem A Khan and eight others..Shahab Uddin Sarkar, secretary of Wasa Karmac
30 January 2023, 08:05 AM

‘Casino’ kingpin Samrat’s bail extended in laundering case

A Dhaka court today extended the bail of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat till March 1 in a Tk 222-crore laundering case.
30 January 2023, 07:03 AM

Framing man with yaba: ASI, 2 informants get bail

A Dhaka court today granted bail to three people, including a suspended assistant sub-inspector, in a case filed for possessing 100 yaba tablets.
30 January 2023, 06:15 AM

Man shot dead in broad daylight in Khulna

Unidentified criminals shot dead a man in broad daylight in Khulna this morning.
30 January 2023, 06:15 AM

Killing of former college principal: prime accused arrested in Lalmonirhat

Police yesterday arrested the prime accused in the case filed over the killing of former college principal M Wazed Ali from the border area of Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat..The arrestee was identified as Nahiduzzaman Pradhan Babu, 24, a local kindergarten teacher by profession, our local
30 January 2023, 03:46 AM

Lawyer tortured, sent to jail

A lawyer who had been missing for a week was brought to a Dhaka court by police, shown arrested, and sent to jail yesterday.
30 January 2023, 01:00 AM

2 jailed over digging lake in reserve forest

A mobile court yesterday jailed two people, including an official of Halda Valley Tea Estate, over digging a lake in a reserve forest in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila.
29 January 2023, 20:00 PM

Japanese mother gets custody of daughters

A Dhaka family court yesterday granted Japanese citizen Eriko Nakano custody of her two children, putting an end to a lengthy legal battle.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM

‘KNF man’ found shot dead in CHT

Police recovered the bullet-ridden body of a man believed to be a member of the Kuki-Chin National Front in Ruma upazila of Bandarban yesterday.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Minor gang-raped, strangled to death

The nine-year-old madrasa boy, killed on his way back home from a waz mehfil in Habiganj’s Baniachong on Thursday, was gang-raped before death, said police.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Journalist Raghunath Kha released on bail

Journalist Raghunath Kha, who was arrested last week on charges of sabotage and extortion in Satkhira, secured bail yesterday.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM