Dr Sabrina Sharmin Hossain, chairperson of JKG Health Care, today challenged the judgment of the lower court that sentenced her to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

The provision of the Government Service Act that makes it mandatory for the law enforcers to take permission before arresting public servants in criminal cases is nothing but a way to protect some corrupt government officials, the High Court has observed.

Two staffers of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) were suspended yesterday (September 5, 2022) in connection with an attack on journalists in Rajshahi.

Two journalists were assaulted by staffers of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority yesterday for reporting on how some government employees were coming to work later than stipulated in the new office timings -- 8:00am to 3:00pm.

The High Court yesterday granted eight weeks’ anticipatory bail to former Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Mohammad Jahangir Alam in a case filed in Faridpur on charge of making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu and the Liberation War.

Rab has arrested four members of a gang in Naogaon’s Dhamoirhat upazila for allegedly defrauding people via e-platforms.

Criminals stabbed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver to death on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila on Sunday night.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate yesterday seized 40 gold bars from an aircraft’s washroom at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Three policemen, who were suspended a year ago on charges of extortion and  robbery, were sent to jail yesterday in another case filed on Sunday for trying to extort money from a man the day before.

Three policemen, who were suspended a year ago on charges of extorting money from people and committing robbery, have been sent to jail in a case filed for another incident of trying to extort money from a man in Dhaka’s Maniknagar area on September 3, 2022.

The High Court today (September 5, 2022) granted eight weeks of anticipatory bail to former Gazipur City Corporation mayor Mohammad Jahangir Alam in a case filed in Faridpur on the charge of making derogatory remarks on Father of the Nation and the Liberation War.

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized 40 gold bars weighing 4.6kg worth Tk 3.24 crore from an aircraft’s washroom at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this afternoon (September 5, 2022).

Two inmates of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur have died today (September 5, 2022).

Two journalists of ATN News came under attack on the premises of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) when they were on duty.

The Criminal Investigation Department has pressed charges against Evaly Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel and seven others in a fraud case.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has received complaints of irregularities involving Tk 7,800 crore against Mohammad Jahangir Alam, suspended mayor of Gazipur City Corporation.

The mother of a Jubo Dal leader, who suffered gunshot wounds last year in what police said was a gunfight, yesterday filed a case accusing eight police officials and an informant of trying to kill her son after failing to extort money from him.

A Narayanganj court yesterday refused to take a case by Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary general of the BNP, in connection with the death of Jubo Dal activist Shaon Ahmed in Narayanganj.

Members of Chhatra League attacked former MP Nur Islam Moni in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila as he tried to visit his home after 16 years yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department has pressed charges against Evaly Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel and seven others in a fraud case.