Detective Branch of police today (August 23, 2022) filed an application with the court to show two suspects arrested in connection with the murders of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afran Jamal Prity in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur on March 24.

A third-year student of Rajshahi University (RU) was sexually assaulted at Rajshahi city this morning.

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique in a full court meeting today (August 23, 2022) decided to reschedule the work hours for the High Court and subordinate courts in line with the government decision to save electricity.

A Supreme Court lawyer, who on August 21 served a legal notice asking Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen to voluntarily resign, said he received death threats.

A newborn was found alive this morning after she was abandoned on the streets in Sirajganj’s Kamarkhand upazila.

Burglars broke into the house of a former additional inspector general of police in Dhaka’s Eskaton area and made away with 45 tola of gold jewellery.

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

The local administration yesterday recovered 368 sacks of urea fertiliser from a warehouse of a union parishad member, who is also an Awami League leader, in Natore’s Singra upazila.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted ad interim bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for laundering around Tk 222 crore and channelling it to casinos in Singapore and Malaysia between 2011 and 2018.

At least 13 police officials, including Additional Superintendent of Police Mohorom Ali, have been found guilty of misbehaviour and using excessive force during a recent clash between two Barguna Chhatra League factions.

The wife of Sumon Sheikh, who died in police custody three days ago, yesterday alleged that police forced them to receive his body from the morgue, and that his burial was arranged without her knowledge.

The High Court yesterday blasted and cautioned Kushtia Deputy Commissioner Saidul Islam for his inaction to prevent the sale of Tk 123 crore properties at Tk 15 crore through an auction violating its stay order.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order that granted bail to Marzia Akter alias Shila, who was arrested in a case filed over assaulting a female student for her outfit.

Four days after their arrest, four accused yesterday got bail in a case filed over the deaths of five people from the fall of a BRT project’s girder segment in the capital’s Uttara on August 15.

A retired police constable was beaten to death and his brother was injured critically allegedly by their rivals in Pabna’s Sujanagar yesterday.    

At least 174 locals of Boldipara village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur were sued yesterday for halting government work, attacking officials and vandalising a government vehicle on Sunday.

A Chattogram court today (August 22, 2022) sent three postal operators of the General Post Office (GPO) in Chattogram to jail in a case the Anti-Corruption Commission filed for embezzling Tk 29 crore from customers’ deposit accounts.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Managing Director of Grameen Telecom Nazmul Islam and three others for their statements over an allegation of Tk 2,977 crore money laundering.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for siphoning off around Tk 222 crore and channeling it to casinos in Singapore and Malaysia between 2011 and 2018.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order that granted bail to Marzia Akter alias Shila, who was arrested in a case filed over a woman being assaulted for the dress she was wearing.