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4 sentenced to death for killing RMG worker in Ashulia

A Dhaka court today sentenced four people to death in a case filed over for the murder of a garment factory in Ashulia in July 2017.
16 February 2022, 13:54 PM

College student’s death in Gulshan: Saifa Rahman sent to jail

Saifa Rahman Mim, a co-accused with Bashundhara Group Managing Director in a case filed on charge of rape and murder of a college student in Dhaka’s Gulshan, was sent to jail today.
16 February 2022, 10:53 AM

Forged docs using Rajshahi mayor’s name used to swindle $78,893 from Korean company

Forged Rajshahi City Corporation documents -- with the name of Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton -- were used for signing a deal worth $10.12 million for procuring eight fire trucks from a South Korean company.
16 February 2022, 10:48 AM

Bagerhat mayor sent to jail in corruption case, supporters block highway

A Bagerhat court today ordered to send Bagerhat Municipality Mayor, Khan Habibur Rahman, and former municipality secretary, Rezaul Karim, to jail in a corruption case.
16 February 2022, 10:15 AM

Rape, murder of O-level student: Charge framed against Fardin

A Dhaka tribunal today framed charges against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan, lone accused in the case filed over the rape and murder of an O-level student at Dhaka's Kalabagan in January last year.
16 February 2022, 09:56 AM

Embezzling Tk 1cr from garment factories: Man posing as retired army officer arrested

Rab arrested a man who allegedly deceived garment factories and embezzled Tk 1 crore, posing as a retired army officer now serving as top official of different companies.  
16 February 2022, 07:57 AM

RMCH cleaner jailed for sexually harassing 6th grader

A cleaner of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) was arrested and sent to jail yesterday, for sexually harassing a sixth grader when she came to the hospital for medical tests after being rescued from a kidnapper.
16 February 2022, 07:11 AM

2 owners of Wahed Mansion, 6 others charged over 2019 Chawkbazar fire

Chawkbazar police yesterday pressed charges against eight people, including two owners of Wahed Mansion -- from where a deadly fire originated in February 2019 and killed 71 people.
16 February 2022, 05:45 AM

Ex MP charge-sheeted in trader murder case

Former lawmaker MA Awal was the mastermind behind the killing of trader Md Shahinuddin, a police probe found.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM

8 more held for Khagaria polls violence

The Rab in separate drives yesterday arrested eight more people who brandished firearms and sharp weapons during a clash over elections to Khagaria Union Parishad in Chattogram’s Satkania on February 7.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Why kazi’s daughters can’t be kazis

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning a discriminatory provision regarding the appointment of marriage registrars.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Youth stabbed to death in Bogura

A 24-year-old youth was killed today, allegedly by three other youths, in a park in Bogura’s Brindabon Para area.
15 February 2022, 16:28 PM

HC issues directives to stop unruly lynching

The High Court in the full text of a verdict has issued five specific directives in order to prevent the incidents of spreading rumours and mob beating, and to ensure quick action about such heinous offences, observing that people must be made aware of this via the media.
15 February 2022, 14:59 PM

3 brothers get life term for killing carpenter in Pabna

A Pabna court today sentenced three siblings to life term imprisonment for killing a carpenter in Pabna’s Sadar upazila in 2010.
15 February 2022, 13:00 PM

College student’s death in Gulshan: Accused Saifa Rahman picked up for interrogation  

Saifa Rahman Mim, a co-accused with Bashundhara Group Managing Director in a case filed over the rape and murder of a college student in Dhaka's Gulshan, was picked up for questioning today.
15 February 2022, 12:25 PM

Sinha murder: Death-row convicts Pradeep, Liaqat seek acquittal from HC

Death-row convicts -- suspended Teknaf OC Pradeep Kumar Das and inspector Liaqat Ali -- in the sensational Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case today (Tuesday) filed two separate appeals with the High Court seeking cancellation of their punishments and acquittal.
15 February 2022, 12:23 PM

Barapukuria coal scam: HC clears way for trial of former GM

The High Court today cleared the way for the lower court concerned to run the trial of former secretary and general manager of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) Abul Kasem Prodhaniya in a corruption case filed over misappropriation of Tk 243 crore through disappearing of over 1.43 tonnes of coal.
15 February 2022, 07:17 AM

Shahinuddin murder: Charges pressed against ex-MP Awal, 14 others

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against 15 people, including former lawmaker MA Awal, in a case filed over death of trader Md Shahinuddin, who was killed in front of his seven-year-old son in the capital's Pallabi on May 16 last year.
15 February 2022, 06:56 AM

4 arrested over attack on Ctg metropolitan magistrate

Four people have been arrested in a case on charge of attacking the Charrogram metropolitan magistrate in the port city last night.
15 February 2022, 06:20 AM

8 arrested over polls violence in Ctg’s Satkania

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested eight persons in connection with violence during union parishad polls at Satkania Upazila in Chattogram on February 7. 
15 February 2022, 03:23 AM