The verdict in the illicit asset acquisition case against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon is scheduled for Thursday. Judge Abu Taher of Dhaka's Third Special Judge's Court will announce the verdict. According to Anti-Corruption Commission
Eighteen police officials, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief Harunor Rashid and former Dhaka Range deputy inspector general (DIG) Syed Nurul Islam, have been temporarily suspended over allegations of failing to report for duty at their workplaces. The Ministry of Ho
Police have arrested 13 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League (AL) and its affiliates in the capital. Deputy Police Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman told the media that a team of Detective Branch (DB) police from DMP made the arrests during raids at seve
Former e-CAB president and actress Shomi Kaiser has been released on bail in an attempted murder case linked to an attack on students during last year's anti-discrimination movement protests. She walked out of Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail at 10:40 pm on Thursday after securing bail, prison
The High Court has ordered the return of white stones plundered from Sada Pathar in Sylhet’s Bholaganj to their original site within seven days and directed that a list be prepared naming those responsible for the incident. The bench of Justices Kazi Zinat Hoque and Aynun Nahar Siddiqua issu
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka on Sunday took into its cognisance the formal charge, brought against five former police officials in a case filed over alleged crimes against humanity, committed in the city's Rampura area during the 2024 uprising. The accused were former DMP c
A Dhaka court will begin hearing testimony against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her children Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul in three cases over plot allocations under the Purbachal New Town Project on Monday. Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of the Dhaka Special Judge’s C
Testimony in three separate corruption cases against ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to begin on Monday in the capital. These three cases also include 47 others accused including her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)
A Chattogram court has issued a summons for the plaintiff to attend a hearing on the admissibility of the chargesheet in the murder case of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif. Judge SM Alauddin of the Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court issued the order on Sunday morning. On Jul 1, the police
Police in separate drives arrested two more suspects in connection with the killing of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin in Chowrasta area of Gazipur city. The arrestees were Shah Jalal, 32 and Foysal Hassan. Based on the information from those arrested earlier in this connection, police arrested Shah
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested three men over a case filed in Mymensingh's Nandail Upazila over allegedly gang-raping a garment worker. They were arrested in a drive in Cumilla and Narayanganj in the wee hours of Thursday, said RAB-14 captain Md Naymul Hasan. The arrested are Md Sh
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed another case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, his wife and other family members for embezzling Tk 250 million by fraudulently giving loans to family members of United Commercial Bank (UCBL) officials posing as businessman. On
A court in Bhola’s Char Fasson has sentenced three men to death for the brutal murder of two brothers in 2021, whose beheaded remains were later dumped in a septic tank. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday afternoon by Additional District and Sessions Judge Shawkat Hossain, according to A
