The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a direction that death-row convicts cannot be confined to condemned cell before attaining the finality of their sentence by the latest judicial and administrative forums. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Bazlur Rahman delivered the ve
The Rapid Action Battalion says it has arrested two people after a raid on a hideout of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an armed Myanmar insurgent group, from the Lal Pahar area of Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya, reports bdnews24.com. The RAB-15 Cox’s Bazar Battalion condu
Four suspected operatives of the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were remanded for two days for quizzing in connection with the robberies at Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank of Thanchi upazila in Bandarban. The detainees who were put on two-day remand each are Bhanunun Nuam Bawm of Rounin Para in Rowang
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested four suspected muggers from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as Sajal, 30, Shanta Hossain, 22, Shakil Hossain, 24 and Washim, 24. Tipped off, a team of RAB-10 conducted a drive in the area around 8:30
A Jagannath University student, Tithy Sarkar, was sentenced to five years in prison in a case under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for hurting religious sentiment by making derogatory comments about religion on social media. Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat delivered the verdict in the
A court in Chattogram has prohibited four sons of former Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam B Sc from leaving Bangladesh. Judge of Chattogram Artha Rin Adalat Mozahidur Rahman issued the order on Sunday. Those banned from leaving the country are the former min
Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Customs Intelligence recovered seven gold bars, weighing 816 grams and worth Tk 7.0 million, that were abandoned in a bin at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Friday night, reports UNB. Airport sources said that acting on a
The High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of the much talked about PK Haldar and his wife Papia Banerjee, for six weeks in 15 cases filed under the money laundering prevention act. Both of them were former Directors of the International Leasing and F
A Union Parishad chairman was arrested for illegally influencing voters using money in favour of a candidate running for chairman in the Upazila Parishad elections in Belkuchi Upazila in Sirajganj district. The detainee, Zahurul Islam, is chairman of the Bhangabari Union Parishad. He is accused of
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized arms, ammunition, drugs and other contraband items worth Tk 1.34 billion during anti-smuggling drives across the country, especially in bordering areas in the month of April. During this period, the paramilitary force seized 12.40 kgs of gold, 704 gr
A Dhaka court will take a decision on acceptance of the charge sheet brought against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder in a money embezzlement case on June 10, local news portals said. On January 24, 2021, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed
Arrested Child and Old Age Care Chairman Milton Samaddar’s wife Mithu Halder has arrived at the office of the Detective Branch (DB) in the capital's Mintoo Road to face interrogation. Local news portals said she arrived at the DB office around 11:30 am on Sunday. Mithu Halder was summoned b
Police have arrested controversial social worker Milton Samadder, founder of Child and Old Age Care in Dhaka’s Mirpur, after media reports suggested he might have been running a racket of organ harvesters. Additional Commissioner Harunor Rashid, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Det
