Supreme Court Bar Association President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has called for special benches in the Supreme Court to ensure the swift disposal of “sensational” cases, usually those involving the repression of women and children. He also urged the government to immediately appoint new
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man with a gamcha (traditional cotton towel) wrapped around his neck from the Padma River in Rajshahi. Locals spotted the body floating in the river at Barkuthi in the city on Saturday afternoon and informed police, reports UNB. Later, members from Riv
Police have arrested a male nurse in Chandpur in connection with a rape case filed with a Cumilla special tribunal. The arrestee is Md Mehedi Hasan, 39, a senior staff nurse of Chandpur Sadar Hospital and son of Md Jahangir Mia of Fatepur Tulpai village in Kachua upazila of Chandpur district, repo
Police arrested a man on charges of raping his daughter-in-law in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district. The accused, Mizanur Rahman Gahar, 65, was arrested during a joint drive conducted with the assistance of Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) from the Moheshpur area of Jhenaidah district, reports UNB.
Police in Chattogram have detained two security guards over separate allegations of attempted rape of two children in different place of the port city. The incidents reportedly occurred on Friday afternoon in Agrabad Hajipara under Double Mooring Police Station and Mandatila under Bayezid Bostami
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 32 people in the capital’s Dhanmondi and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar areas while they were allegedly preparing to bring out “flash processions” in support of political activities-banned Awami League on Friday, police said. The arrests were made by
Charges have been pressed over the alleged rape of a toddler in Chattogram’s Bakalia, while police also plan to bring separate charges over the “mob violence” that followed the reported crime. The suspect, 30-year-old Monir Hossain, a decorator shop employee, was named a suspect
Detectives have arrested two alleged members of an organised fraud ring accused of using the names of key ministries, including the Home Ministry, to extort money by promising government officials transfers, postings and promotions. The arrestees are M Aminur Rahman Shanta, 44, and Nilufa Sultana,
At least four people, including a policeman and two journalists, were injured after police fired blank shots to disperse a crowd trying to snatch a man accused in an attempted rape case in Chattogram city on Thursday night. The incident took place in the Chairmanghata area of Bakalia, UNB reports.
A senior student at a madrasa in Rampura area of Dhaka has been arrested over allegations of rape and instigation to suicide after the death of a child. The arrestee has been identified as Md Shihab Hossain, reports bdnews24.com. According to Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, deputy police commissioner o
Police recovered the bloodstained body of a young man from a bamboo grove at Kirtipur in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abu Huraira Mim, 35, son of Mashiar Rahman of the area, reports UNB. According to police and locals, Mim had been missing since Wedne
A housewife was allegedly slaughtered by unidentified assailants at her house in Gabtali upazila of Bogura on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rita Rani Majumder, 45, wife of Biplab Chandra Roy of Mominhata Southpara area of the upazila, reports UNB. The victim’s husband said he wok
A Dhaka court has sentenced Bidisha Ershad, the former wife of late president Hussain Muhammad Ershad, to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a fraud case involving the sale of a residential flat. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamshed Alam delivered the verdict on Wednesday. The prosecution's l
