The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested nine more leaders and activists of Awami League and its associated bodies in 24 hours till 6 am on Sunday. They were arrested for their alleged involvement in sudden processions and activities aimed at destabilising the coun
Local residents have detained and turned a man over to the police over allegations of killing another man and then raping the victim’s wife in Cox's Bazar. The incident occurred around midnight on Sunday in the Kolatoli area of the beach town, according to Cox's Bazar Model Police Station ch
Police have arrested three teenage boys for their alleged involvement in the rape of a 5-year-old in Satkhira’s Kaliganj Upazila. The mother of the "seriously injured" child lodged the complaint on Thursday, leading to the arrests, according to Kaliganj Police Station chief Mizanur Rahman.
Two men accused of mugging have been beaten to death in separate incidents that took place within four hours of each other in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. The attacks happened around 3:30am and 7:30am on Wednesday near the Nabinagar Bridge, within a short distance of each other, according to police.
Police in a drive arrested a man in connection with his alleged involvement in the murder of a Comilla University student and her mother from Cumilla rail station on Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Mobarak Hossain, 29, Mohammad Nazir Ahmed Khan, superintendent of Cumilla Police, said a te
Police have arrested 18 people in connection with the demolition of the shrine of Nurul Haque, widely known as Nural Pagla, the torching of his exhumed body, and attacks on police in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari district. Latif, the imam of a local mosque who had been on the run since the incident,
In the ongoing nationwide anti-criminal crackdown, police arrested 1677 more crime suspects in the last 24 hours. According to the Police Headquarters, 1,124 of them were netted in previous cases and pending warrants, while 553 others were captured on various criminal charges. During the operatio
A Pirojpur court on Sunday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for killing a trader in 2014. Pirojpur District and Session Judge Md Majibur Rahman handed down the punishment. The lifers were identified as Ezaz Sharif, 27, Akkas Sharif, 52, Shafayet Sharif, 52, Shefali Begum, 45, Happy Begum
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday cleared the way for holding the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election as per its declared schedule. The apex court upheld until October 30 this year its chamber judge's decision that halted a High Court (HC) dir
A tribunal has sent a man to jail until his death for raping a teenage girl in South Keraniganj’s Aganagar in 2021. Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Mashiar Rahman delivered the verdict on Wednesday. The convict, 55-year-old Abu Sayed Molla, is origina
Police have requested a 10-day remand to interrogate actor Siddiqur Rahman in custody over the killing of a furniture store employee during last year’s July Uprising. The petition, submitted on August 24, alleges that Siddiqur, identified as the 223rd suspect in the case, was present outside
Full control of the lower judiciary switches over to Bangladesh Supreme Court from the President in a major constitutional change by court verdict, in tune with post-uprising reform recipe. The High Court Wednesday handed down the judgment vesting in the Supreme Court the full responsibility of ma
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, along with 34 others. They are accused of embezzling Tk 4.48 billion through a fake organisation, Suchona Foundation, which allegedly collected donations as
