A murder case has been filed two days after the bodies of a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Saudi Arabia, his wife, and their son were recovered from a residential hotel in Dhaka’s Moghbazar. The expatriate’s brother Nurul Amin filed a case at Ramna Police Station over the incident.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to issue a gazette notification summoning 100 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, in connection with six graft cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Sp
The body of a 50-year-old woman was recovered from a septic tank five days after she went missing in Burichang upazila of Cumilla district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ferdousi Begum Nayan (50), wife of Shamsul Haque Alam, a Saudi expatriate. Police have taken Ferdousi’s broth
The Appellate Division on Sunday stayed the effectiveness of its 2018 judgment that approved the much-debated service discipline rules for lower court judges. A six-member bench led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed passed the order, as per a UNB report. The same bench also granted leave to a
A union parishad member and his sister-in-law were stabbed to death in an attack by some miscreants at Chandipur in Indurkani upazila of Pirojpur district early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, member of Chandipur union parishad under No 2 ward and Moukli Begum, 48, report
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to attach two plots, one in Purbachal and another in Uttara, and to freeze 29 bank accounts of ex-lawmaker from Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea from the Anti-Co
Former ministers Anisul Huq and Qamrul Islam, former adviser Salman F Rahman and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were shown arrested in three murder cases in Gazipur on Sunday. Judge of Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Court Omar Faruk passed the order after hea
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the attachment of two flats in the capital and the freezing of shares in 55 companies owned by Nasrin Islam, director of EXIM Bank and NASSA Group, in connection with corruption allegations involving wealth beyond known sources. Judge of the Metropolitan Senior S
Detectives arrested six alleged muggers in connection with the mugging of Tk 2.1 million from a money exchange businessman in the capital's Mirpur-10 area. The arrestees were Zafar, 33, Mostafizur Rahman,40, Saikat Hossain alias Dipu Mridha,52, Sohag Hasan, 34, Jalil Molla, 52, and Palash Ahm
A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed arrested former prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Barrister Tureen Afroz in a case lodged over the murder of madrasa student Arafat Hossain during the July-August mass uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Mejbah Ur Rahman passed the order
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered to attach 200 acres of land owned by S Alam Group owner Mohammad Saiful Alam and people related to him over graft allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC),
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various types of smuggled goods worth over Tk 1.33 billion in the border areas and other places of the country in May last, said an official release of the paramilitary force. The seized weapons include two domestic pistols, five foreign pistols, two 9mm pi
Investigation into the case filed with the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT) in Dhaka in connection with the murder of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, and crimes against humanity committed during the 2024 uprising is at the final stage. The prosecution informed the ICT of the
