A court in Dhaka on Sunday sent to jail former lawmaker Advocate Shamima Akhter Khanam, showing her arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Juba Dal leader Shamim. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman passed the order as police produced her before the court and pleaded to keep her behi
The High Court on Tuesday commuted the sentences of 10 convicts in a case filed over the bomb attack at Ramna Batamul that left 10 people dead in 2001. The HC bench of Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasrin Akhter handed down the judgement, reports UNB. The court sentenced Maulana Tajuddi
Police will petition a court to remand singer and former Manikganj-2 Awami League Member of Parliament Momtaz Begum in their custody for five days in the murder case of hawker Md Sagar during the July Uprising. Sub-inspector Monirul Islam from Mirpur Model Police Station, the investigating officer
A Magura court on Tuesday set May 17 to deliver the much-talked-about verdict in the sensational rape and murder case of eight-year-old Asiya. Judge Md Zahid Hasan of the Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal fixed the date after concluding arguments from both the plaintiff and
Police detained Advocate Zeenat Sohana Chowdhury, Chattogram divisional leader of the Awami League-backed NGO Suchinta Foundation, from the Aturar Depot area of the port city early Tuesday. Zeenat, a former member of the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), was picked up from a residence under
A Dhaka court has granted bail to 40 more individuals convicted by lower court under the Explosive Substances Act over the brutal 2009 BDR carnage at Pilkhana headquarters in the capital. Judge Md Ibrahim Miah of Dhaka Special Tribunal-2 on May 8 held hearing of the case, examining Major (Retd) Za
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a former member of the now defunct Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) sentenced to death in a case over the Pilkhana massacre. Ex-BDR trooper Rezaul Karim, 49, was arrested in Chattogram's Lohagara Upazila on Sunday. He hails from Dengapara in Patiya Upazila, bdn
A Dhaka court has granted police three days to question University of Scholars student Faria Haque Tina in custody in connection to the murder case of Primeasia University student Zahidul Islam Parvez. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam issued the order on Friday following a petition file
The bullet-riddled body of a senior assistant superintendent of police working at Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) in Chattogram was found at his office in the port city on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Palash Saha (37), an officer of the 37th BCS (Police) cadre, and the son of the late Bi
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday started hearing an appeal petition filed afresh by ATM Azharul Islam, former Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, challenging his death penalty awarded by a tribunal on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberat
The Supreme Court (SC) chamber judge has stayed a High Court (HC) order that granted bail to former ISKCON leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a sedition case filed on charge of defaming the national flag. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division, Justice Md Reza
A man has been accused of killing his wife and mother-in-law over a family feud in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur. The incident occurred at Dawa village in Dhawa Union around 11:00 pm on Monday, said Ahmed Anwar, chief of Bhandaria Police Station. The dead have been identified as 32-year-old Champ
Detectives detained nine leaders and activists of Awami League, including former MP from Bagerhat-4 Aminul Islam Milon, from different areas of Dhaka on Monday night. Md Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (media and public relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said Detective Branch (DB)
