The body of a High Court employee has been recovered hanging inside the Supreme Court’s Bijoy Ekattor Building in Dhaka. Shahbagh Police chief Moniruzzaman Khan said the body was found behind a toilet on the building’s eighth floor around midday on Monday. The dead, 42-year-old Md Kam
Police recovered the body of a missing man from a pond in Natore’s Naldanga upazila on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Milon Prang, 45, a resident of Brahmapur Hajipara village in the upazila. According to police and locals, Milon went missing after leaving home on Wednesday
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Tuesday said judges in Bangladesh enjoy full independence in performing their judicial functions. “Judges in Bangladesh can work more independently than in many other countries. We are facing a backlog of cases due to a shorta
Joint forces detained at least 20–25 people during a drive following an attack on a RAB camp by an armed criminal group in Jungle Salimpur of Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram. “Around 20–25 individuals were detained for questioning. During interrogation, if anyone is found involve
Law-enforcing agencies have reported an exchange of gunfire with armed criminals in Jungle Salimpur, a longstanding “fortified stronghold” of criminal groups in Chattogram’s Sitakunda Upazila. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said the attack on the joint forces camp began around
The government has appointed Advocate Musa Kalimullah as state defence counsel to represent the accused in the Ramisa rape and murder case before the Dhaka Metropolitan Children Violence Suppression Tribunal. A gazette notification issued by the Solicitor Wing of the Law and Justice Division said
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
