The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) sentenced one person to death and four others to imprisonment for life in a case filed on the charge of killing Kabir Hossain of Sonargaon in Narayanganj. Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of…
Category: Governance
SC rejects Kamaruzzaman’s review, upholds death sentence
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected death-row war crimes convict Kamaruzzaman’s review petition against its previous verdict in favour of his death penalty that was earlier awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-2. A four-member bench of…
Jubo League man shot in Laxmipur
A local Jubo League man was shot and injured by miscreants in Kashipur area of Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
Kamaruzzaman review decision likely Monday
The review petition of Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman, a death row convict in war crimes case, is set to be heared on Monday. A four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha heard the matter on Sunday. Khandaker Mahbub…
4 fishermen jailed in Laxmhipur for catching jatka
A mobile court here on Friday sentenced to four fishermen to one year jail each for catching banned Hilsha fish fry- Jatka- in the Meghna River.
3 held with 1.5 kg hemp in Panchagarh
Detectives in a drive arrested three members of an drug trading syndicate from Amersari at Boda-Debiganj Highway in Debiganj upazila on Friday.
Prime accused in murder case held in Tangail
Police arrested the prime accused in a case filed for killing a college student on February 20 from Tangail district on Friday.
Khaleda attends court, granted bail
Bnp chief Begum Khaleda Zia has been ganted bail in the two graft cases on Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust in the special court that had earlier issued arrest warrant for her inabiliy to be present at hearing during the…
Khaleda to attend court in graft case if security ensured
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to return her Gulshan residence Sunday after appearing before the special judge’s court at Bakshibazar in the city today, for hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases, according to…
Lawyers see Kamaruzzaman at jail gate ahead of Sunday review
Lawyers of Mohammad Kamaruzzaman Jamaat-e-Islami leader and death-row war crimes convict met him at the Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday. His counsels Shishir Monir, Ehsar A Siddique, Mashiul Alam, Matiur Rahman Akhand and Maujahidul Islam Shahin entered the jail at…
12 gold bars seized at Shahjalal Airport
The haul, worth around Tk 60 million, was made at the airport’s cargo unit from a box that had been flown in on a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Hong Kong on Thursday.
Women held with 62kg hemp in Rajshahi
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged female drug peddler in possession of 62 kilograms of hemp from Sakopara area in Poba upazila early Thursday.
400 bottles of Phensidyl seized in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 400 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a field in Kushkhali Moktar area of sadar upazila on Thursday morning.
Kamaruzzaman review hearing April 5
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred Jamaat Assistant Secretary General M Kamaruzzaman’s review petition hearing to April 5. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order. Counsels for M Kamaruzzaman…
Suspects in blogger Wasiqur murder on remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of blogger Wasiqur Rahman on a eight-day remand for interrogation by police.
22 crude bombs recovered in C’nawabganj
Police in a drive recovered 22 crude bombs from a graveyard at Ghorapakhia village in Shibganj upazila on Tuesday.
2 Ctg bankers arrested for disappearing with money
Police arrested two bankers on Tuesday in a case filed for decamping with about Tk 5 crore from Khatunganj branch of Bangladesh Commerce Bank.
5 arrested with Yaba in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-8) stationed in this district yesterday in two separate raids recovered a huge yaba tablets, hemp and also arrested five persons in these connections.
4 Bangladeshis charge-sheeted in Burdwan blast case
Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday formally submitted a chargesheet against 21 people, including four Bangladesh nationals, to a special court in Kolkata for their involvement in the Burdwan blast, according to Indian media reports. Banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen…
One held with 60 Phensidyl bottles in Pirojpur
Police in a drive arrested a youth along with 60 bottles of Phensidyl from Dekutia Ferry Ghat in Sadar upazila on Sunday.
5 held with 2700 pieces Yaba Tablets in Faridpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested five alleged drug peddlers along with 2,700 Yaba tablets from Guho Laxmipur area of the Sadar upazila on Monday morning.
4 awarded life-term for beating one to death
Al-Asif Md. Anisuzzaman, Additional District and Session Judge-2 of Bagerhat, in a judgment delivered on Monday, convicted 4 persons including a former Councilor of Bagerhat Pourashava and sentenced them to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Tk.25 thousand each…
Pirate ringleader killed in ‘gunfight’ in Khulna
A suspected ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Bojburia Char area of the Sundarbans in Koyra upazila here on Sunday night.
144 bottles of Indian liquor seized in Sunamganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 144 bottles of Indian liquor from Narayantola frontier area of Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday night.
Jubo League activist shot dead in Jessore
A local Jubo League activist was shot down by unidentified miscreants at Baghdanga village in Monirampur upazila on Sunday night.
7 get death penalty for killing Swechhasebak League man
A trial court has ordered death sentence for seven accused for the murder of Swechhasebak League leader Manir Uddin Manu. In its verdict on Monday, Dhaka’s Fourth Speedy Trial Tribunal found eight people guilty of the 2006 murder in the…
ACC should make itself clean first: Prof Abu Sayeed
Questioning the integrity of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), Bishwa Sahitya Kendra chairman Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed on Monday said the anti-graft national body must make itself clean first. “The ACC talks against corruption. Is the ACC free from corruption?…
Another blogger hacked to death in capital
One month into the killing of popular blogger Avijit Roy, another blogger named Washiqur Rahman Babu was hacked to death by a group assailants at South Begunbari of Tejgoan industrial area of the city on Monday morning. Police said Washiqur,…
Charge hearing against Fakhrul, 72 other leaders deferred
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing in the case filed against 73 people including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for vandalism and arson June 16.
Locating Salahuddin is responsibility of Police: Dr Mizan
an of the National Human Rights Commission Dr Mizanur Rahman said on Sunday that it was the responsibility of the police to unveil the mystery behind the disappearance of BP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed. Dr. Mizan was addressing a…