A new alliance – The Girls Not Brides Bangladesh Alliance – was formed with the hope to end child marriage in Bangladesh on Thursday.
Category: Governance
Indian nationals pick up 5 Bangladeshis in Chuadanga
Five Bangladeshis were picked up by some Indians nationals at Gayeshpur frontier in Jibannagar upazila early Thursday.
Pappu on remand again
A court here on Thursday placed Dr Dewan Md Faridullah Pappu, arrested in the Jubo League leader Riazul Haque Khan Milky murder case, on a three-day remand.
Oishy’s bail plea rejected
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Oishee Rahman, the key suspect, facing the charge of murdering her parents, Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman for the third time.
Youth gets 6 months in jail for sexual harassment
A court here on Monday sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl in the city’s Nirala area.
Liquor seized in Sunamganj
Police on Wednesday noon seized 88 bottles of Indian liquor from a shop in Sadar Road area in Dirai upazila.
14 charges brought against Mir Quasem Ali
The first war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh has indicted Jamaat-e-Islami leader and financier Mir Quasem Ali on 14 charges including murder, abduction and torture.
TIB calls for cancelling Food Directorate’s recruitment process
In the awake of allegation of massive graft in recruiting staff to the Food Directorate under the Food Ministry, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has demanded immediate cancellation of recruitment process and taking stern action against those involved in the…
Bangladesh to receive naval vessel from US
The US has strengthened ties with the South Asian countries in the last few years mainly to counter China’s growing influence in the region.
BGB seizes drugs worth Tk 83.67 lakh from Nababganj frontier
Members of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) in a drive seized huge quantity of sexstimulating tablets and drugs worth Taka 83.67 lakh from Nababganj frontier in Dinajpur on Tuesday evening, BGB sources said.
Youth gets 3 yrs in jail for possessing Phensidyl
A court here on Monday sentenced a young man to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for possessing Indian Phensidyl syrup illegally.
Man gets life for killing daughter in Barisal
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his 14- month-old daughter four years back.
Prime accused in AL leader Rabiul murder held
Police arrested the prime accused in the Satkhira Awami League leader Rabiul Islam killing case from the capital’s Kafrul area on Wednesday.
RAB mobile court awards jail to pharma owner in capital
A Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced the owner of a pharmaceutical company to two years’ jail and sealed off the company for manufacturing low quality of medicines.
Muhith turns down 20pc DA demand for govt staff
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday turned down the top bureaucrats’ demand for awarding 20 percent dearness allowance before announcing a new pay scale for government staff.
‘Oishy is aged 19 yrs, Sumi 11’
Oishy Rahman, who has been accused of killing her parents, is around 19 years old, police say quoting a medical report.
Telecom graft: HC rejects bail to BTCL MDs
A vacation bench of the High Court on Tuesday rejected the applications for anticipatory bail by SOM Kalimullah, acting MD of BTCL, and three others, facing charges of misappropriation of huge money through illegal VoIP business, as being not pressed.
Cop gets 2 yrs in jail for graft
A court here on Tuesday convicted a sub-inspector of police (SI) for graft and sentenced him to two years’ rigorous imprisonment.
Touchstone statue worth over 73 lakh seizes in Rajshahi
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Rajshahi seized a touchstone statue valued at around Taka 73.90 lakh from a village in the district on Monday afternoon, BGB officials said here today.
1,780 bottles of Phensidyl recovered in Jessore
Police in separate drives recovered 1,780 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 30 pieces of Yaba tablet from the district town on Sunday.
37 Jamaat-Shibir men sent to jail in Bogra
A court here on Monday sent 37 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir to jail turning down their bail plea in an arson case.
Stalker gets 1 year’s jail in Kushtia
A mobile court in Mirpur upazila on Monday sentenced a stalker to one year’s imprisonment.
6 held over militant links in Jessore
Police arrested six people, including four women, suspecting them of having links with a militant organisation, from police line area of the district town on Monday afternoon.
6 held over Mymensingh upazila chairman murder
Police early Monday arrested six people from different places of Dhobaura upazila on charge of their involvement in the killing of upazila parishad chairman Forkan Uddin Selim.
7 arrested with firearm, gunpowder in Gazipur
Police in a drive on Sunday night arrested seven people along with a pistol, some bullets, crude bombs and gunpowder in Kaliganj upazila.
Five police charged on death of Savar businessman
Police submitted charge sheet against five policemen over the death of Savar businessman Shamim Sarkar in June.
Mufti Jasim’s confessional statement recorded
A Dhaka Court on Monday recorded the confessional statement of Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani, chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team about his involvement with blogger Rajib murder.
7 arrested with firearm, gunpowder in Gazipur
Police in a drive on Sunday night arrested seven people along with a pistol, some bullets, crude bombs and gunpowder in Kaliganj upazila.
9 Jamaat men held in Sunamganj
Police arrested nine activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Maijbari Badipur of the municipality area on Sunday night.
1,780 bottles phensidyl recovered in Jessore
Members of the detective branch (DB) on Sunday conducted a drive at Central Bus terminal of the town and recovered 1,780 bottles of contraband phensidyl syrup.