Sylhet, Mar 31 : A special mobile court in Sylhet has sentenced two UK returnees to a week in jail for violating quarantine rules.
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Child marriage: Man jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj
News Desk A man has been jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj for marrying off his underage daughter. Nachol Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Upazila Executive Magistrate Sabiha Sultana-led mobile court handed down the punishment for child marriage. Police took Mohbul…
Haji Selim’s son Irfan jailed for 1 year
Dhaka, Oct 26 – A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday sentenced Irfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 MP Haji Selim, and his bodyguard Zahid to one year in jail for possessing illegal walkie-talkies and drinking liquor.
Barishal AL leader jailed for misappropriating govt rice
A mobile court on Friday sentenced Banaripara Upazila AL Vice-President Yusuf Ali to a six-month imprisonment for embezzling government rice.
Kurigram journalist jailed in mobile court gets bail
A court here on Sunday granted bail to journalist Ariful Islam Rigan, who was jailed for one year for ‘possessing narcotics’.
Bangladeshi jailed in UK for killing wife, daughters
A Bangladesh national has been sentenced to life term imprisonment by a London court for killing his wife and their two daughters on December 31, 2006.
Dutch Olympic sprinter jailed in drug smuggling case
Dhaka – The Dutch Olympic sprinter Madiera Ghafoor was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison on drug charges in Germany on Monday. The court in the town of Kleve found Ghafoor knowingly imported around 50 kilograms of ecstasy and…
Three including fake marriage registrar jailed
Chapainawabganj, Oct 19 (UNB) – A mobile court here on Saturday sentenced three individuals after a drive to prevent them from marrying off under-aged children.
8 fishermen jailed for catching hilsa in Manikganj
2,000 meters net destroyed Manikganj, Oct 12 – A mobile court on Friday night jailed eight fishermen for catching hilsa from the Jamuna River defying a government ban at Alekdia Char area in Shibaloy Upazila.
Myanmar frees Reuters reporters jailed for Secrecy Act crime
Yangon, May 7 (AP/UNB) — Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces’ abuses of Rohingya Muslims were pardoned and released Tuesday. The convictions of Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe…
Dhaka court issues arrest warrant for jailed Ex-PM Khaleda
Dhaka, March 21 – The Chief Metropolitan Court of Dhaka on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in connection with a case filed for making a “defamatory statement” on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Khaleda Zia…
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
A court in Myanmar on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists convicted of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act during their reporting on the country’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, maintaining the seven-year prison terms they were sentenced to…
Papadopoulos, ex-Trump adviser jailed in Russia inquiry
The former Trump adviser whose remarks in a London pub sparked the US inquiry into possible collusion with Russia has been sentenced to 14 days in jail. George Papadopoulos, 31, told the court in Washington DC he was a “patriotic…