Khaleda, 24 others acquitted in attempt to murder case
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Wednesday acquitted BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 25 others in an attempt to murder case...
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Liverpool players prepared to 'go to war' for each other: Van Dijk
Virgil van Dijk says much of Liverpool's phenomenal success this season is down to the players' willingness to 鈥榞o to war鈥� for each other.
End political vengeance: Tarique聽
Hours after his acquittal by the High Court in the August 21 grenade attack case, Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that the beauty of truth is that...
Uprising criminal cases should have sound legal footing
THE wholesale filing of cases in connection with murder of and attacks on protesters that took place in July鈥揂ugust and flaws in the filing of the cases stand to harm justice and allow perpetrators to escape unpunished. The police say that more than 2,500 cases have been filed until mid-November in connection with the murders and attacks during the uprising, noting that about 8,000 people have also...
Flawed, wholesale cases may hinder justice
The filing of flawed and wholesale cases over the murders of and attacks on protesters during the student-people uprising is likely to hinder justice and pave the way for perpetrators to escape punishment.
Murder case filed as protests on over killing of lawyer on Ctg court premises
Four days after lawyer Saiful Islam Alif had been hacked to death in Chattogram, a murder case was filed with the Kotwali police against 31 named and 10鈥�15 unidentified people early Saturday...
HC begins hearing death reference
The High Court on Thursday commenced the hearing of the death reference in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology鈥檚 student Abrar Fahad...
HC grants bail to ex-SP Babul Akhter
The High Court on Wednesday granted ad interim bail to former police super Babul Akhter in Mahmuda Khan Mitu murder case...
BIZ Verse 2024 ends at BRAC University
The grand finale of BIZ Verse 2024, a prestigious national-level inter-university business case competition, concluded successfully at BRAC University recently...
G7 backs Venezuelan opposition candidate, rouses anger in Caracas
The G7 group of industrialised nations provoked a furious response from Caracas Tuesday by coming out in support of the Venezuelan opposition鈥檚 Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia鈥檚 claim to victory in July elections...
Ex-ministers Anisul, Qamrul, Shahid put on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former law minister Anisul Huq and former food minister Qamrul Islam on fresh remand in two separate murder cases...
Khaleda Zia acquitted in two cases
Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was acquitted in two cases related to the Barapukuria coalmine and the Zia Charitable Trust on Wednesday...
Lawyer killed in clash over sending Chinmoy to jail
A lawyer was killed and 25 others injured during a clash between followers of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari and law enforcement agencies on the Chattogram court premises on Tuesday over sending Chinmoy to jail in...
Gautam Adani, nephew summoned by US SEC in bribery case
Gautam Adani of Adani group and his nephew Sagar Adani have been summoned by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to explain their stand on allegation of paying $265 million in bribes to secure lucrative solar power contracts, news agency PTI reported...
Legality of media trials in Bangladesh
A RECENT incident in Bangladesh shocked people after the media reported that a young man had killed his mother and stored her body in a refrigerator. The news portrayed him as a cold-blooded murderer. However, later investigations revealed that some neighbours, not the son, were responsible for the crime. Despite this, the earlier reports...
Woman held for falsely claiming husband as uprising martyr
Police managed to arrest Kulsum Begum, who filed a false case over her husband鈥檚 death during July-August mass uprising, whereas he is perfectly healthy and alive and appeared before the law enforcers himself.
Murder attempt case filed against Hasina, aides
An attempt to murder case was filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 60 others with the Siddhirganj police station in Narayanganj district on Friday.
BB announces 10pc incentive for agro-processed product export
The Bangladesh Bank has introduced a 10 per cent cash incentive for the export of agricultural and agro-processed products...
HC dismisses ICT case against Khaleda, Tarique
The High Court on Wednesday dismissed proceedings in a 2016 case filed under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (Amendment) Act, 2013, against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son and party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, and one other.
Wholesale cases embarrass govt
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul said on Tuesday that the surge in filing wholesale cases against political opponents was embarrassing the interim government.
Cash outside banks drops
Cash held outside the country鈥檚 banking system decreased in September after a five-month increase, as depositors began returning their funds to banks amid their improved...
United players hungry to learn from Amorim: Casemiro
Casemiro says Manchester United's players are hungry to learn from new manager Ruben Amorim, who is expected to arrive in Britain on Monday to start the daunting task of reviving the struggling club.
SC decision on Khaleda鈥檚 appeal today
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday informed the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that there was no misappropriation of funds of the Shaheed Ziaur Rahman...
Arsenal PL hopes hit by Newcastle defeat
Newcastle put a huge dent in Arsenal鈥檚 title aspirations on Saturday, winning 1-0 to give leaders Manchester City the chance to move eight points clear of the Gunners at the top of the Premier League.
Two ex-MPs among 250 AL activists sued for attempted murder
A case was filed with Munshiganj Sadar police station on Friday against more than 250 Awami League leaders and activists, including two former lawmakers, for attempting to murder a...
Two cases filed against 1,100 RMG workers
The police on Friday filed two cases with Vasantek and Kafrul police stations in Dhaka against 1,100 unnamed readymade garment workers for setting fire to an army jeep and a police van...
Two ISKCON members arrested in Chattogram聽 in sedition case
The police in Bangladesh arrested two youths in a sedition case filed for hoisting saffron flag of hardliner Hindu group above Bangladesh鈥檚 national flag atop Independent Monument in Chattogram鈥檚 New Market area in the past week.
National Bank鈥檚 Shibganj branch locked down over cash crisis
Angry customers of National Bank鈥檚 Shibganj branch in Sylhet locked the main entrance of the bank on Wednesday in protest after being unable to withdraw their deposits, a situation that has reportedly persisted for several days...
Ex-state minister Zakir, ex-secy Mostafa sent to jail
Two Dhaka metropolitan magistrate courts on Monday sent former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain and former home ministry senior secretary Mustafa Kamal Uddin to jail in separate murder cases...
Appellate Division stays Rana Plaza owner Rana鈥檚 bail in murder case
The Appellate Division on Monday stayed for six months the bail granted by the High Court to Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza that collapsed in 2013, leaving 1,138 RMG workers dead, in a murder case over the deadly incident...