Former JUST VC lands in jail in graft case
Professor Md Abdus Sattar, former vice-chancellor of the Jashore University of Science and Technology, was taken into the custody of Jashore Central Jail on Monday in a graft case...
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Ex-UP chairman found hanging at Dhaka Central Jail
An inmate of Dhaka Central Jail was declared dead at the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday afternoon as he was taken there in critical condition...
200 inmates escape Pak jail in quake panic
More than 200 Pakistani inmates escaped from a jail in the mega coastal city of Karachi on Tuesday after several earthquake tremors, government officials said...
Chattogram court allows quizzing of Chinmoy at jail gate
A Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate court has allowed the police to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatan Jagran, at the jail gate in connection with violence on the court premises in November last year...
Court allows police to interrogate Chinmoy at jail gate
A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram on Monday allowed the police to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran, in connection with a case filed over an attack on the police and vandalising vehicles on Chattogram court premises in late November in the past year...
Prisoner dies at Gopalganj hospital after falling ill in jail
A prisoner of Gopalganj district jail who fell sick in the jail died at 250-bed Gopalganj General Hospital on Wednesday...
Bangladesh jail authority embarks on renewable energy initiative
The Bangladesh Prison Directorate has signed a contract with a consortium led by Mover Solar and Renewable Energy Ltd to implement solar energy systems across the country鈥檚 prisons, beginning with Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj as a pilot project.
Nusraat Faria freed on bail
Actor Nusraat Faria Mazhar walked out of Kashimpur female鈥檚 Central Jail on Tuesday afternoon, several hours after she had secured bail in a case of attempted murder allegedly committed during the past year鈥檚 July mass uprising.
Ex-minister Imran Ahmed hospitalised in jail custody
Former minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment of the ousted Awami League government Imran Ahmed was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning after he fell sick at Sylhet Central Jail...
Trump orders reopening of defunct US prison Alcatraz
US president Donald Trump said on Sunday he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal jail based on a small island in California that closed six decades ago...
Youth sent to jail for raping college girl
A court in Pabna on Sunday sent a youth to jail for raping a student of Government Edward College in the district...
Health services almost absent in jails
Health services are almost absent in the jails across the country as only two doctors are posted against 141 vacant posts to attend 70,000 inmates in the 69 jails.
BSF returns 14 Bangladeshis
Fourteen Bangladeshi nationals were returned to the country on Wednesday afternoon after serving different terms of imprisonment in Indian jail for allegedly entering that country illegally...
HC acquits Babar, overturns jail sentence in arms case
The High Court on Wednesday acquitted former state minister for home affairs and Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, overturning the 17-year jail sentence handed to him by a trial court in 2007...
5 jailed for life term for 2005 murder
A Pirojpur court on Monday convicted five people and sentenced them to life-term imprisonment for shooting and killing a man during a robbery at Bhandaria in Pirojpur in 2005...
CTG LAWYER MURDER: Court orders interrogation at jail gate
A Chattogram court has ordered interrogation of Chandan Das and Rajib Bhattacharya, both accused in the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, at the jail gate...
Police should step up efforts to arrest July-August jailbreakers
THE failure of the law enforcement agencies to arrest almost none of more than 700 prisoners who escaped jails around the fall of the Awami League government, toppled on August 5, 2024 in a mass uprising, is gravely concerning. The prisons directorate at a press conference in Dhaka on March 10 said that the law enforcers could arrest only one of more than...
One jailbreaker held in 3 months
The jail authorities on Monday said that the members of the law enforcement agencies could arrest only one jailbreaker, out of over 700, in the past three months.
Jail authorities deny AL leader Faruk Khan鈥檚 alleged FB post
The Department of Prisons on Monday dismissed a viral Facebook post claiming to be from detained Awami League leader and former minister Faruk Khan, calling it 鈥榝alse and misleading鈥�.
Babar freed after 18 years
Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Thursday after spending 18 years behind bars.
Enforced Disappearance: Victims killed or jailed in fictitious cases
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance in its first interim report has found that most victims were either killed or ended up in jail implicated in fictitious cases...
Authorities deploy dog squad at Dhaka, Kashimpur prisons
The prison authorities have started to deploy members of the dog squad for the first time as part of increasing security as well as to prevent entry of drugs and other illegal substances inside the jails.
Sherpur district jail reopens after four months
Sherpur district jail has reopened on a limited scale after remaining inactive for four months due to extensive damage caused on August 5.
Police should put in more efforts to arrest jailbreakers
ABOUT 700 prisoners who escaped jails during the time of turmoil around the fall of the Awami League government, toppled on August 5 in a mass uprising that resulted from student protests spanning July, still being at large is worrying. The prisons directorate at a press conference in Dhaka on December 4, highlighting the directorate鈥檚 activities...
Babul Akhter released on bail in wife murder case
Former superintendent of police, Babul Akhter, was released on Wednesday from Chattogram Central Jail after 43 months of imprisonment in connection with the murder of his wife, Mahmuda Khanam Mitu...
700 inmates still in hiding after jailbreaks: IG Prisons
The jail authorities on Wednesday said that 700 inmates, out of 2,200 who fled breaking jails before and after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in August, were still roaming outside while the rest of the inmates either surrendered or were arrested by law enforcement agencies...
Ex-MP arrested just after release from jail
The members of the Detectives Branch of Police arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Rajshahi-5 constituency (Puthia-Durgapur) Rahenul Haque in front of Rajshahi central jail on Monday night, minutes after he was released from the jail on bail...
8 get life-term for killing in Jaipurhat
A Jaipurhat court on Tuesday convicted eight people and sentenced them to life-term imprisonment for killing a man in 2015...
5 Biman officials jailed in Tk 1,164cr loss case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent five former officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to jail in a case over leasing two faulty Boeing 777 aircraft from Egypt that led to a loss of Tk 1,164 crore...
Burundi journalist risks 12-year jail term
A journalist in Burundi is at risk of a 12-year jail term over information she shared in a private WhatsApp group, global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said...