Three get life imprisonment over Italian aid worker murder
A Dhaka court on Thursday convicted and sentenced three people to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella in 2015.
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38 named in charge sheet for lawyer Alif murder
The Chattogram police on Tuesday submitted the charge sheet against 38 individuals with Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari named as the key accused in the lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case...
Charges filed against former BRUR VC, 29 others
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunals on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed in Rangpur during the July 2024 mass uprising...
Govt should do whatever needed for police to regain morale
AN INCREASE in crimes that include murder, robbery, drug dealing, theft and, even, killing suggests that the law and order, which drastically declined soon after the August 2024 political changeover, has not yet been fully restored. The situation is worrying in view of the fact that the interim government, installed on August 8, 2024 after the overthrow of the Awami League...
HC upholds death sentence for Pradeep, Liakat, life terms for six others
The High Court on Monday upheld the death sentences for former Teknaf police station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara outpost in-charge Md Liakat Ali for the 2020 murder of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in the tourism district of Cox鈥檚 Bazar.
HC to deliver verdict on June 2 in Sinha murder case
The High Court on Thursday set June 2 for announcing its verdict on the death reference and appeals in the sensational murder case of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.
Eight more arrested over Shammo murder: police
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said that eight more suspects were arrested in a case filed over the murder of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo on May 13...
Psychology behind juvenile delinquency
CRIMINOLOGY offers a lens through which we can understand the motivations behind criminal behaviour and the psychological traits that predispose individuals to crime. A recent Netflix series, Adolescence, dramatises the story of a 13-year-old who commits murder. However, such portrayals are no longer confined to fiction. Bangladesh is witnessing a disturbing...
Probe report deadline extended for 118th time
A Dhaka court on Wednesday set July 8 for filing a probe report in the sensational case lodged over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 118th time...
Actress Nusraat Faria walks out of jail
Actress Nusraat Faria Mazhar walked out of Kashimpur female鈥檚 Central Jail on Tuesday afternoon hours after she secured bail in an attempt to murder case...
Death-row convict Morshed appeals seeking acquittal
Morshed Ononto Islam, one of the 20 death-row convicts in the case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad murder, on Monday appealed seeking his acquittal of the murder charges...
Nusraat Faria sent to jail in attempted murder case
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Monday sent actor Nusraat Faria Mazhar to jail in a case of attempted murder allegedly committed during the July uprising last year.
DU students besiege Shahbagh police station demanding justice for Shammo
A group of students besieged the Shahbagh police station on Sunday, demanding justice for the killing of Shahriar Alam Shammo who was a student of Dhaka University and also a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal...
Two youths stabbed to death in Dhaka
Two young men were stabbed to death in separate incidents in the capital's Shankar and Jigatala areas on Friday night...
Prime accused in Magura girl rape, murder case sentenced to death
The Magura Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Tribunal on Saturday sentenced prime accused Hitu Sheikh, 50, to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in the district in March this year.
Anisul, six others shown arrested in more cases
A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed former ministers Anisul Huq, Amir Hossain Amu, Hasanul Haque Inu, Rashed Khan Menon, and three others arrested in seven cases over July movement...
Six AL leaders held over murder of 4 students
The police have arrested six Awami League leaders, including two public representatives, in connection with the murder of four students in the July uprising in the past year...
PRIMEASIA UNIV STUDENT MURDER:聽Female student placed on 3-day remand
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Friday placed a female student on three-day remand in a case filed on charges of killing Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez in the capital鈥檚 Banani area on April 19.
Protest at rape, murder of Kheyang woman continues
Protests demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators in the alleged rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Bandarban continued on Wednesday...
Protest erupts after Kheyang woman raped, murdered
Several organisations, including regional political parties representing national minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Tuesday protested at the alleged rape and murder of a woman from the Kheyang community in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban...
111 girls, women raped, 60 murdered in April
At least 332 girls and women across the country faced various forms of violence in April, among whom 111 were raped, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Sunday...
Subrata Bain鈥檚 associate arrested over Juba Dal activist murder
The Rapid Action Battalion early Saturday arrested a close associate of listed crime suspect Subrata Bain in connection with the murder of a Juba Dal activist in the capital鈥檚 Hatirjheel area on April 19...
Abrar murdered for difference of opinion: HC
The High Court has released its 131-page full verdict in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad, confirming the death sentences of 20 former activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organisation of the Awami League...
Fresh murder case against Hasina among 408
A case has been filed against 408 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man during the July-August mass killing...
3 accused of sensational murder case held in Ukhia
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three accused, including the main accused, of a sensational killing case of Kutupalong under Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, at Patabari area in the upazila early Saturday...
Two more arrested
The police and the members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested two more accused in Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez murder case at separate places in Gaibandha and Chattogram...
Four charged with Magura girl rape, murder
The Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against four individuals accused of the death of an 8-year-old girl after rape in the district in early March this year...
Further delay in Sagar-Runi murder case disappointing
NO TANGIBLE progress in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their rented flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in the capital on February 11, 2012, is worrying given that the government task force has sought more time to complete the investigation. In September 2024, the High Court, considering the failure of the Rapid Action Battalion...
Arrest warrant issued against actress Shaon in attempted murder case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for ten people, including actress Meher Afroz Shaon in an attempted murder case.
HC begins hearing death reference, appeals
The High Court on Wednesday began hearing the death reference and appeals filed by eight convicts in the murder case of retired Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan, who was shot dead at a police checkpoint in Cox鈥檚 Bazar in 2020...