The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court鈥檚 acquittal of BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman and 48 others in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, effectively nullifying the lower court鈥檚 conviction of all 49 accused.
The police today find themselves in a peculiar bind 鈥� damned if they act, damned if they do not. They are, on the one hand, accused of inaction, negligence and, even, complicity when citizens face mob attacks, kidnapping, or daylight robberies. They are, on the other hand, condemned for excessive force, partisanship and brutality whenever protests are suppressed...
At least 102 people were detained on Tuesday in connection with the incident of hacking a police officer in the Sunibir Housing area of Adabar in the capital on Monday night...
The Jatiya Ganatantrik Party president, Khondkar Lutfar Rahman, was seriously injured in a knife attack outside the Gono Odhikar Parishad office at Paltan on Monday night.
The Appellate Division on Thursday set September 4 to deliver its verdict on the government鈥檚 appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted all 49 convicts in two cases filed over August 21, 2004 grenade attack on a rally of the...
Survivors and families of the victims of the August 21, 2004 grenade attacks look to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking justice 21 years after the attack on a rally of the then opposition Awami League in Dhaka...
Iran said Wednesday it was prepared for any new Israeli attack, announcing it has developed missiles with greater capabilities than those used during their recent 12-day war...
Gunmen killed at least 30 people in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria earlier this week, according to a resident and a lawmaker, with another 20 people killed in neighbouring villages...
The government on Tuesday urged the Appellate Division to reinstate the trial court sentences for all 49 convicts in the cases in connection with the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on a rally of the Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka.
The Israeli military said on Thursday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, with the Iran-backed Huthi rebels claiming responsibility for the attack...
A journalist of a Kushtia-based newspaper came under attack by a group of people at the BGB Sector area under Mirpur upazila in Kushtia Monday morning...
Dismissed officials of Al-Arafah Islami Bank allegedly attacked senior officials of the bank on Thursday, injuring at least 15 people, including the bank鈥檚 head of Human Resources...
Three people were killed in mob attacks in Sylhet and Sirajganj on Tuesday and Monday.
Jahangirnagar University authorities have permanently expelled 64 current students and revoked the academic certificates of 73 former students for their involvement in last year鈥檚 violent attack on teachers and students during an anti-discrimination movement on the campus...
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Sochi, the Russian resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, around 400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, authorities said Sunday...
A case has been filed with Muradnagar police station over the recent attack on journalists during a political clash at Muradnagar in Cumilla...
A Rangpur court on Thursday afternoon placed five people on two-day remand聽in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26 and July 27...
A Rangpur court sent five men to jail on Wednesday in connection with attacks on the homes of Hindu families in the district鈥檚 Gangachara upazila on July 26鈥�27...
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister warned on Monday that it would respond to the United States and Israel in a 鈥榤ore decisive manner鈥� should they attack Iran again...
Indian security forces have killed three Pakistani gunmen who were involved in an April attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir that led to an intense military conflict between the two countries, home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday...
Russia fired hundreds of drones and seven missiles at Ukraine overnight, the main target of which was a city in western Ukraine home to a military airbase, Kyiv said Monday...
Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts...
In a pre-dawn attack on Sunday, homes and political offices belonging to Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists at Ula village of Lohagara upazila in Narail, were allegedly vandalised by Awami League members...
At least 35 people were killed Sunday in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces rebels in northeastern DR Congo, ending a months-long period of regional calm, local sources said...
At least 11 people were injured in a stabbing at a Walmart store in the Midwestern state of Michigan on Saturday, with police saying it appeared to be a random attack...
US president Donald Trump on Monday stepped up his attack on Barack Obama by posting an AI-generated video of the Federal Bureau of Investigation arresting the former president in the Oval Office, reports NDTV...
The US ambassador to Israel on Saturday visited a Christian village in the occupied West Bank and urged accountability for an attack on an ancient church, which residents have blamed on Israeli settlers...
A street rally organised by the National Citizen Party in Cox鈥檚 Bazar鈥檚 Chakaria municipality was foiled Saturday afternoon as a group of activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal stormed into the venue and damaged the stage...
Singapore announced it was battling a 鈥榮erious鈥� cyberattack against its critical infrastructure, attributing the hack to an espionage group that experts have linked to China...
Different political parties on Wednesday condemned the violent attack on the National Citizen Party鈥檚 鈥楳arch to Gopalganj鈥� programme marking the first anniversary of the July uprising.
