Case filing stuck in legal quagmire

There is no legal bar now to file a case for police torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby, Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon said yesterday.
27 January 2016

Stalker jailed

A mobile court on Tuesday sentenced a stalker in Mehendiganj upazila of the district to four months' imprisonment. The convict is Sajal
27 January 2016

RMG factory looted in Savar

Armed robbers looted valuables worth around Tk 6 lakh from an RMG factory and injured two security guards at
27 January 2016

Woman found dead in Savar

A woman was found dead at her residence at Bank colony in Savar, outsides the capital, on Tuesday night.
27 January 2016

Report on arrest of fugitives by March 3

A Dhaka court yesterday directed police to report on arrest of the fugitives by March 3 in a case filed over the Rana Plaza collapse.
27 January 2016

DPDC shuts 3 factories for power theft

A special taskforce of Dhaka Power Distribution Company yesterday shut three factories down and seized 50 metres of cable for stealing electricity at the capital's Bangshal on Tuesday.
27 January 2016

Witness implicates three in brother's abduction, torture

The 19th prosecution witness in a case against eight alleged Jamalpur Al-Badr men accused three of them of abducting and torturing his brother during the 1971 Liberation War.
27 January 2016

7-murder: Nur Hossain’s bail rejected

A court in Narayanganj denies bail for 11 accused including the prime accused Nur Hossain in the sensational seven-murder case.
27 January 2016

War crimes: 3 Noakhali accused denied bail

A war crimes tribunal in Dhaka rejects bail pleas for three war crimes accused who were allegedly involved in war crimes during 1971.
27 January 2016

RU teacher files GD over kidnap threat

A Rajshahi University teacher filed a general diary with Boalia Police Station as he on Monday allegedly received a threat of kidnapping one
26 January 2016

Municipal councillor in Ctg sent to jail in murder case

A Chittagong court yesterday sent a municipal councillor of Satkania upazila to jail in a case filed over the killing of a person during the
26 January 2016

HC upholds death penalty of mother's boyfriend

The High Court yesterday upheld a lower court verdict that sentenced a woman to life term imprisonment and her boyfriend to death for
26 January 2016

Apex court urged to uphold order for filing case

The Supreme Court has been requested to uphold the High Court order that directed police to record a case over cop torture on
26 January 2016

HC cause list goes online February 1

The age-old printed cause list, a roll of cases to be heard by the court on any day, will be abolished at the High Court on February 1, as
26 January 2016

Stop illegal use of stone crushers in Sylhet upazilas

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to immediately shut down illegal stone-crushing machines operating in five Sylhet
26 January 2016

Ashraf led torture of man maiming him for life

A prosecution witness yesterday testified that his father was disabled because Al-Badr men led by Ashraf Hossain tortured him in
26 January 2016

Yet another bKash official shot, robbed in capital

Muggers shot a bKash official and took away around Tk 1.5 lakh in the capital's Bheribandh yesterday.
26 January 2016

BSTI sues 7 bakeries in port city

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) yesterday filed cases against seven bakeries in Chittagong city for producing and
26 January 2016

3 Uttara cops suspended for ‘extortion’

Three cops including a sub-inspector of Uttara Pashchim Police Station are suspended over allegation of harassing a businessman and taking extortion money from him on Sunday night.
26 January 2016

Halt illegal stone-crushing machines: HC

The High Court orders the government to immediately shut down illegal stone-crushing machines at five upazilas in Sylhet.
26 January 2016