Child marriage bid, one fined

A mobile court fined a marriage registrar in Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday on charge of arranging marriage of an underage
21 January 2016

Judicial probe on 5 Dhaka cops over ‘sexual abuse’

A Dhaka court orders a judicial probe against five policemen including officer-in-charge (OC) of Jatrabari Police Station a day after a woman filed complaint accusing them of sexual abuse.
21 January 2016

SC stays case filing against torturer cop Masud

Supreme Court stays a High Court order that directed police to file a case over cop torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby. Chamber judge ordered the stay until January 25 and sent it for a full bench hearing.
21 January 2016

Halt Kalyanpur slum eviction: HC

The High Court directs the government to halt the eviction at Dhaka’s Kalyanpur slum that houses about 40,000 low-income dwellers.
21 January 2016

11 indicted over Ashulia bank heist, trial Feb 1

A Dhaka court frames charges against 11 alleged militants over the daring bank robbery that left eight people dead in April last year.
21 January 2016

Violence during Kalyanpur slum eviction

Protests erupt in a slum of Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area and clashes pursue when police and ministry officials show up for an eviction drive. Locals claim they are being evicted without any prior notice or proper rehabilitation.
21 January 2016

3 illegal brick kilns fined

A mobile court in Raozan upazila of the district fined three brick kilns Tk one lakh each and sentenced two people to imprisonment for running brick kilns without licence.
20 January 2016

Trader rescued 7 days into abduction, one arrested

A maize trader, abducted from the town seven days ago, was rescued from Biral upazila of the district yesterday.
20 January 2016

Court now upholds Nur's remand

A Chittagong higher court yesterday upheld a remand order given by a lower court against businessman Nur
20 January 2016

Evidence found against 5 Moulvibazar suspects

The International Crimes Tribunal's investigation agency yesterday said to have found evidence of the “involvement” of five Moulvibazar men in six incidents of crimes committed in their home district during the 1971 Liberation War.
20 January 2016

Allegations of sexual harassment against 5 cops

A woman files a complaint case with a Dhaka court bringing allegations of sexual abuse against five policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station.
20 January 2016

SCBA seeks caretaker restoration, terming its scrapping illegal

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) demands restoration of the caretaker government system saying the judgement, which scrapped the provision, has no constitutional basis as it was written by a retired judge.
20 January 2016

High Court delivers split verdict

A two-judge High Court bench yesterday delivered a split verdict in a case filed for killing three law enforcers during
19 January 2016

Woman arrested over N'ganj 5-murder

Police yesterday arrested Nazma Begum, an accused in the Narayanganj five-murder case, in Shariatpur district.
19 January 2016

NHA evicts residents of New Colony 'flouting HC stay'

A section of the residents of New Colony in the capital's Lalmatia alleged that they had been evicted unlawfully and left homeless by
19 January 2016

Filling station sealed off

Local administration sealed off Badhan filling station for allegedly using contaminated oil in the name of Jamuna Oil Company in
19 January 2016

Madrasa super arrested for endangering student in Barisal

Mawlana Al Amin, superintendent of Selimpur Qweratul Quran Madrasa was arrested in connection with inflicting burn
19 January 2016

HC questions Menon-led Viqarunnisa governing body's legality

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the formation of a special governing body, led by Civil Aviation and
19 January 2016

Two get death for murder in Ctg

A Chittagong court yesterday gave death penalty to two persons in a case filed for killing a man at Chandanaish upazila
19 January 2016

Three port city JMB suspects remanded

A Chittagong court yesterday placed three suspected JMB activists in a five-day remand each in two cases filed with
19 January 2016