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Court accepts double murder charge against Rony

A Dhaka court takes cognisance of the double murder charge against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan.
13 August 2015

Paracetamol adulteration: Verdict deferred to Aug 17

A Dhaka court today deferred to August 17 its verdict delivery on adulteration of paracetamol by BCIB that caused death of 76 children in 1992.
13 August 2015

2 Netrokona war crimes suspects land in jail

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 sends two war crimes of Netrakona to jail after police produced them before it.
13 August 2015

Mahmudur jailed for not showing wealth

A Dhaka court today sentenced Bangla daily Aamr Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman to three years in jail for failing to submit his wealth statement.
13 August 2015

Janakantha convicted of contempt

The apex court finds Bangla daily Janakantha guilty of contempt over publishing an article relating to war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
13 August 2015

Boy rescued from trafficker

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued a minor boy while he was being trafficked to India through Hili border in Hakimpur
12 August 2015

UZ chairman lands in jail

A Joypurhat court has sent the chairman of Panchbibi Upazila Parishad to jail, rejecting his bail prayer in a sabotage case filed after the
12 August 2015

Three drug peddlers arrested

Police arrested three drug peddlers with 81 bottles of phensidyle in Bhandaria upazila of the district yesterday afternoon.
12 August 2015

Rapist gets life

A court here yesterday sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for raping a woman in 2004.
12 August 2015

Treatment too scanty as most of docs' posts vacant

Patients in the district are deprived of proper treatment at Kurigram Sadar Hospital due to a shortage of doctors and nurses for a long
12 August 2015

Two Netrakona suspects held

Police yesterday arrested two war crimes suspects hours after the International Crimes Tribunal-1 issued arrest orders for seven men of
12 August 2015

Landlord of Mufti Hannan gives deposition

A prosecution witness, the then landlord of Mufti Abdul Hannan, yesterday gave deposition before a Dhaka court in the August 21
12 August 2015

4 killed in Munshiganj road crash

At least four people are killed and three injured as a pick-up van overturns on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj.
12 August 2015

Tiger poaching sparks Sundarbans ban plan

Bangladesh wildlife officials mull a ban on access to the Sundarbans after an alarming rise in poaching of tigers that live in the world's largest mangrove forest.
12 August 2015

Student killed in BCL infighting at Sylhet college

A BCL activist of Sylhet Madan Mohan College was stabbed to death today after a row with another activist of the party.
12 August 2015

Enclave: GPA-4.78 achiever chose India over Bangladesh (video)

As an enclave resident, 20-year-old Aasma had no choice but to fake her identity as a student.Aasma lived in an Indian enclave within Bangladesh. So she faked her identity as a Bangladeshi; studied hard and appeared in the recent HSC exam, and she scored an “A”.
12 August 2015

Eight DB, Rab impersonators arrested

The Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday arrested eight people who mug people by impersonating DB and Rab officials.
11 August 2015

Two Mymensingh suspects held

Police yesterday arrested two war crimes suspects in Mymensingh's Phulbaria upazila while a tribunal decided to hold trial of eight
11 August 2015

Indian cloth seized

Bangladesh Coastguard seized Indian cloth worth about Tk 3 crore from a covered-van in Mawa of the district on Monday afternoon. The
11 August 2015

Life term for killing wife

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry in 2011.
11 August 2015