Emrul Hasan Bappi

Covering Human Rights, Crime & Justice

The forgotten boys of Mirpur

For a decade now, 54-year-old house help Jyotsna Robi Das has been seeking justice for the killing of her son.

1d ago

2018 Nighttime voting: Ex-CEC Huda blames govt officials

Former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday told a court that he had been “kept in the dark” about the nighttime voting during the 2018 national election and blamed overenthusiastic government officials for the irregularities.

4d ago

4.8 lakh narcotics cases pending despite deadline

Judge shortage, lack of witnesses, inadequate court infrastructure blamed for delays

1w ago

Violence against women, children: Over 35,000 cases unresolved for over 5 years

More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.

3w ago

Magura rape, murder: Quick trial marks a watershed

The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.

1m ago

137 journalists sued so far

They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

2m ago

Victims still await justice as trials drag on

Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.

2m ago

130 pro-AL lawyers sued sans specific charges

A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.

2m ago

The forgotten boys of Mirpur

For a decade now, 54-year-old house help Jyotsna Robi Das has been seeking justice for the killing of her son.

1d ago

2018 Nighttime voting: Ex-CEC Huda blames govt officials

Former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday told a court that he had been “kept in the dark” about the nighttime voting during the 2018 national election and blamed overenthusiastic government officials for the irregularities.

4d ago

4.8 lakh narcotics cases pending despite deadline

Judge shortage, lack of witnesses, inadequate court infrastructure blamed for delays

1w ago

Violence against women, children: Over 35,000 cases unresolved for over 5 years

More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.

3w ago

Magura rape, murder: Quick trial marks a watershed

The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.

1m ago

137 journalists sued so far

They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

2m ago

Victims still await justice as trials drag on

Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.

2m ago

130 pro-AL lawyers sued sans specific charges

A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.

2m ago
March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023

Rape, death of 12-yr-old: A poor family’s cries for justice go unheeded

“I will not work at this house anymore. They torture me. I will come back to you.” This was what Iti Akter said to her mother Sarkis Akter in her last phone call in the evening of January 28 last year.

March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023

2018 Cop Murder: Rabiul linked in every way

Though Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan on a recent Facebook live claimed that he was not involved in the 2018 killing of a cop, the police probe report made some shocking revelations regarding his complicity.  

March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023

Garment Theft Ring: From ‘mastermind’ to ‘accused no 7’

Md Shahed alias Sayeed was arrested in September 2021 after police found his involvement in the theft of readymade garment products from goods-laden lorries on their way to the Chattogram port for shipment.

March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023

Extortion Case: Rab clears 8 students

Rab has cleared eight Mirpur students of any wrongdoing and said the complainant of the extortion case had delivered “incorrect information”.  

January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023

Bank exam question leak: Buet Prof Nikhil finally charged

Buet Prof Nikhil Ranjan Dhar was finally charged with involvement in bank recruitment question paper leak even though the investigation officer (IO) had earlier dropped his name from the charge sheet.

January 4, 2023
January 4, 2023

Finally free from the clutches of influentials

Dhaka district administration is planning to make the historic Brajo Niketan, located in Dhaka’s Nawabganj, a heritage site, as authorities recently retrieved it from three decades of illegal occupation.

December 28, 2022
December 28, 2022

ASI who framed trader possessed yaba

A police probe has found that an assistant sub-inspector, who arrested a trader for possession of yaba in September, illegally possessed 100 yaba pills.

December 12, 2022
December 12, 2022

1,223 BNP men arrested in nine days

Police arrested a total of 1,223 BNP leaders and activists from different parts of the capital and produced them before the court in nine days just before the party's December 10 rally.

December 12, 2022
December 12, 2022

Case records go missing from court

Records and documents of four narcotics cases have gone missing about 10 months ago from a Dhaka court, raising questions about the security measures at the record room.

December 4, 2022
December 4, 2022

Locked up for no reason

Amatullah Bushra, a friend of slain Buet student Fardin Noor Parash, has been in jail for four weeks although the law enforcers found no evidence of her involvement in Fardin’s murder.