Crime & Justice
Vandalism at metro station: Journo, five others placed on remand
A Dhaka court yesterday placed six people, including a journalist, on a five-day remand for interrogation in connection with a case filed over the vandalism of the Kazipara Metro Station in the city’s Mirpur.
Agri University: 20 students sued for attack on police
Twenty students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, along with many unnamed others, were sued on charges of demonstrating unlawfully in front of the campus and assaulting police.
Over 5,500 held in one week
At least 738 more people were arrested in the capital and several other districts in 36 hours till 6:00pm yesterday in connection with the recent violence across the country.
Arson on Setu Bhaban: Ex-DUCSU VP Nur sent to jail after remand
A Dhaka court today sent former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur to jail in a case filed over an arson attack on Setu Bhaban in Dhaka on July 18
End violent crackdown, fully restore access to internet and social media
UN experts urge Bangladesh government
Quota reform clash: SCBA president, secretary share opposing views
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon today said if the state had appealed to the Supreme Court chamber judge 15 days ago for scrapping the High Court verdict that reinstated the quotas in government jobs, hundreds of agitators would not have killed and injured an
Tk 187cr embezzlement case: Sonali Life Insurance’s ex-chairman, family sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against eight people, including the former chairman of Sonali Life Insurance Mostafa Golam Quddus, six of his family members, and one relative, over the embezzlement of Tk 187 crore.
Benazir, Family: ACC fails to estimate value of some assets
The Anti-Corruption Commission could not determine the value of some of the properties amassed by former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, his wife, and two daughters.
One held over rape in Jashore
Police have arrested one person on charge of raping a differently-abled woman in Jashore’s Jhikargachha upazila today
No shots fired from helicopters: Rab
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a statement today said no shots were fired from their helicopters during the recent protests centring the quota reform
Militant who fled Narsingdi jail arrested from Narayanganj
Rab arrested a militant from Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila during a drive today, six days after he escaped from Narsingdi jail on July 19
Sonali Life's ex-chairman, family sued for embezzling Tk 187 crore
The Anti-Corruption Commission today filed a case against former chairman of Sonali Life Insurance Mostafa Golam Quddus and his six-family member for embezzling Tk 187 crore
DSCC estimates Tk 10cr damaged in recent violence
The financial damages of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) are estimated at around Tk 10 crore in the recent violence centring the quota reform protest
BFUJ forms probe committee to investigate killing, torture of journalists
BFUJ-Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists has formed a three-member committee to investigate the killing and torture of journalists during the anti-quota movement across the country
Arson on Setu Bhaban: Andaleeve Partho, businessman David Hasanat arrested
A Dhaka court today placed two people, including Bangladesh Jatiyo Party (Manzu) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho, on a five-day remand each in a case filed over vandalising and setting Setu Bhaban in Dhaka on fire on July 18
Manikganj boat capsize: Bodies of 2 passengers recovered
The bodies of two passengers of a boat that capsized in the Dhaleshwari river in Manikganj on Tuesday were recovered this morning
Our daughters still await his return
Even two days ago, Farzana Popy had been living a life full of love and happiness with her husband and two daughters.
Four more die from bullet wounds
The entire neighbourhood of Nayamati in Narayanganj had been praying for the recovery of Riya Gope for the last five days.
