A nine-year-old girl was raped at knifepoint in Meherpur on Monday, while three men were sent to jail yesterday in connection with the gangrape of a woman in Cumilla.
Four armed men yesterday snatched Tk 55 lakh from two officials of Nagad in Monirampur upazila of Jashore, in the second such incident in three days.
The High Court, in the full text of its verdict on the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case, said it sentenced seven convicts to imprisonment until death considering the brutality of the 2016 terrorist act and the damage it caused to the country’s global image.
A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 94 bank accounts of AKM Aftab Ul Islam, chairman of International Office Equipment (IOE) Bangladesh Ltd, in connection with corruption allegations brought against him
The market value of the properties stands at Tk 180.61 crore
He was produced before the court earlier today
Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, the newly appointed chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-2, said the tribunal would continue its proceedings without fear or bias, maintaining international standards of justice.
Trial to proceed in absentia if they fail to appear on June 24
The arrests were made early today, following a murder case filed last night by the victim's father
One person was killed and at least five others injured in a clash triggered by an incident of alleged sexual harassment in Dhanachapur village of Netrokona’s Kendua upazila on Tuesday night.
The attackers claimed ownership of the land and tried to evict them
Jail sources said although they were granted parole for 4 hrs, they would be allowed adequate time for travel back and forth
Despite the chaos, police eventually sent the accused to court under tight security
The clash took place yesterday afternoon in the Majhipara area of Bhulta union
Police yesterday recovered the body of a man bearing multiple hack wounds from a roadside in the capital’s Mirpur-11 area.
A murder case was then filed by the victim's father
The girl's father filed the case at the Madan Police Station on Sunday night
