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Opinion / Jail cells can never be appropriate grounds to hold exams
On July 31, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jashore, released a public notice announcing that two detained HSC 2024 examinees would have to appear for their upcoming exams from Satkhira District Jail.
Stop ignoring militancy threats in prisons
Focus more on deradicalising ex-militants, increasing surveillance
Uganda bans phones for 'distracted' jailers during World Cup
Ugandan authorities on Monday banned prison staff from using mobile phones during the World Cup, warning inmates might exploit the "excitement" surrounding the football tournament to escape.
'No prison in Bangladesh where people are tortured like in USA's Guantanamo'
The human rights situation in Bangladesh is better than the United States in many instances, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today (April 14, 2022) dismissing the report of the US on human rights issues in Bangladesh.
Ex-police official jailed for 7yrs in graft case
A Dhaka court sentences a former police surgent to seven years’ imprisonment in a case filed for amassing wealth worth Tk 1.12 crore and concealing information about his wealth.
No one here goes to jail for filling up water bodies
Though hundreds of ponds and other water bodies were grabbed and filled in the last two decades in the port city, nobody has been jailed for the crime.
Bangladesh Cricket: Crossing the line
Pitch invasion by a fan is nothing new in the sporting world. But in the context of Bangladesh, Sunday night's pitch invasion by what appeared to be an 'emotionally charged' fan while the Tigers were bowling against Afghanistan in the third and final ODI was something unique.
US swimmer Ryan Lochte banned 10 months
US swimmer Ryan Lochte is slapped with a 10-month suspension following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Olympics.
US swimmers quit Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging
US Olympic authorities apologize to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers are allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio.
Fakhrul sent to jail
A Dhaka court sends BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail after he surrendered before it over three violence cases.
Shawkat Mahmud sent to jail after remand
A Dhaka court sends BNP chairperson's Adviser Shawkat Mahmud to jail after completion of his three-day remand in a case filed for killing a man in an arson attack in January.
Journo sent to jail for ‘torturing wife’
A court in Dhaka sends a reporter of private television channel ATN News to jail for allegedly torturing his wife.
17 JMB men get 10-yr jail for August 17 serial blasts in Gazipur
A Dhaka tribunal sentences 17 JMB operatives to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for their involvement with the serial bomb blasts in Gazipur on August 17, 2005.
Rony denied bail, sent to jail
A Dhaka court denies ruling party lawmaker’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony bail and sends him to jail in a case over killing two people in Dhaka.
Ex-BNP lawmaker Papia sent to jail in 9 arson cases
Former BNP lawmaker Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia is sent to jail in connection with nine arson cases.
Cops allowed to interrogate Fakhrul at jail gate
A Dhaka court allows police to interrogate BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at jail gate by May 23 in connection with three arson cases.
Khilgaon OC jailed for torturing DU student
A Dhaka court sentences Helal Uddin, a former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, to three years’ imprisonment for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar and implicating him in three false cases three years back.
Court suspends Salman Khan sentence
The Mumbai High Court suspends Bollywood star Salman Khan's sentence for a 2002 hit-and-run conviction, pending his appeal.
BNP concerned over jailed leaders' health
BNP expresses deep concern that several jailed BNP leaders are becoming critically sick due to repeated remands and lack of proper treatment.