Quota reforms protest: Police file final reports in 650 cases
Police have dropped charges of committing violence and cybercrimes countrywide against all the accused in around 650 cases, said a high official at the Police Headquarters.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM
437 Ansars sued over clashes near Secretariat
A total of 437 Ansar personnel have been named as suspects in four cases that also accuse 11,100 unidentified people over clashes between the members of the force and students outside the Secretariat in Dhaka on Sunday night.
26 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Iron cages being removed from all courtrooms
The Public Works Department (PWD) has initiated the removal of iron cages from courtrooms nationwide, following directives from higher authorities.
18 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Official Secrets Act: Court clears journalist Rozina of charges
Prothom Alo senior journalist Rozina Islam has been cleared of the charges in an Official Secrets Act case
14 August 2024, 14:00 PM
Prof Yunus acquitted in graft case
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), four days after being cleared of charges in a labour law violation case.
11 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Prof Yunus acquitted in graft case
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) four days after his acquittal in the case filed for labour law violations
11 August 2024, 14:50 PM
Cases after violence: Over 2 lakh accused in Dhaka city
Over 2.13 lakh people, most of them unnamed, are accused in around 200 cases filed with police stations in the capital over the recent violence centring the quota reform movement.
28 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Agonising wait to see loved ones
Everyone was ready to celebrate Surjo’s sixth birthday at his Gopibagh residence on Monday night.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Scenes of despair at CMM court
Bristy Begum went to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in the old part of the city from Manik Nagar in Jatrabari to catch a glimpse of her husband Fazlur Rahman.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Arrests following unrest: Desperate for a glimpse of loved ones
Julekha Khatun could not sleep. Her husband Helal, 49, was arrested at 2:00am yesterday from their residence in Karail slum.
23 July 2024, 18:00 PM
‘They mostly targeted madrasa teachers, students’
Ansar Al Islam, under scrutiny by law enforcers, tried to form a new platform, “As Shahadat,” led by an Indian national named Muhammed Habibullah, according to Rab.
6 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Bera mayor: From a fugitive in plain sight for 33 months to a free man
Police did not arrest Pabna’s Bera municipality mayor SM Asif Shams for over two and a half years, even though he had an arrest warrant against him for his company’s failure to pay Tk 191.63 crore it owed the state.
4 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Trial yet to see closure in 9 years
Nine years into the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, the trial of the case is yet to see any closure as the complainant and other witnesses are not appearing before a Dhaka court for statements.
23 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Fear forced Hindus to sell their land to ex-IGP Benazir
A cluster of shanty-like homes belonging to Hindus are accessible only by a makeshift bamboo bridge over a roadside canal at Patikelbari village of Gopalganj Sadar upazila. The rickety structures declare the financial constraint of the 100 or so Maitra family.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding
Ansar Al Islam, a militant group inspired by al-Qaeda, has raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding within a few months.
5 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Wealth, awards piled up as he grew in power
Former police chief Benazir Ahmed kept receiving prestigious police awards even as he and his family continued to accumulate huge wealth, buying acre upon acre of land and other properties in different parts of the country.
28 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Benazir, Family’s 114 Acres: All bought while he helmed Rab and police
Former IGP Benazir Ahmed and his family members acquired almost all their land during his tenure as the chief of the police and Rab, according to property records listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
25 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Harassment writ large
Mosharrof Hossain, 48, has been a reconditioned car seller for 30 years and has never been arrested or accused in any criminal case.
16 May 2024, 18:00 PM
NSI Recruitment: Dhaka court staffer accused of scam
A staffer at a Dhaka court created fake documents to recruit a “Junior Field Officer” for the National Security Intelligence (NSI) at the Prime Minister’s Office, according to ACC officials.
10 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Cops clueless about Bacchu’s whereabouts
Law enforcers have no idea where former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu is even though a Dhaka court has so far issued 52 warrants for him in as many cases since February 28.
8 May 2024, 18:00 PM