Police seek to clear Iresh Zaker, ex-cabinet secretary Mahbub Hossain from July uprising murder case
List of accused includes 24 journalists, businesspersons, doctors
23 October 2025, 16:51 PM
Justice eludes women, children as trials drag on
Experts warn delays are letting offenders walk free
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Tk 568cr scam’: BTRC sues Beximco and IGW top brass
The telecom regulator has filed a case against Beximco Group Chairman Ahmed Sohail Fasihur Rahman, Vice-Chairman Salman Fazlur Rahman, CEO Shayan F Rahman, and 22 current and former members of the IGW Operators Forum (IOF), accusing them of embezzling over Tk 568 crore.
19 September 2025, 18:33 PM
Cybercrime cases pile up as trials stall for years
204 cases filed under cyber laws that have remained pending with eight cyber tribunals across the country for more than five years
12 September 2025, 19:28 PM
Then who set fire to Mohanganj Express?
For Karwan Bazar hardware shop manager Mizanur Rahman, life has not been the same since the night his world turned to ashes. His wife Nadira Akter Popy, 32, and their three-year-old son Yeasin were among four people killed when arsonists set fire to the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express in Tejgaon on December 19, 2023.
10 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Shamim Molla murder: Ten months on, court order yet to reach investigators
Shamim Molla, a former student of Jahangirnagar University, was reportedly beaten to death on campus on September 18 last year by a group of students who accused him of involvement in the attack on anti-quota protesters on July 15.
8 September 2025, 19:32 PM
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.
4 July 2025, 21:06 PM
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.
1 July 2025, 18:38 PM
Looking back at 2021’s noteworthy judgments
Several important cases, which went on for years, were disposed of in Dhaka’s lower courts in 2021, amid the pandemic.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Sony, Dwip Murder Trials: Neglected, they see no closure
Twenty Buet students were handed death sentence and five others life imprisonment this month for the murder of their fellow student Abrar Fahad inside a university dorm on October 7, 2019.
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
BUET student abrar murder verdict: 20 students get death
Twenty Buet students were sentenced to death yesterday for their direct involvement in the murder of a fellow student in a dorm room, an incident that shocked the nation two years ago.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
This must not happen to any other child
The parents of slain Buet student Abrar Fahad said they do not want to see anyone else being killed by fellow students on university campuses like their son was.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Killing of Six in Aminbazar: 13 sentenced to death, 19 to life
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced 13 people to death and 19 others to life imprisonment for the killing of six students in Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital more than 10 years ago.
2 December 2021, 18:00 PM
9 years of Tazreen tragedy: Victims don’t believe justice will ever be done
Trial proceedings of a lawsuit over Tazreen Fashions fire made no significant progress in six years as prosecutors kept failing to bring witnesses to court.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Allegation of Kishore’s Torture: PBI sees no evidence
There is no definite evidence that one or more people picked up cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore from home and tortured him physically and mentally in May last year, according to a police probe.
16 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Farmers Bank Loan Scam: Ex-chief justice Sinha gets 11yrs
Former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was the principal beneficiary of the illegal loans approved for him in violation of the Farmers Bank’s credit policy, a Dhaka court observed in its verdict yesterday.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
1 man, 3 cases, and ‘sentiment’
Lawyer Imrul Hasan has filed an application with a court, seeking withdrawal of the case he filed against members of popular band Meghdol, just five days after the filing.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Probir gets justice
A journalist who wrote in favour of the Liberation War and against war criminals and war crimes, and suffered assaults because of it, was yesterday acquitted of charges in a case filed under the ICT Act in 2015 over a Facebook post.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Xulhaz-Tonoy Murder: Killers’ goal was to gag free speech
The common goal of the Ansar al Islam militants who killed LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy was to clamp down on people’s freedom of expression and independent activities by creating terror in the country.
31 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Attack on Bank Officials: Police probe clears Sikder brothers
Police dropped the names of Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, and his brother, from the investigation report of a case filed against them abducting, torturing and opening fire on two Exim Bank officials over permission for a loan.
9 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown Detainees: Crammed in vans, at risk of catching Covid
People arrested for defying the ongoing lockdown are being taken to courts in packed prison vans, raising their chances of contracting Covid-19 and spreading it to their families.
8 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Violating Lockdown: Detainees mostly poor, now prey to court frauds
Morzina Begum was waiting anxiously outside the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka Tuesday morning. Her younger son, Mohammad Hasan, was arrested by Hazaribagh police Monday night for being out during the lockdown.
7 July 2021, 18:00 PM
No headway for a decade in 30yr-old robbery case
Even though a decade has passed, trial of a case filed over the robbery at Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) 30 years ago has not made any headway.
24 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian citizen enters Bangladesh illegally, visits Padma bridge; police press charge in 2 hours
After two hours of investigation, Shariatpur police today pressed charges against a 42-year-old Indian citizen, who entered Bangladesh without proper documents and visited Padma Bridge project site in Jajira late last night.
24 June 2021, 06:25 AM
It was ‘factual error’; no evidence found
The forgery case filed against Aparajita International proprietor Sharmin Jahan was a matter of factual error, a police probe report has found.
21 June 2021, 18:00 PM
They defrauded 6,000 patients
An organised crime gang, in line with the instructions from Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed, played a role in spreading Covid-19 virus in the country by preparing fake test reports, a Rab probe has found.
18 June 2021, 18:00 PM
From cop to drug trader
He liked having yaba. And it was cheap too. He knew a lot of people like him were addicted to the crazy pills. He saw the potential of making a lot of money that too very quickly if he started trading the drug instead of just consuming.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Engr Delwar Murder: His colleague killed him for obstructing bribery
Delwar Hossain, then executive engineer of Gazipur City Corporation, was killed last year over a disagreement with his colleague Mohammad Selim over the latter’s illegal activities, a police probe has found.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM