Once power brokers, now defendants
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
ICT act amendment: Accused barred from election if formally charged
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
7 October 2025, 18:11 PM
Crimes against humanity: Four AL leaders likely to be charged soon
Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.
3 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Police adopt stringent criteria to select OCs
The move comes around five months before the country is expected to go to the national election in which OCs will play a key role in maintaining law and order.
14 September 2025, 19:31 PM
Abu Sayed Killing: ‘Forced to conceal pellet wounds in inquest report’
A police officer told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday that he was forced by a senior officer to conceal pellet injuries in the inquest report of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayed, who was killed in Rangpur at the beginning of the July uprising.
9 September 2025, 18:23 PM
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
In a dramatic testimony before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun said the mass killings during last year’s July uprising were carried out on direct orders of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
2 September 2025, 18:00 PM
‘I want to see justice before my death’
The father of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur who was killed in police firing on July 16 last year, yesterday appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 to ensure justice for his son before his own death.
28 August 2025, 18:03 PM
Mighty shelter for thug brothers
Former Faridpur Awami League leader Sajjad Hossain alias Barkat and his brother Imtiaz Hasan alias Rubel amassed Tk 2,535.11 crore beyond their known sources of income, a CID probe has found.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pilkhana Mutiny Anniversary: Make probe reports public
The family members of 2009 Pilkhana massacre victims say they are still in the dark about the reasons behind such a bloodshed and who masterminded the killing of so many people.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
He was killed to gag free speech
Writer-blogger Avijit Roy was killed to gag and discourage freedom of expression so that no one in the country can write or express themselves freely.
16 February 2021, 18:00 PM
PBI Report on Militancy: Suspects slipped out
It was on July 29, 2011.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Blogger-Writer Killings: Wait now is for verdict in 6 other cases
Six other cases filed over the killings of secular bloggers, writers and LGBT rights activists are either awaiting verdict or under trial.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Jonny’s Murder in Custody: Fugitive convict ‘selling drugs’ in Pallabi
Five months have passed since the delivery of the verdict in the case filed over the murder of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in police custody, but two convicts are still eluding arrest.
8 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Sub-Inspectors, Constables: PHQ to revamp their recruitment process
Men under the height of 5 feet 6 inches and women under 5 feet 4 inches will not be able to qualify for the post of sub-inspector as some changes in the recruitment criteria for the lower tier of police force is in the offing.
1 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Councillor Rajib may own more assets than thought
As investigation into the money laundering case against Dhaka city ward councillor Tarequzzamqn Rajib nears completion, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found a previously undiscovered duplex house owned by him and Tk 1.46 crore deposited in his bank account.
31 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Rape Case Investigation: Delays put justice at risk
Two schoolgirls lost their way back home in the capital’s Badda from an outing on the night of February 8 last year. Wandering on the road for a few hours, they came across one Emon Hossain.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Trial of Robbery Cases: Most offenders go unpunished
It was a robbery that caused quite a sensation in Manikganj almost 15 years ago.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Hefajat Mayhem 2013: Govt moves to resume probe
The government is resuming the long-stalled investigations into 62 cases filed over the mayhem by thousands of Hefajat activists in the capital and elsewhere in May 2013.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Beat policing gaining popularity in rural areas
Anguished and fed-up by her husband’s frequent torture, Farida Begum lodged a complaint with the newly established beat police office at her union in Satkhira’s Debhata upazila in mid-October.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Yaba flows in as drives lose steam
The anti-narcotics drive, particularly against yaba, has lost momentum since the killing of Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in police firing in Teknaf four months ago, resulting in an increase in the availability of the crazy pills in the capital and elsewhere.
1 December 2020, 18:00 PM
DMP sacks 10 cops for dope test failure
Dhaka Metropolitan Police has come down hard on its members who have failed the dope tests and were found to be involved in drug trading or collaborating with such traders.
22 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Cases Over Bus Torching: He was in hospital, still made accused
When buses were being torched in Dhaka on November 12 afternoon, Zakir Hossain Siddiqui, a vice-president of Jubo Dal, was undergoing treatment for a blood disease at LabAid Hospital.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Oct 2019 Bhola Mayhem: A hacker started it all
Biplob Chandra Baidya, a youth from Bhola, has been languishing in jail for a year even though a hacker, arrested by police, confessed to have circulated anti-religious messages using his Facebook ID.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Sell it cheap or face torture
When a portion of his shop in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar was demolished by the men of lawmaker Haji Salim in April 2019, Aftab Ahmed did whatever he could to save the rest of his shop in a century-old building.
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Nightmare in Jordan
Abandoned by her husband and struggling to feed her two children, Nazma Begum thought moving overseas for work would change her life.
11 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Each division to get school-college for cops’ children
The police authorities are planning to establish eight high-quality schools and colleges with residential facilities in eight divisional headquarters to bring an end to officers’ intense attempt to stay in Dhaka on ground of their children’s education.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A fairer ladder to climb up
From now on, Police Headquarters (PHQ) will hold centrally-supervised examinations for departmental promotion of lower-tier police officers, to bring an end to discrimination that many deserving candidates have allegedly long been facing.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM