Decision on Khaleda's application for treatment abroad by March 25: Anisul Huq

The decision on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's application seeking extension of the suspension of her jail sentence and permission to go abroad for treatment will be made by March 25, the law minister said today.   
19 March 2024, 12:02 PM

Man arrested for attempted rape of child in Gazipur

Police last night arrested a man in a case filed over the attempted rape of a 12-year-old child of a garment worker in Pubail area of Gazipur city
19 March 2024, 09:48 AM

JnU student's suicide: Assistant proctor sent to jail after remand

Jagannath University (JnU) assistant proctor Din Islam was sent to jail today on completion of his remand in the case filed over instigating death by suicide of law student Fairuz Abantika
19 March 2024, 09:05 AM

HC orders AL MP Murshedy to hand over Gulshan property to govt

The High Court today directed Awami League lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to hand over the property at Gulshan in Dhaka, which he has allegedly occupied illegally, to the government terming it abandoned property
19 March 2024, 07:47 AM

Hallmark embezzlement: Jasmine, Tanvir get life imprisonment

A Dhaka court today sentenced nine people, including Hallmark Chairman Jasmine Islam and Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud, to life imprisonment in a case filed over swindling over Tk 10.5 crore out of Sonali Bank
19 March 2024, 07:18 AM

BCL leader stabbed to death in Tangail

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was stabbed to death by a group of criminals in Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila last night
18 March 2024, 19:38 PM

Hijacked MV Abdullah: Somali forces, foreign navies prepare raid

Somali police and international navies were preparing to raid Bangladesh-flagged commercial ship MV Abdullah that was hijacked by pirates last week, Reuters reported yesterday citing comments made by Somali police.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

4 suspected robbers beaten to death

Villagers beat four people to death and severely injured another one in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila on Sunday night on suspicion that they were robbers.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi teen shot dead by BSF

A Bangladeshi teenager was shot dead and another was injured by the Indian Border Security Force at the border area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Sunday.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Prisoner dies in Naogaon

A prisoner of Naogaon jail died at Naogaon General Hospital yesterday.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

3 cops hurt in attack by accused’s family

Three police officials were injured after the family members of an accused launched an attack on them in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila on Sunday night.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

BCL leader stabbed to death

A Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila last night.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

65-yr-old strangled to death by son in Sylhet

A 65-year-old man was suffocated to death allegedly by his son over a family feud in Sylhet's Dakshin Surma upazila this afternoon
18 March 2024, 17:02 PM

32 gold bars seized in Jashore, 2 arrested

Detective Branch of Police arrested two alleged gold smugglers and recovered 32 pieces of gold bars weighing 3.3 kilogrammes from them in Jashore this afternoon
18 March 2024, 16:08 PM

SCBA polls violence: HC bench refuses to hear bail pleas of Juthi, 3 others

A High Court bench today refused to hold hearings on two separate bail petitions of four Supreme Court lawyers including Nahid Sultana Juthi, wife of Juba League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, in a case filed over the violence centring the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election
18 March 2024, 16:07 PM

Govt likely to decide on Khaleda’s plea tomorrow

The law ministry is likely to decide tomorrow whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be allowed to go abroad for treatment
18 March 2024, 14:21 PM

Rape in campus: JU proctor resigns amid protests

Jahangirnagar University (JU) Proctor ASM Firoz Ul Hasan, also associate professor of government and politics department, today resigned from his post amid widespread protests
18 March 2024, 12:41 PM

SCBA polls violence: Kazal denied bail

A Dhaka court today denied bail to pro-BNP lawyer Ruhul Quddus Kazal in connection with a case filed over the violence during Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election on March 8
18 March 2024, 12:08 PM

Labour law violation: HC stays Yunus's sentence until disposal of appeals

The High Court today scrapped the Labour Appellate Tribunal’s order which stayed conviction and sentences of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Telecom in a labour law violation case
18 March 2024, 10:26 AM

JnU student's suicide: Amman remanded for two days, Din Islam for one

A Cumilla court today placed Jagannath University student Raihan Siddique Amman and Assistant Proctor Din Islam on two-day and one-day remand respectively in the case filed over instigating the death by suicide of law student Fairuz Abantika
18 March 2024, 06:24 AM