3 held for helping Rohingyas get Bangladeshi NIDs

Detectives arrested three members of a forgery ring from Agargaon of Dhaka early today on charge of assisting Rohingya refugees to obtain Bangladeshi National Identity (NID) cards and birth certificates..The arrestees are Md Razu Sheikh, 32, Md Mahmudul Riad, 24, and Nayan Sheikh, 21..<
29 March 2023, 12:03 PM

Wasa performance bonus: SC upholds HC verdict declaring it illegal

The Supreme Court chamber judge today upheld a High Court verdict that declared illegal the awarding of performance bonuses to employees of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority.
29 March 2023, 10:43 AM

Prothom Alo reporter Shams sued under DSA

The complainant accused him of publishing a false and fabricated report in the daily Prothom Alo
29 March 2023, 09:38 AM

Court to decide on accepting charges against Vorer Pata editor on May 28

A Dhaka court will decide on May 28 whether it will accept charges brought against Kazi Ertaza Hassan, editor and publisher of Bangla daily Vorer Pata, and three others in a case filed over registering land with fake documents
29 March 2023, 08:32 AM

Prothom Alo reporter held as a case filed: home minister

He however could not say who filed the case
29 March 2023, 07:43 AM

Graft case: Defence seeks permission to defend Tarique, his wife in their absence

The defence team for BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman today submitted an application seeking permission to represent the two in their absence in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in September 2007
29 March 2023, 07:32 AM

11-year-old’s body found in Ctg 7 days after she went missing

A student of class four was found dead in Chattogram city's Pahartali area this morning, seven days after she went missing.
29 March 2023, 06:37 AM

Law enforcement agency picks up Prothom Alo reporter Shams

Samsuzzaman Shams, a reporter of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was picked up from his home in Savar by officials of Criminal Investigation Department in plainclothes early today, said a police official who accompanied the CID team
29 March 2023, 05:31 AM

DU beset with gang crimes

Two more student gangs -- “Nishachor” and “Bhai Brothers” -- had been carrying out criminal activities on Dhaka University campus for several years, say students.
29 March 2023, 01:40 AM

Sultana’s Death In Rab Custody: ‘Her home was under watch for two weeks’

Sultana Jasmine’s house in the calm and quiet Chalkdeb Janakalyanpara area of Naogaon town was under watch by a group of unidentified men for about two weeks prior to her arrest, said her landlord.
29 March 2023, 01:20 AM

13 Jamaat men held in capital

Gulshan police on Monday night arrested 13 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including two women, from Dhaka’s Shahjadpur area.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Two ex-land officials jailed over graft

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two former officials of land record and survey department to jail in a decade-old graft case.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Fourth grader missing for a week

A fourth grader girl of Chattogram’s Pahartali area has been missing for the last seven days.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Seven lakh yaba pills seized

Bangladesh Coast Guard seized seven lakh yaba pills from an engine boat at the Bay near St Martin’s Island at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Woman gets life imprisonment for killing husband

A Munshiganj court yesterday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her husband.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Two get life term for raping child in Natore

A Natore court yesterday sentenced two people  to life-term  imprisonment for raping a child in  Baraigram  upazila of the district  in 2016.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Under what authority Rab picked up Sultana without any case: HC

'She might have committed a heinous crime. But she has the right to get protection and justice. There are rules for regulating the Rab, which is a special force. Can Rab detain any person without any case? Our concern is whether Rab followed relevant procedures in dealing with her'
28 March 2023, 13:50 PM

Former Tejgaon land officers jailed in 12-yr-old graft case

A Dhaka court today sentenced a former settlement officer and former surveyor of Tejgaon Land Office to different terms of punishment in a graft case..Former settlement officer Md Ashraf Ali Howlader was sentenced to five years in jail and was fined Tk 50,000. He was present in the court.<
28 March 2023, 13:34 PM

In case filed by himself, pharmacist admits to smuggling medicines out of jail

An assistant pharmacist of Lalmonirhat District Jail has admitted to smuggling government drugs out of the prison and selling those outside. .He made the admission in the statement of a case he himself lodged with Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station last night..Badiuzzaman, 53, sued one
28 March 2023, 13:13 PM

2 'Proloy gang' members suspended from DU

The Dhaka University authorities today suspended two of its students who were known for their involvement with "Proloy gang", which recently came under the spotlight for different reasons.
28 March 2023, 11:51 AM