Out of the 101 yaba peddlers sentenced to one and a half years in jail and awarded a penalty of Tk 20,000 by a Cox’s Bazar court today in a drug case, eight are from the family of Abdur Rahman Bodi, a former Awami League lawmaker.

A Dhaka court has ordered six police personnel, including the officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station, to appear before it and explain why legal action should not be taken against them for framing an innocent man in a drug case.

A Dhaka Court frames charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in connection with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

The cabinet approves in principle a draft of the “Narcotics (Amendment) Act, 2020” keeping a provision of holding the trial of drug-related cases in competent courts instead of tribunals.

A Dhaka court accepts charges against former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the casino business, and his accomplice Enamul Haque Arman in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.

Police force has been directed by the High Court to submit investigation report on all arms and drug-related cases within a month of filing the case.