Sagar-Runi murder

Sagar-Runi murder probe report: Task force may again miss HC deadline

The government-formed task force may again fail to submit its full-fledged probe report to the High Court in connection with the murders of journalists Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.
20 October 2025, 21:25 PM

Sagar-Runi murder: PBI allowed to interrogate accused Tanvir

A Dhaka court yesterday allowed Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to interrogate Tanvir Rahman, an accused in the case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in 2012.
8 July 2025, 18:18 PM
11 February 2025, 14:53 PM
5 February 2024, 14:21 PM

Sagar-Runi Murder: Rab gets 96th extension for probe report submission

A Dhaka court yesterday extended till April 9 the deadline for submitting the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in February 2012.
5 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Sagar-Runi Murder: No more delay, we want justice

Journalists yesterday expressed dismay and anger over Rab’s failure to complete the investigation into the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
11 February 2023, 18:00 PM

When will impunity for crimes against journalists end?

Violence against journalists have been on the rise in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
1 November 2022, 18:15 PM

Sagar-Runi murder: Rab fails to file probe report for 93rd time

A Dhaka court today (October 31, 2022) again asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit -- by December 1 -- the probe report of the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
31 October 2022, 05:40 AM

Sagar-Runi murder: Rab fails to file probe report for 91st time

A Dhaka court today again asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit -- by October 31 -- the probe report of the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
26 September 2022, 05:17 AM

Our skewed legal system

Time and again, it has been proven that, when it comes to justice in Bangladesh, some are more equal than others.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Sagar-Runi murder: HC disappointed on progress in probe

The High Court has expressed disappointment as there is no significant progress of the investigation into sensational journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case.
11 November 2019, 12:01 PM

Sagar-Runi Murder: No headway in probe even after 7 years

Investigators have not made any headway in solving the sensational murders of journalist couple Sagar and Runi in seven years.
10 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Probe itself a mystery

Saleha Monir has never visited her son and daughter-in-law's graves.
10 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Sagor-Runi murder: Court seeks probe report July 26

A Dhaka court asks investigation officer of journalist couple Sagor Sarowar and Meherun Runi killing case to submit a probe report before it on July 26.
11 June 2017, 06:55 AM

Delay in Sagar-Runi murder case unacceptable

It is disquieting to see that three years after the ghastly murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi, the government has not yet been able to even “identify” the alleged killers, let alone arrest them and put them on trial. Sagor Sarowar, news editor of Maasranga TV, and his wife Meherun Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla, were murdered in their apartment in the capital on February 11, 2012.
13 February 2015, 18:00 PM