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Uganda bans phones for 'distracted' jailers during World Cup
Ugandan authorities on Monday banned prison staff from using mobile phones during the World Cup, warning inmates might exploit the "excitement" surrounding the football tournament to escape.
'No prison in Bangladesh where people are tortured like in USA's Guantanamo'
The human rights situation in Bangladesh is better than the United States in many instances, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today (April 14, 2022) dismissing the report of the US on human rights issues in Bangladesh.
Ex-police official jailed for 7yrs in graft case
A Dhaka court sentences a former police surgent to seven years’ imprisonment in a case filed for amassing wealth worth Tk 1.12 crore and concealing information about his wealth.
No one here goes to jail for filling up water bodies
Though hundreds of ponds and other water bodies were grabbed and filled in the last two decades in the port city, nobody has been jailed for the crime.
Bangladesh Cricket: Crossing the line
Pitch invasion by a fan is nothing new in the sporting world. But in the context of Bangladesh, Sunday night's pitch invasion by what appeared to be an 'emotionally charged' fan while the Tigers were bowling against Afghanistan in the third and final ODI was something unique.
US swimmer Ryan Lochte banned 10 months
US swimmer Ryan Lochte is slapped with a 10-month suspension following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Olympics.
US swimmers quit Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging
US Olympic authorities apologize to Brazil on Thursday as two US swimmers are allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio.
Barca ask fans to stand by Messi
Barcelona have launched a campaign in support of Lionel Messi and his father Jorge after the Argentine pair were sentenced to prison terms this week over tax fraud.
Barcelona vow to back Lionel Messi after 'personal attack'
Barcelona vow to support Lionel Messi following his decision to appeal against the 21-month jail sentence handed down to him by a Spanish court after being found guilty of fiscal fraud and believe the verdict is "an attack on his person".
BNP leader Annie sent to jail after surrender
BNP student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie is sent jail after two Dhaka courts denied him bail in nine violence cases.
3 gold bars recovered from smuggler at court toilet
A man brings out three gold bars from his rectum at a toilet when he is produced before a Dhaka court in a case filed over the recovery of another three bars from him.
Journo held with firearms sent to jail
A Mymensingh court sends two men including a journalist to jail, a day after they were arrested with firearms and sharp weapons in the district town.
Abbas lands in jail after surrender
A Dhaka court sends BNP standing committee members Mirza Abbas to jail after his surrender before it in connection with two violence cases.
BNP leader Rizvi freed on bail
BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed gets release from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on bail.
[WATCH NOW] Man freed from jail after 44yrs reacts to today's technology
Otis Johnson was locked up in jail for 44 years and was recently released from prison to find the world he left behind has vastly changed.
Gayeshwar gets HC bail, free to come out of jail
High Court grants bail to BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a criminal case clearing his way to walk out of jail.
Nur Hossain sent to jail
A Narayanganj court today sent Nur Hossain, who was brought back from India last night, to jail in connection with the sensational seven-murder case that took place in April last year.
Fakhrul sent to jail
A Dhaka court sends BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail after he surrendered before it over three violence cases.
Shawkat Mahmud sent to jail after remand
A Dhaka court sends BNP chairperson's Adviser Shawkat Mahmud to jail after completion of his three-day remand in a case filed for killing a man in an arson attack in January.
