Crime & Justice
Elevated Expressway: HC lifts status quo share transfer
The High Court has lifted its order of status quo on the transfer of Italian-Thai company's shares in Dhaka Elevated Expressway to China's Sinohydro Corporation Limited
Bangladeshi shot ‘by BSF’ in Benapole
A Bangladesh national was shot allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Putkhali border in Jashore’s Benapole area this morning.
Money laundering: HC bail for PK Halder’s associate Bashudeb stayed
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the High Court orders that granted anticipatory bail to Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of PK Haldar and the then director of International Leasing and Financial Services (ILFS), and his wife Paipa Banerjee, also a director of the institution, in 14 money laundering cases.
DB officer points gun at woman’s head during raid
Brahmanbaria police has formed a three-member committee to investigate the incident involving a DB police officer pointing a firearm at a woman’s head after failing to nab her husband during a raid on Friday.
Rohingya leader shot dead in Ukhiya camp
A Rohingya community leader, locally known as “head majhi”, was shot dead at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.
Solitary confinement ‘cruel, degrading’
In a landmark judgment, the High Court yesterday said the prisoners who have been sentenced to death but whose appeals are still pending must not be kept in condemned cells.
DSA Case: JnU student gets 5yrs in jail with 1yr probation
A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced Tithy Sarker, a suspended student of Jagannath University, to five years imprisonment in a DSA case filed for making derogatory comments about religion on Facebook.
Man held for killing brother-in-law in Moulvibazar
Police arrested a man early today for killing his brother-in-law on May 7 in Moulvibazar 's Juri upazila
Money laundering: HC bail for PK Halder’s associate Bashudeb stayed
The Supreme Court today stayed the High Court orders that granted anticipatory bail to Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of PK Haldar and the then director of International Leasing and Financial Services (ILFS), and his wife Paipa Banerjee, also a director of the institution, in 14 money laundering cases.
Bangladeshi 'shot' by BSF in Benapole
A Bangladesh national was shot allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Putkhali border in Jashore's Benapole area this morning
MV Abdullah returns home
The Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah, which was released by Somali pirates on April 14, has reached Kutubdia anchorage in Cox's Bazar
Upazila polls violence: Injured man dies in Sirajganj
A man who was beaten by his rivals on the day of first phase upazila parishad elections on May 8 died after five days in Sirajganj early today
Pointing gun at woman: B'baria police forms committee to probe incident
The Brahmanbaria police formed a three-member committee to investigate the incident involving a DB police officer pointing a firearm at a woman's head, failing to nab her husband during a raid on Friday
Death row convicts can't be kept in condemned cells until pleas disposed of: HC
Death row prisoners cannot be kept in solitary confinement before their appeals, review and mercy petitions are disposed of, ruled the High Court yesterday
DSA case: Tithy Sarker gets 5 years with probation
A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced Tithy Sarker, a suspended student of Jagannath University (JnU), to five years' imprisonment in a DSA case filed for making derogatory comments about religion on Facebook
10 injured in clash between supporters of two UZ chairman candidates
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of two rival upazila chairman candidates in Pabna's Atghoria upazila on Sunday night
Government Jobs: 7 held over exam fraud
The police have busted a racket that helped candidates with ill intentions to cheat on recruitment tests for various government services.
