Emrul Hasan Bappi

Covering Human Rights, Crime & Justice

Eight years on, trial of case yet to start

Eight years into the murder of blogger Nazimuddin Samad, the trial of the case is yet to begin at a Dhaka court.

20h ago

Trial of murder case drags on

Even 11 years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, the trial of two cases filed over the incident did not reach any verdict, causing frustration among the victims.

2d ago

Hurling stones at metro: 9-month probe fails to identify culprits

During a nine-month investigation, police were unable to identify any one responsible for damaging a window on a metro train in Dhaka.

2w ago

Major Fire Incidents: No verdict to date

At least 71 people were killed in a tragic fire at Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area in Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019.

1m ago

Back to planning sabotage a day after release

Just a day after securing bail in five cases filed under the anti-terrorism act and coming out of jail, Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, started planning for sabotage activities in full swing.

2m ago

Torture of 4 men in custody: Police probe finds addl SP, OC guilty

An investigation has found evidence that an additional superintendent of police and an inspector had physically tortured four men in custody at a police station in Shariatpur last year. 

3m ago

When cops turn part-time robbers

On the night of January 23 last year, Abdullah Munshi landed at Dhaka airport from Dubai and took a CNG-run autorickshaw to go to his brother’s house in Khilgaon around 11:00.

3m ago

Ansarullah Bangla Team chief out of prison

Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit now known as Ansar al Islam, was released from the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on Sunday.

3m ago

Eight years on, trial of case yet to start

Eight years into the murder of blogger Nazimuddin Samad, the trial of the case is yet to begin at a Dhaka court.

20h ago

Trial of murder case drags on

Even 11 years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, the trial of two cases filed over the incident did not reach any verdict, causing frustration among the victims.

2d ago

Hurling stones at metro: 9-month probe fails to identify culprits

During a nine-month investigation, police were unable to identify any one responsible for damaging a window on a metro train in Dhaka.

2w ago

Major Fire Incidents: No verdict to date

At least 71 people were killed in a tragic fire at Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area in Old Dhaka on February 20, 2019.

1m ago

Back to planning sabotage a day after release

Just a day after securing bail in five cases filed under the anti-terrorism act and coming out of jail, Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, started planning for sabotage activities in full swing.

2m ago

Torture of 4 men in custody: Police probe finds addl SP, OC guilty

An investigation has found evidence that an additional superintendent of police and an inspector had physically tortured four men in custody at a police station in Shariatpur last year. 

3m ago

When cops turn part-time robbers

On the night of January 23 last year, Abdullah Munshi landed at Dhaka airport from Dubai and took a CNG-run autorickshaw to go to his brother’s house in Khilgaon around 11:00.

3m ago

Ansarullah Bangla Team chief out of prison

Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the Ansarullah Bangla Team, an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit now known as Ansar al Islam, was released from the Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on Sunday.

3m ago
November 12, 2023
November 12, 2023

Preventing snatching of militants: Measures not fully implemented yet

The Police Headquarters in August asked all its units to implement a set of measures by September 15 to prevent recurrence of militants or criminals getting snatched away.

November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023

EC Recruitment Test Fraud: Over 2 months gone, no headway yet

Police are yet to arrest any of the 91 people involved in fraudulence -- proxy candidates and mediators -- in the recruitment test at the Election Commission Secretariat in the last two months.

October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023

‘I just want my husband back’

Twenty-four-year-old Mousumy was seen roaming in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka for several hours to get news of her husband Sabuj Mia yesterday.

October 29, 2023
October 29, 2023

‘That’s my father in the van’

Every time a van stopped in front of her, seven-year-old Jannat started clapping.

October 28, 2023
October 28, 2023

‘Mother, I am here’

An elderly couple rushed towards a prison van after it stopped in front of the lockup of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka around 12:45pm yesterday.

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

Relatives crowd Dhaka court to catch sight of loved ones in prison vans

An elderly couple rushed towards a prison van after it stopped in front of the lockup of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka around 12:45pm today

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Little Maysha's long wait in vain

A seven-year-old Maysha was waiting to see her 45-year-old uncle Rakibul Haque Sarker in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka

October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023

‘He was right under their nose’

On November 20 last year, two death row convict militants, Abu Siddiq Sohel and Moinul Hasan Shamim, escaped from a Dhaka court in broad daylight with help from their associates.

October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023

DNC official sued for framing university student with yaba

An official of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has been sued under the Narcotics Control Act, around one year and eight months after he framed a private university student with illegal narcotics

October 14, 2023
October 14, 2023

When a cop robs at knifepoint

Assistant Sub-inspector Omar Faruk of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police stands accused of stealing an auto-rickshaw, after holding the owner at knifepoint in Gendaria area of Dhaka in February.

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