Dhaka Central Jail
No Aynabaji in real life, please
News of impersonators serving time for convicts raises alarm
Prison reform is the need of the hour
CAG audit report on Dhaka Central Jail demands appropriate response
Dhaka Central Jail: Tk 37.5cr mishandled in just one year
In fiscal 2019-20, the Dhaka Central Jail authorities forked out Tk 9.11 crore to procure rice for inmates. That rice turned out to be unfit for consumption.
Dhaka jail’s chief hangman walks out of prison today
The chief hangman of Dhaka Central Jail is set to walk free today after 32 years. The 73-year-old’s tally of 26 executions includes mobsters, militants, war criminals and assassins.
Jail Killing Day today
The nation will observe Jail Killing Day today by paying rich tributes to four national leaders and Liberation War heroes who were brutally murdered inside the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.
Haji Salim challenges HC’s 10-year jail sentence
Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim has submitted an appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court verdict that upheld his conviction and 10 years' jail sentence in a corruption case.
Haji Salim admitted to BSMMU
Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim was sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) today, a day after he was sent to jail in a corruption case.
Legal notice to scrap jail trial of Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sends a legal notice to the government, requesting it to cancel the gazette notification that said the trial of Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against her will be held at old Dhaka central jail.
Dhaka jail’s under-construction gate falls apart
The main gate of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, which was under construction, falls apart leaving several persons injured.
Life-term convict flees from police custody
Wearing hand-cuffs and shackles, a life-term convict flees away from police custody by jumping off a Mymensingh-bound moving train in Trishal area.
LIVE: NIZAMI'S EXECUTION TIMELINE
Find the latest update from Dhaka Central Jail centreing the execution of death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
Family meets Nizami, goes without talking
Family of Motiur Rahman Nizami has met the death row war criminal at Dhaka Central Jail. After around one-and-half hours of meeting, they left without talking to the meida.
Death designer Nizami hanged for war crimes
Leader of a ruthless militia that massacred innocent unarmed civilians during 1971, Motiur Rahman Nizami has been hanged for crimes committed against humanity during the Liberation War.
Verdict read out to death row war criminal Nizami
The Dhaka Central Jail authorities last night received a copy of the Supreme Court judgment that confirmed the death penalty of war
Security beefed up at Dhaka jail
Security in and around the Dhaka Central Jail, where death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has been kept, was strengthened this afternoon.
PM opens central jail in Keraniganj
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the newly-constructed central jail in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
War crimes: Taher, Nani razakars get death penalty
Special tribunal finds Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani of Netrakona guilty of four out of six charges of crimes against humanity pressed against them and hands death penalty for two charges.
President rejects mercy petitions of Mojaheed, SQ Chy
Death row Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury sought clemency from the president days after the Supreme Court rejected their petitions to review their decision upholding death penalty awarded to them by a special tribunal.
Families meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy at Dhaka jail
Death row war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed met their families at Dhaka jail. The meetings took place a day after the Supreme Court turned down their pleas for review against death penalty for war crimes during 1971 Liberation War.
