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Rape case: HC refuses to hear bail plea of Ideal college donor member

A High Court bench today refused to hear a bail petition filed by Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed, a donor member of the governing body of Ideal School and College, in a case filed on charges of raping and forcibly marrying a female student
16 August 2023, 16:42 PM

Rab arrests seven members of 'kidnapping gang' in Cox’s Bazar

Members of Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested seven members of Rassel gang, including its kingpin, in the hilly area of Cox’s Bazar's Ukhiya upazila
16 August 2023, 14:55 PM

Hearing on Khaleda’s indictment petition adjourned

The High Court yesterday adjourned hearing till August 21 on a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, challenging a lower court order that framed charges against her and seven others in Niko corruption case
16 August 2023, 13:49 PM

Embezzling Tk 23cr: Court to decide on charge framing against Bacchu on Sept 7

A Dhaka court fixed September 7 to decide whether it will accept the charges brought against former chairman of Basic Bank Abdul Hye Bacchu and 13 others in a Tk 23 crore embezzlement case
16 August 2023, 13:35 PM

Clashes at BSMMU, Shahbagh: Sayedee’s son among 5,000 sued

Police have sued more than 5,000 supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir in two cases over the clashes with police in Dhaka after the death of convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee
16 August 2023, 11:41 AM

DSA case: Prothom Alo editor secures permanent bail

A Dhaka court today granted permanent bail to Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act
16 August 2023, 11:23 AM

S Alam seeks to become party to HC order

S Alam Group on Monday submitted two petitions, one seeking to be made a party to a probe ordered by the High Court, and the other seeking a retraction of the probe and a gag order on media
16 August 2023, 10:20 AM

Ruling party leader sues Jugantor editor, reporter

AKM Afzalur Rahman Babu, general secretary of Bangladesh Awami Swechchhasebak League, today filed a Tk 50 crore defamation case against the editor and a reporter of the daily Jugantor for making "derogatory" remarks against him in a news item published on August 10
16 August 2023, 08:09 AM

Aftermath of Sayedee’s Death: 1 killed, 70 hurt in violence in 3 dists

At least one person was killed and 70 others were injured after clashes erupted yesterday in Dhaka and some other parts of the country over the namaz-e-janaza of convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Websites of 25 govt, private institutions hacked

Amidst a high alert for cyber-attacks by Indian hackers, both government and private institutions saw a number of such attacks, along with data leaks.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Police raid another den of militants

Law enforcers discovered another hideout of the new militant group “Imam Mahmuder Kafela” in the hills of Karmadha union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura yesterday.
15 August 2023, 18:00 PM

One dead, 68 hurt as police, 'jamaat activists' clash over gayebana janaza

A man was "shot dead" and 68 people were injured in separate clashes between police and "activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and pro-Jamaat student body Chhatra Shibir" over holding namaz-e-janaza of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee in Chattogram and Cox's Bazar this afternoon
15 August 2023, 13:13 PM

Police raid militants' den: 5kg of explosives, detonators, bullets recovered

Law enforcers discovered another hideout of the new militant group "Imam Mahmuder Kafela" in the hills of Karmadha union of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura today
15 August 2023, 06:57 AM

‘Kafela Operatives’: This time, 17 suspects held by locals

Locals yesterday apprehended 17 people from Karmarha union of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on suspicion of their involvement with a new militant outfit called “Imam Mahmuder Kafela”.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Headteacher jailed for harassing schoolgirls

A mobile court yesterday sentenced a school headteacher to one-month imprisonment for harassing schoolgirls in Tangail’s Sakhipur upazila.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Tk 50 Lakh Embezzlement: Ex-BNP minister jailed for 3 yrs

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced former BNP leader and state minister for liberation war affairs Redwan Ahmed to three years’ imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over embezzlement of Tk 50 lakh from the Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad fund in 2007.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

SI lands in jail over rape charges

A Dhaka court yesterday sent a police sub-inspector to jail after he surrendered to it in a case filed over the rape of a woman.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

HC adjourns hearing on Khaleda’s plea over indictment in Niko case

The High Court yesterday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition challenging an order of the lower court that framed charges against her and seven others in the Niko graft case.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Four journos attacked while reporting on Sayedee’s death

Four journalists, covering the news of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee’s death, were injured in an attack by a mob in front of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Kishoreganj AL leader held over murder

Rapid Action Battalion arrested an Awami League leader from the capital yesterday over beating a woman to death in Kishoreganj for failing to repay loans
14 August 2023, 17:56 PM