A Cox’s Bazar court on Tuesday sentenced two males to 14 years in prison each, in a case filed over abducting a schoolgirl in the district in 2016.The court of Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal-2 Judge Md Mashiur Rahman also fined t…
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has claimed to have arrested six people for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ayurvedic medicines in Dhaka.The arrestees have been identified as Md Wazed Islam Shanto, 20, and his associate Md Russell, 29, Md Hriday, 29…
A 23-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by seven people for three days when she went to visit Sylhet on invitation of one of her friends.The crime took place at the house of the girl’s ‘friend’ Julee from August 19 to August 21, said Nazmul Huda, …
The progress in ensuring justice for the Rohingya is moving at a snail’s pace, experts said Tuesday while reflecting on the fifth year of the Myanmar nationals’ exodus to Bangladesh.Creative solutions are yet to be found, they added.The experts were sp…
Police have filed six cases against 195 inhabitants of Sitakunda’s Jongol Salimpur area on charge of attacking police and carrying out vandalism during their demonstrations blocking Dhaka-Chattogram highway.The cases were filed between Tuesday night an…
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a contempt of court rule against nine people including the Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Superintendent of Police (SP) for failure to halt hills cutting.The HC asked the respondents why action will not…
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