Ex-banker among 2 convicted for embezzlement of Tk 50 lakh
A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced two people including a former banker for several years in a case over the embezzlement of Tk 50 lakh from accounts of customers from…
Lifer gets 7-yr jail for threatening to kill imam
The life term convict Shafiur Rahman Farabi in blogger Avijit Roy murder case was on Monday sentenced a seven year imprisonment in another case over the threats to kill the…
Yaba smuggling: 8 Rohingyas get life term jail in Cox’s Bazar
A court in Cox’s Bazar on Monday sentenced eight Rohingya men to life imprisonment in a case over smuggling some 2 lakh Yaba pills into the country in 2019.Additional District and Sessions Judge Nishat Sultana pronounced the verdict.The convicts are Md...
HC issues rule on formulation of policy over handcuffing, shackling of accused
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to form a committee for formulating a policy over handcuffing and shackling the accused.The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice...
Take service to people’s doorsteps, earn their confidence: PM to police
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked members of Bangladesh Police to take services to people’s doorsteps. “The police services will have to reach the doorsteps of the masses, prioritizing…
Man burned to death as truck catches fire after collision with another in Sylhet
A 20-year-old man was burnt to death in a fire that broke out following a collision between two trucks on Sylhet-Fenchuganj road at Parairchak in Sylhet city on Sunday. …
2 sentenced to death for violating 2 girls in Dhaka
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced two people to death for violating two minor girls in the capital’s Mirpur area in 2021. The condemned convicts are Md Fazlu, 32…
Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards: Türk
Nearly two years on from Myanmar's military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis, undergoing a wholesale regression in human rights, UN human…