A court in Thailand sentenced a 27-year-old political activist to 28 years in prison on Thursday for posting messages on Facebook that it said defamed the country’s monarchy, while two young women charged with the same offense continued a hunger strike…
Police recovered the body of a man from the city’s Lalbagh police station area on Friday.The identity of the deceased, aged around 35, could not be ascertained immediately, said police.Nuton Miah, sub-inspector (SI) of Lalbagh police station, said they…
The Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) on Thursday denounced the incident of a police officer’s misconduct with a journalist while performing duty.Deputy Commissioner (DC) Hayatul Islam of Motijheel Division of Police has been uncooperati…
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted a six-week anticipatory bail to 102 BNP activists and leaders including national executive committee’s Organising Secretary Mahbube Rahman Shamim in four cases over clash with police in the port city’s Kazir Dew…
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday sentenced six fugitive criminals of Mymensingh to death for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.The condemned convicts are Mokhleshur Rahman Mukul, Saidur Rahman Ratan, Shamsul Haq…
Outrage over a Quran-burning protest in Sweden produced a second day of protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries.Some 250 people gathered outside the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul, where a photo of Danish anti-Islam activist Ra…
A condemned convict has been hanged at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur in a case over rape and murder in Kushtia.Senior Superintendent of Kashimpur High Security Jail Subrata Kumar Bala said death-row convict Sukkur Ali, son of Khayer Uddin of Kushti…
A tenth-grader caught in the clash between police and BNP supporters on January 16 has been languishing in jail, with police accused of falsifying his age.The 17-year-old boy, Sakib Ali, is a student of Pathantuli City Corporation High School and son o…
A court in Tangail issued warrant for arresting former Basail Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) in a rape case filed last year.Judge Monira Sultana issued the warrant against former UNO Md Manjur Hossain after the allegations brought against him were prove…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Monday directed the field level police officers to consider the problems of the service -seekers coming to the police station sympathetically, and provide proper legal assistance.The IGP …
A Dhaka court on Monday set May 15 for the appearance of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia before it in 11 cases lodged against her.Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court, set up inside the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, f…
A Dhaka court on Monday placed the driver of a bus and his assistant on two-day remand in connection with the death of a Northern University student Nadia in a road accident in the city.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur passed the ord…
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