Law-&-Order
RNPP procurement scam: Public works dept engineer denied HC bail
The High Court on Tuesday turned down the bail plea of Md Mostafa Kamal, Deputy-Divisional engineer (Civil) of Public Works Department, in three cases filed over graft in purchasing furniture and other household products for the officials and employees of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Irfan, his bodyguard denied bail
A Dhaka court on Sunday denied the bail pleas filed by suspended councilor Irfan Selim, also son of Awami League leader Haji Selim, and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah in a case filed over assaulting a navy official.
Convicted criminal arrested in Goalanda
A man convicted in a narcotics case was arrested from Daulatdia red-light district early Friday.
Goalandaghat police arrested Masud Rana Mondol, 30, who has been absconding since he was jailed for six years in a narcotics case filed in September 2016.
Rana, a resident of Goalanda municipality’s Ghunapara area, is the son of Kashem Mondol.
Goalandaghat Police Station’s Assistant Sub-Inspector Motaleb Munshi said Rana was sent to jail through the court on Friday.
Farmers Bank Scam: HC stays bail of Rashedul
The High Court (HC) on Thursday stayed a subordinate court order granting bail to Rashedul Haque Chisty, the son of former chairman of Farmers Bank’s audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a money laundering case.
ACC prosecutes Laxmipur MP Papul, wife for money laundering
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against four people, including Laxmipur-2 independent MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and his wife, on charges of money laundering and amassing illegal wealth.
Raihan’s ‘custodial death’: Suspended SI Akbar put on remand
A Sylhet court on Tuesday placed the suspended sub-inspector of Bandarbazar Police Station, Akbar Hossain Bhuiya, on a seven-day remand as he was arrested in connection with the death of Raihan Ahmed in ‘police custody’.
Corruption case: Former Barishal mayor gets seven-year imprisonment
Former Barishal City Corporation mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal was sentenced to seven years in prison along with four others, in a graft case, for embezzling Tk27 lakh.
Landmark verdict: HC provides convict probation option under 3 conditions
The High Court on Sunday overturned an appeal seeking cancellation of a five years jail sentence for a convict in a narcotics case, but allowed him to stay with his elderly mother and care for her under three conditions.
HC asks BWDB engineer to surrender within 3 weeks
The High Court on Sunday asked a Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) engineer to surrender within three weeks.
RNPP contractor gets bail from highest court
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court order that had granted bail to a government contractor in a case filed for graft in purchasing furniture and other household products for the officials and employees of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.