A case has been filed against Muazz Ariff, son of Land AF Hassan Ariff, on charge of domestic violence.Madhabi Akter Nila, ex-wife of Muazz, filed the case with Ramna police station on Monday.Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of Ramna zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said the case was filed under the Women and Child Repression Prevention Act. 832 cases filed over traffic rules violation in DhakaProcess is on to take further action in this regard after investigation, he said.

Two more cases have been filed against 31 people in connection with the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif amid clashes over the jailing of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Bramachari.Jamal Uddin, father of Alif, filed a case against 31 named people and 10-15 unnamed ones with Kotwali police station Friday midnight, said additional deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Kazi Md Tarek Aziz.Meanwhile, Khan-e-Alam, elder brother of Alif, also filed another case against 116 people mentioning names and 400-500 unnamed ones. Ctg court area turns violent over denial of ex-ISKCON leader’s bail; lawyer killedHowever, lawyers expressed dissatisfaction over the exclusion of the name of Chinmoy Krishna, spokesperson for Samonnito Sanatoni Jagoron Jote and former ESKCON leader, in the case.Chandan, Aman Das, Shuvo Kanti Das, Bunja, Ranab, Ramit, Rumit Das, Nayan Das, Gagan Das, Bishal Das, Omkar Das, Bishal, Razkapur, Lala, Samir, Sohel Das, Shib Kumar, Biglal, Parash, Ganesh, Ajay, Debi Charan, Deb Joy, Durlav Das and Rajib Bhattacharya were among the accused.On November 26, Saiful was hacked to death amid clashes among law enforcers, agitated protestors, and supporters of Chinmoy Krishna following the denial of his bail petition in a sedition case. DU students protest killing of lawyer by Hindu fanatics, call to banEarlier police filed three separate cases against 76 identified and 1400 unidentified people on charge of obstructing police and vandalising vehicles.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser, Zainul Abedin Farroque, in a case related to non-submission of a wealth statement. Judge SM Ziaur Rahman of the Dhaka Divisional Special Judge's Court announced the verdict, citing a lack of evidence to prove the charges against Farroque. The BNP leader was present in court during the verdict. Farroque said, “The freedom earned through the sacrifices of students and citizens has been upheld through this verdict. I dedicate this acquittal to those who restored democratic rights through student movements. I hope our judiciary remains independent.” Constitutional Reform: BNP submits 62 proposals, seeks retention of VP, DPM According to the case details, Farroque, while serving as a lawmaker for Noakhali-1 constituency, was issued a notice by the then Anti-Corruption Bureau, or ACB, the precursor to the ACC, to submit a wealth statement for himself and his family. The notice, served between July 9 and August 22, 1999, provided 45 days for compliance. However, he failed to submit the statement. On January 19, 2000, Aminul Islam, an inspector of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, filed the case against Farroque. The charge sheet was submitted on June 17, 2001, by Imdadul Haque, another inspector of the bureau. Formal charges were framed against Farroque on March 23, 2006.

The traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 799 cases and imposed fine of around Tk 33.39 lakh after conducting drives against traffic rule violators on Sunday. Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of DMP, said this in a media release on Monday. Read: 838 cases filed, over Tk 37 lakh fined for breaching traffic rules: DMP Fifty-three vehicles were dumped and 29 others were towed during the drives conducted in parts of the capital. The drive will remain continued to maintain the traffic order in Dhaka, it added

The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered the authorities concerned to refrain from suing, arresting and harassing those involved in the July-August mass upsurge. A notification was issued in this regard on Monday. Read more: US again denies any role in former prime minister Hasina's ouster in mass upsurge According to the notification, students and mass people who actively worked to make the mass uprising a success from July 15 to August 8 will not be arrested, sued or harassed. The authorities concerned were asked to remain highly vigilant in this regard.

Legal action will only be taken if individuals are found guilty following an investigation, Home Affairs Adviser Lt. Gen. Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd.) said on Saturday. He said that the process for filing cases has changed. "In the past, police would file cases, name 10 individuals, and add another anonymous 50," he said. "Now, it is the general public who are filing cases. And just because a case is filed, it does not mean there will be an immediate arrest. There will be an investigation first, and only if someone is found guilty will legal action be taken." The adviser made these remarks after inaugurating the "Scout Shaheed Mir Mugdho Building" and the entrance gate of the Armed Police Battalion School and College, dedicated to Shaheed Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho. Mugdho was a founding member and unit leader of the APBN Scout Group and lost his life during the mass uprising. "Those who sacrificed their lives in this movement are all martyrs," the adviser said. "Not just Mugdho, but all who were martyred deserve our prayers and recognition." He added that the government would provide medical treatment for those injured in the movement. "If necessary, they will be sent abroad for advanced treatment, or doctors will be brought from abroad. Based on doctors' recommendations, arrangements will be made for their proper care." Commenting on law enforcement, Chowdhury noted that several officials and leaders from the previous government fled between August 5 and 7. "To prevent further escapes, we have reinforced border security," he said. "It is now difficult for them to flee. Even if they try, it is not just the police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) who are apprehending them—ordinary citizens are also turning them in." The adviser also urged journalists to assist law enforcement by providing vital information through investigative journalism to help capture criminals.  

A case has been filed under the Human Trafficking Act against four people, including two physicians, on charge of stealing newborns in Rajshahi.  Syeda Tamanna Akhtar, a resident of Talaimari area in the city, lodged the case at Rajpara Police Station on Sunday.  Sub-Inspector Kajal Nandi from Rajpara Police Station said the accused in the case include Dr. Nishat Anam Barna from the Gynecology Department of Rajshahi Royal Hospital and Dr. Ali Chowdhury Rimon from the Anesthesia Department of the same hospital.  Police are currently conducting an investigation into the matter, he said.  According to the case statement, Syeda Tamanna visited Royal Hospital in Lakshmipur area of the city last Thursday with labor pains.  Based on the doctor's advice, she was admitted to the hospital around 2 pm and taken to the Operation Theater (OT) around 3 pm. After spending an hour in the OT, she was discharged.  The doctors informed them that there was no baby in her womb after the operation.  The patient and her family members said that she was expecting twins.  They claimed that after being taken to the OT and receiving anesthesia, she gave birth, but the hospital staff allegedly stole her baby. Tamanna said the ultrasound report confirmed that she was carrying a boy and a girl.  “If it was stillborn, they should have at least given it to me. Why did I carry a baby for 9 months and 12 days if my baby isn't here?” she said.  Dr. Ali Chowdhury Rimon said that the patient's condition was critical. He heard from her brother that she was carrying twins, and even the patient believed she had a baby in her womb. Therefore, he administered an anaesthetic injection.  Dr. Nishat Anam Barna claimed that a woman arrived at the hospital showing all the signs of pregnancy. Before an examination could take place, she went into labor.  “The patient's relatives failed to provide any documents or seek advice,” she said.   

A case has been filed against 33 people including local Awami League leader Abul Kashem Zihadi in connection with the murders of former Jubo League leader Noman and former Chhatra League leader Rakib. Mahfuzur Rahman, local UP chairman and elder brother of one of the deceased, filed the case against 18 identified and 14-15 unidentified people with Chandraganj Police Station around 1 am on Thursday. Abul Kashem Zihadi, organizing secretary of Chandraganj upazila unit of Awami League was among the accused. No one has been arrested in this connection but a drive is on to arrest the accused. Also read: 2 former Juba and Chhatra League leaders shot dead in Laxmipur On April 25, Abdullah Al Noman, 35, former general secretary of district unit of Jubo League and Rakib Imam, 28, former organising secretary of the district unit of Chhatra League were shot to death allegedly in an attack by their rivals over establishing supremacy in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur.  

A nearly 30-year-old rape claim against Donald Trump went to trial Tuesday as jurors in the federal civil case heard a former advice columnist’s allegation of being attacked in a luxury department store dressing room. The former president says nothing happened between them. E. Jean Carroll will testify that what unfolded in a few minutes in a fitting room in 1996 “would change her life forever,” one of her lawyers, Shawn Crowley, said in an opening statement. “Filled with fear and shame, she kept silent for decades. Eventually, though, silence became impossible,” Crowley said. And when Carroll broke that silence in a 2019 memoir, the then-president “used the most powerful platform on Earth to lie about what he had done, attack Ms. Carroll’s integrity and insult her appearance.” Trump — who wasn't in court but hasn't ruled out testifying —- has called Carroll a “nut job” who fabricated the rape claim to sell her book. Defense attorney Joe Tacopina told jurors Tuesday that her story was wildly implausible and short of evidence. He accused her of pursuing the case for money, status and political reasons, urging the jurors from heavily Democratic New York to put aside any animus they themselves might hold toward the Republican ex-president and ex-New Yorker. Also Read: Rape lawsuit trial against Donald Trump set to get underway “You can hate Donald Trump. That’s OK. But there’s a time and a secret place for that. It’s called a ballot box in an election. It’s not here in a court of law,” Tacopina told the six-man, three-woman panel. “Nobody’s above the law, but no one is beneath it.” The trial stands to test Trump's “Teflon Don” reputation for shaking off serious legal problems and to reprise accounts of the type of sexual misconduct that rocked his 2016 presidential campaign as he seeks office again. Trump denies all the claims, saying they are falsehoods spun up to damage him. The trial comes a month after he pleaded not guilty in an unrelated criminal case surrounding payments made to bury accounts of alleged extramarital sex. Carroll's suit is a civil case, meaning that no matter the outcome, Trump isn't in danger of going to jail. She is seeking unspecified monetary damages and a retraction of Trump statements that she alleges were defamatory. Among his comments: “She’s not my type," which her lawyers say was tantamount to calling her too unattractive to assault. Jurors — whose names are being kept secret to prevent potential harassment — range in age from 26 to 66 and include a janitor, a physical therapist and people who work in security, health care collections, a library, a high school and other settings. They were questioned about their news-watching habits (which vary from watching “everything” to ignoring it all), political donations and support for any of a roster of right- and left-wing groups. They were asked, too, whether they used Trump’s social media platform, read Carroll’s former Elle magazine column and even if they’d seen Trump’s former reality show “The Apprentice” — and whether any of these and other matters would make it difficult for them to be fair. Carroll, 79, is expected to testify as soon as Wednesday that a chance encounter with Trump, 76, turned violent, and that he defamed her when responding to the rape allegations. She says that after she ran into the future president at Manhattan's Bergdorf Goodman on an unspecified spring Thursday evening in 1996, he invited her to shop with him for a woman's lingerie gift before they teased one another to try on a bodysuit. Carroll says they ended up alone together in a store dressing room, where Trump pushed her against a wall and raped before she fought him off and fled. Her suit argues that she was psychologically scarred by the alleged attack, and then subjected to an onslaught of hateful messages and reputational damage when Trump painted her as a liar. “This case is Ms. Carroll's chance to clear her name, to pursue justice,” Crowley said. Tacopina countered that it was “an affront to justice.” He suggested her account of being violently raped in the Fifth Avenue store, with no one around, was preposterous. Also, Tacopina noted, there was no record that Carroll had any injuries, sought out a doctor or therapist, asked the store about surveillance video or even wrote about the alleged attack in her diary. “It all comes down to: Do you believe the unbelievable?” he asked in his opening statement. Also Read: Trump's day in court as criminal defendant: What to know Jurors are also expected to hear from two other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Trump. The jury will also see the infamous 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Trump is heard asserting that celebrities can grab women sexually without asking. Carroll's allegations normally would be too old to bring to court. But in November, New York state enacted a law allowing for suits over decades-old sexual abuse claims. The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.

Dhallywood actor Shakib Khan has filed another case against film producer Rahmat Ullah under the Digital Security Act. Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat of the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka on Monday, ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit a report on June 6 after taking Shakib’s statement. Shakib’s lawyer Khairul Hasan said Shakib Khan came to the court around 1:45 pm to file a case. Then he went to court to give a statement. On March 23, Shakib filed a case with the CMM court against Rahmat Ullah on charges of murder attempt and extortion. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arfatul Rakib recorded his statement and summoned Rahmat Ullah to appear before the court on April 26. Read: I was blamed even though I did nothing wrong: Shakib Khan Later Shakib Khan then went to the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka to file a case under the Digital Security Act. However, he could not file the case on that day as the time to file the case had passed. The judge asked him to come to court today. Earlier on March 19, Shakib went to the Detective Branch (DB) office of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and filed a written complaint against Rahmat Ullah who brought a rape allegation against him. On March 15, Rahmat Ullah filed a written complaint against the actor in the Bangladesh Film Artists Association, accusing him of sexual misconduct and raping an Australian woman, a co-producer of the film "Operation Agneepath".