A Sirajganj court on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison for killing his wife in 2008. The convict is Masud, 41, son of Surut Ali, of Arangail village in the upazila. 3 stabbed in Sirajganj for obstructing road construction work on their land Judge of Sirajganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 Begum Salma Khatun handed down the judgment this afternoon. The court also fined Masud Tk 1 lakh, in default, to serve one year more in jail, Mokter Hossain, the reader at the court, confirmed. Mother, daughter die in Sirajganj road crash According to the prosecution, on August 27, 2008 convict Masud strangled his wife Mukti, 19, to death for dowry. Following the murder, a case was filed at Tarash police station. Later, police pressed the chargesheet against Masud. Bodies of couple, their daughter recovered from Sirajganj flat After testifying witnesses and evidence the court pronounced the judgment, Mokter Hossain added.

A Joypurhat court on Wednesday sentenced two brothers to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Kalandpur village under Panchbibi upazila of the district in 2005. They are - Md. Anisur Rahman and Md. Nazrul Islam, sons of Ofir Uddin of Kalandpur village of the upazila. Sugarcane threshing begins in Joypurhat Sugar Mills Additional District and Sessions Judge-second court, judge Md. Abbas Uddin pronounced the judgement this afternoon. The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each. Police arrest three over sabotage incidents targeting trains in Joypurhat According to the prosecution, Quddus was married to Sheola Khatun, daughter of Sirajul Islam of Atul village of Panchbibi upazila. On the night of November 20, 2005, Sheola Khatun got into a quarrel with Quddus and she called the accused. At one stage, the accused hit Quddus with sticks and local weapons, leaving Quddus dead on the spot. Later, a case was filed at Panchbibi Police Station following a complaint lodged by the victim's elder brother Lutfar Rahman. 2 die as oil tanker hits three-wheeler in Joypurhat Police submitted the chargesheet against them in court. After examining the records and witnesses, the court found them guilty.

Two Dhaka courts on Thursday sentenced 29 leaders and activists of BNP to different terms of jail in two separate sabotage cases. Of the two cases, 20 BNP men including its front wing Juba Dal president Sultan Salauddin Tuku and Swechasebak Dal general secretary Md Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel,  were sentenced to three years of jail each. Home Minister says female firefighters will deal with disasters from now on Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury handed down the judgment in the case filed with Shahjahanpur Police in 2017. The other convicts are- BNP Dhaka South city unit member secretary Rafikul Alam Majnu, Md Bhashani Chaklader, Md Mohsin, Md Hanif Hossain Babu, Md Belal Uddin, Md Tarikul Islam Jikir, Md Baten, Kazi Md Jamal, Imran Khan Emon, Md Sohagh Bhuiyan, A Salam Khan, Arifur Rahman Sujon, Sheikh Shahidullah Tipu, Md Jahangir Hossain, Md Abdullah Jamal Chowdhury, Md Selim, Ahmed and Humayun Kabir Nahid. 48-hr blockade: 4 leaders of BNP’s associate bodies arrested in Sylhet The court sentenced the 20 convicts to a two-year jail under section 148 and 34, while one more year of jail under section 427 and 34. As both sentences will run concurrently, the convicts will have to suffer only two years behind bars. And 44 people were acquitted as they were not found guilty in the case. Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin sentenced nine BNP men to a two-year jail each in the case filed at Gulshan Police Station in 2018. They are-Mehedi Bappi, Mainul Hasan alias Mishu, Shariful, Zakir Hossain, Mojibur Rahman, Mamun Chowdhury, Rubel Hossain, Atikur Rahman and Billal Hossain. BNP urges those who field candidates to stay away from Jan-7 polls The judge also imposed a fine of Tk 5,000 on each of them and, in default of which, they will have to serve another two months in jail. The court also acquitted Aminul Islam as he was not found guilty in the case.

A Dhaka court has sentenced 75 BNP leaders and activists, including former Jubo Dal general secretary SM Jahangir, to two and a half years in jail in a case filed on charges of sabotage in 2013. The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibul Haque passed the verdict on Thursday. Defence lawyer Syed Nazrul Islam confirmed the matter. BNP, Jamaat, like-minded parties threaten to resist lopsided polls  SM Jahangir, Shahabuddin Sagar and Shah Alam were produced before the court from jail during the pronouncement of the verdict.  The court issued arrest warrants  against the other 72 people as they have been absconding. The other convicts include the leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies, Nasim, Apu, Ashraf, Mamun, Aminul, Ehsan, Ripon, Shahadat Hossain, Alamgir, Mokhlesur, Shahidul Islam, Masud, Khorshed Ali, Shafiqul Islam and others. BNP to enforce another spell of 48-hour blockade from Sunday The court also acquitted Ashraf and Monir Hossain as they were not found guilty in the case. Police filed the case with Uttara East Police Station in November 2013.  After investigation, the police filed a chargesheet against 77 people. Earlier on Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam sentenced nine people, including former Chhatra Dal president and former swechchhasebak dal general secretary Abdul Qadir Bhuiyan Jewel, to 39 months in jail in a case filed over arson and attack on police. The judge also imposed a fine of Tk 5,000 on each of them and, in default of which, they will have to serve another four months in jail. According to the case statement, on November 3, 2013, BNP and Chhatra Shibir leaders and activists set fire to a private car parked on the road during a rally in front of Hotel Plaza on VIP Road in Paltan. Govt has no influence in Fakhrul's bail denial: Home Minister When the police tried to douse the fire, the accused attacked them with bricks, iron rods and hockey sticks. Later, Paltan police filed tje case against in this regard.

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Advisor Habibur Rahman to five months in jail in a case filed over contempt of court around three years back. A two-member bench of  Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Md Bashir Ullah also fined the convict Tk 2, 000. In the observation, the court said the convict gave wrong messages to people of the country and undermined the judiciary division. In this circumstance the court can’t stay idle keeping its eyes closed. To bury the court is to bury the country. BNP leader Fakhul's bail plea denied in case over vandalising chief justice's residence The convicted BNP leader was present in the  court during the delivery of the judgment and he acknowledged the allegations brought against him.  Lawyers Fazlur Rahman, Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Kamrul Islam Sajal, Syed Mamun Mahbub and Ehsanur Rahman stood for the BNP leader in the court. Deputy Attorney General KM Masud Rumy represented the state in the court. Four BNP leaders, activists arrested in Gazipur over police killing on Oct 28 Habibur Rahman, also president of Pabna district unit BNP, abused the then Dhaka Special Judge Court Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman, who delivered judgment against Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust Case in 2018, at a television talk show following the verdict.   Later, a case was filed accusing the BNP leader.   In 2019, the judge was appointed as an HC Justice. On October 15 this year, the HC asked the BNP leader to explain his remarks about the justice on November 6 and issued a rule asking as to why punitive measures won’t be taken against him.  RAB arrests 3 BNP men on charge of sabotage As he didn’t appear on that date, on November 8 the HC wanted to know the whereabouts of the BNP leader and ordered the authorities concerned including the inspector general of police (IGP) to produce him by December 7. On November 21, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested him from Mirpur DOHS area and since then he has been in jail.

A Cumilla court on Monday sentenced a couple to ten years imprisonment in a case filed for possessing drugs in 2020. Also read : Ex-cop finally surrenders, lands in jail for torturing wife in Sylhet The convicts are—Md Sumon and his wife Marjina Begum of Subhopur in Sadar upazila. Of them Marjina tried in absentia. Cumilla District and Session Judge Helal Uddin handed down the punishment. The court also fined them Tk 10,000 each, in default, to suffer, three months more in rigorous imprisonment. Also read : MoFA official lands in Madaripur jail in case of dowry and torture filed by wife According to the prosecution, police arrested Sumon and Marjina along with 111 bottles of Phensidyl and 1.500 gram hemp, from a house at Gandhamati Dakkhin Bagmara in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on December 28, 2020. Also read : Amassing illegal wealth: Regent's chairman Shahed jailed for 3 years A case was filed against the couple with Sadar Dakkhin Police Station.

A Magura court has sentenced three people to one-and-a-half years of rigorous imprisonment for collecting money from a pharmacy owner in the guise of human rights activists. The court of district senior judicial magistrate handed down the punishment to Kalpana Roy, Hasina Begum and Uttam Kumar Biswas, all residents of Shalikha upazila of Magura, on Thursday. The court also imposed a fine of Tk 1,000 on each of them. The convicts will have to serve two more months in prison in case of their failure to pay the fine. Also read: Fake medicine gang busted by DB; 20 lakh pieces seized According to the case statement, on December 12, 2017, the convicts introduced themselves as human rights activists to a pharmacy owner in Singra Bazar and took money from him. Also read: Fake army man held in Satkhira The pharmacy owner, however, became suspicious and informed the police who subsequently arrested the trio. Later, a case was lodged at the Shekhor police station in this connection.

A Bagerhat tribunal on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment unto death in a case filed for violating a woman and killing her two grandchildren in 2014. Bagerhat Woman and child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Md Nure Alam handed the punishment to Bachchu Mridha, 58. The tribunal also ordered the convict to pay a fine Tk 20,000 to the rape survivor. Also read: Rape at police station: fugitive police inspector sent to jail on surrender The tribunal acquitted an accused of the case identified as Khokon Khan as allegations brought against him could not be proved. According to the prosecution, Bachchu along with his associates barged into the house of Farhad Mridha on September 11, 2014 and violated the woman when she was sleeping with her two grandchildren—Mirajul and Riajul. When the two children woke up they started screaming. Later, Bachchu and his associates killed them and dumped their bodies in a water body adjacent to the house. They also beat the woman up and left her presuming her to be dead. Also read: Triple murder in Kushtia: 3 sentenced to jail unto death Lokman Hossain lodged a complaint with Morrelganj Police against five people and police later registered an FIR in this connection the following day. On July 10, 2015, police submitted charge sheet against two people

A mobile court on Sunday jailed a male student of Chittagong University for sexually assaulting a female student.

A court here on Saturday sent an alleged human trafficker from Nigeria, who was arrested in the Koshba bordering area on Friday.