Law-&-Order
DU student rape: Lone accused Majnu gets life term
A tribunal in Dhaka on Thursday sentenced lone accused Md Majnu to life term imprisonment in a case over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the city’s Kurmitola area on January 5.
DU rape case: Court set to deliver judgement this afternoon
The verdict in the case over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the city’s Kurmitola area will be delivered Thursday afternoon.
Appoint 17 NTRCA registered teachers within 3 months: HC
The High Court on Tuesday directed to appoint 17 teachers who were registered by the Non-Government Teachers' Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) within three months.
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.