Indonesian ex-minister jailed for 10 years over graft
Indonesia鈥檚 former agriculture minister was jailed for 10 years on Thursday after he was found guilty of misappropriating more than $900,000 of...
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Govt must work for release of Bangladeshis from foreign jails
THIS is distressing that 11,450 Bangladeshis languish, as the foreign minister said in the parliament in a scripted answer on July 1, in jails in 31 countries. Quoting Bangladesh missions abroad, the minister says that the highest of 5,746 Bangladeshis are detained in jails in Saudi Arabia. The breakdown shows that 1,579 Bangladeshis are in jails in India...
11,450 Bangladeshis languish in foreign jails
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud told Jatiya Sangsad on Monday that a total of 11,450 Bangladeshis, including migrant workers, were languishing in jails in 31 countries....
20 inmates stage Pakistan jailbreak, one killed
Twenty detainees, some accused of terrorism, staged a prison break in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday, officials said, adding that one was 鈥榢illed in the crossfire鈥� during the escape...
AHM Kamaruzzaman birth anniv observed
The 101th anniversary of the birth of Abul Hasnat Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, one of the four national leaders who were brutally assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975, was observed in Rajshahi on Wednesday...
Ex-Juba Mohila League leader Papia freed on bail
Former Juba Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia was released on bail from Cumilla Central Jail, after serving three years and four months in jail in six criminal cases...
Two prisoners die at DMCH
Two prisoners from Cumilla central jail and Barishal central jail died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday...
363 foreigners detained in Bangladesh jails: HM
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan told Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday that 363 foreign nationals were detained in Bangladesh jails...
Sikh separatist, Kashmir leader elected from jail
An Indian Sikh separatist and a staunch opponent of prime minister Narendra Modi from disputed Kashmir were both set to be elected lawmakers from behind bars on Tuesday...
Prisoner found dead in Sylhet jail, three suspended
An inmate was found dead in Sylhet Central Jail on Monday.
HC asks jailers to respond to demand for post-mortem reports
The High Court on Tuesday asked the jail authorities to respond in 30 days to a lawyer鈥檚 letter seeking post-mortem reports of 13 leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who died in jail custody before January 7 parliamentary elections and in the aftermath of it...
Russia jails 20-year-old student over partisan leaflets
A 20-year-old student in Russia who agreed to post leaflets on behalf of a pro-Ukraine partisan group has been handed 13 years jail for treason....
Prisoner dies in Brahmanbaria jail
A prisoner died on Thursday while undergoing treatment in 250-bedded general hospital, Brahmanbaria...
BNP leader Khokon walks out of jail
BNP joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon was freed from jail on bail on Wednesday after more than six and a half months of his arrest...
Judge threatens Trump with jail for gag order violations
The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump鈥檚 historic criminal trial again found the former US president in contempt of a gag order on Monday and threatened to...
Dhaka district registrar sent to jail in graft case
The Dhaka Senior Special Judge鈥檚 Court on Tuesday sent Dhaka district registrar Whadul Islam to jail in a case filed on the charges of amassing illegal wealth and...
Tributes paid to Khapra Ward martyrs
The historic Khapra Ward Day was observed on Wednesday at Rajshahi Central Jail and in the city paying rich tributes to seven detained communist political prisoners who were killed in 1950...
12 truck drivers, assistants sent to jail for carrying Indian sugar
A Pabna court on Friday sent 12 truck drivers and their 11 assistants to jail after police arrested them in connection with carrying 242 tonnes of Indian...
Prisoner dies in hospital custody
A prisoner of Pabna district jail died at Pabna general hospital after he was taken there as he fell sick at the jail...
Prominent Tunisian journalist jailed for six months for defamation
A Tunisian court on Wednesday condemned a journalist and virulent critic of president Kais Saied to six months in prison for defaming a civil servant, his brother and lawyer said.....
Three jail police suspended for murder in SBMCH prison cell
Three guards of Barishal central jail had been suspended in connection with the death of a mentally challenged prisoner while undergoing treatment in the prison cell of...
AL leader sent to jail over shooting two people
An Awami League leader, who shot and injured a farmer and a van-puller over a trivial matter at village Phulbaria of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia, was sent to jail after he was produced before a district court on Monday....