HC begins hearing death reference
The High Court on Thursday commenced the hearing of the death reference in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology鈥檚 student Abrar Fahad...
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HC grants bail to ex-SP Babul Akhter
The High Court on Wednesday granted ad interim bail to former police super Babul Akhter in Mahmuda Khan Mitu murder case...
Ex-ministers Anisul, Qamrul, Shahid put on fresh remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former law minister Anisul Huq and former food minister Qamrul Islam on fresh remand in two separate murder cases...
HC seeks govt action on ISKCON clash, murder
The High Court on Wednesday directed the government to report on the actions taken regarding the killing of assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif, who was hacked to death during a violent clash on the Chattogram court premises on Tuesday...
Legality of media trials in Bangladesh
A RECENT incident in Bangladesh shocked people after the media reported that a young man had killed his mother and stored her body in a refrigerator. The news portrayed him as a cold-blooded murderer. However, later investigations revealed that some neighbours, not the son, were responsible for the crime. Despite this, the earlier reports...
Murder attempt case filed against Hasina, aides
An attempt to murder case was filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 60 others with the Siddhirganj police station in Narayanganj district on Friday.
Family wants justice over beating JL activist to death
Family members and relatives of a Jubo League activist who was beaten to death on October 26 urged the government to ensure justice for the murder...
Businessman found murdered in city
The police on Thursday identified the dismembered body found wrapped in polythene at Rupganj in Narayanganj as dyeing businessman Jasim Uddin Masum...
Afghan Taliban carry out sixth public execution since 2021
Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, the sixth public execution since their return to power...
Canada alleges Amit Shah behind plot to target Sikh separatists
The Canadian government has publicly alleged that India鈥檚 home affairs minister, Amit Shah, the prime minister, Narendra Modi鈥檚, closest political ally, was behind a recent series of plots to murder and intimidate Sikh separatists on Canadian soil, reports The Guardian...
Ex-state minister Zakir, ex-secy Mostafa sent to jail
Two Dhaka metropolitan magistrate courts on Monday sent former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain and former home ministry senior secretary Mustafa Kamal Uddin to jail in separate murder cases...
Rokeya Univ to sue 81 teachers, students as probe finds involvement
The authorities of the Begum Rokeya University have taken a decision to file a case against 81 people, including two teachers and 72 students in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and the university鈥檚 student Abu Sayeed...
Appellate Division stays Rana Plaza owner Rana鈥檚 bail in murder case
The Appellate Division on Monday stayed for six months the bail granted by the High Court to Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza that collapsed in 2013, leaving 1,138 RMG workers dead, in a murder case over the deadly incident...
Ex-housing minister Mosharraf arrested
The police on Sunday arrested former housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain at the capital鈥檚 Basundhara Residential area in a murder case...
Task force formed聽
The government on Wednesday formed a four-member task force comprising experts from different forces following the High Court鈥檚 directives to investigate the much-talked-about murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
Ex-MP Suman arrested, remanded in attempted murder case
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday allowed the police to take former Juba League leader and ex-independent lawmaker for Habiganj-4, Syed Sayedul Haque Suman...
ZI Khan Panna granted pre-arrest bail in attempt to murder case
The High Court in Bangladesh on Monday granted pre-arrest bail to prominent human rights defender ZI Khan Panna in an attempted murder case.
Trinamool BNP chair Shamsher Mobin sent to jail
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Friday sent Trinamool BNP chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury to jail in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the...
HC asks authorities to complete Sagar-Runi murder probe in 6 months
The High Court has issued an order directing the authorities to conclude the long-pending investigation into the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi within six months...
BNP leader Shaikh Rabiul suspended
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has suspended its executive committee member Shaikh Rabiul Alam Robi following his alleged involvement in the murder of Tanjeel Jahan Islam Tamim in the Rampura Mahanagar Project area in the capital...
Accused gives deposition on Mymensingh journalist murder
A suspected accused, arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist Swapan Bhadra, gave his deposition before the court in Mymensingh on Sunday.
Four AL leaders arrested in Dhaka in murder case
Police have arrested four leaders of Awami League in connection with the killing of Sheikh Md Sakib Rayhan, a student, during a protest organised as part of the anti-discrimination student movement in Dhaka鈥檚 Pallabi area...
Students, family want justice
Students, family members, and well-wishers of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology鈥檚 slain student Abrar Fahad on Monday urged the government to ensure...
Why Israel gets away with murder in Gaza and Lebanon
THE official Israeli army version of why it has targeted civilian areas during the intense and deadly bombardment of September 20 in south Lebanon is that the Lebanese are hiding long-range missile launchers in their own homes...
Thousands march in India as doctors resume strike
Tens of thousands of people packed the streets of one of India鈥檚 biggest cities after doctors resumed a strike and called fresh rallies over the rape and murder of a colleague...
Indian doctors resume strike
Indian doctors in Kolkata said on Tuesday they had resumed a strike to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a colleague because their demands for hospital safety improvements had not been met...
RAB arrests another accused in Twaki murder case
Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested another person, a relative of prime accused Ajmeri Osman in a case over the killing Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, at a bus on...
HC removes RAB, orders high-level task force聽for probe Sagar-Runi murder
The High Court on Monday removed the Rapid Action Battalion from the investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi and directed the...
Three arrested over youth鈥檚 murder caught on viral video
The police on Wednesday said that they had on Tuesday arrested three people at separate places in Chattogram for their alleged involvement in beating a youth to death in the port city on August 13...
Two murder cases filed in Khagrachari, Dighinala
Two murder cases have been filed over the killing of three ethnic minority persons during the recent violence at Dighinala and Khagrachari sadar.