Crime & Justice
Woman shackled, raped for 25 days: Police arrest four accused
Police have arrested four persons including a woman in a case filed over gang-raping a 23-year-old woman after shackling her in a Mohammadpur flat for 25 days
Missing Cox's Bazar student rescued from Cumilla after 22 days
Police rescued a madrasa student from Cumilla on Saturday night, 22 days after his alleged abduction from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar
Sabotage cases: 51 BNP men sent to jail in Jashore
A Jashore court yesterday sent 51 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies to jail in sabotage cases filed with several police stations in Jashore
March 22 case: Let 3 Transcom officials come home without hindrance
The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to ensure that the top three executives of Transcom Group can surrender without any hindrance to the court within 72 hours after returning home in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station on March 22.
Woman gang-raped for 25 days in Mohammadpur
A 23-year-old woman had been shackled and gang-raped for 25 days in Mohammadpur.
3 pvt hospitals fined over Tk1 lakh
A mobile court has fined three private hospitals in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila more than Tk1 lakh for various irregularities.
2 Swechchhasebak League men sued for raping teen after confinement
A case was filed on Friday night against two Swechchhasebak League leaders in Sylhet for allegedly confining and raping a teen girl since January 7.
Ignoring govt instructions: Facebook, YouTube may be blocked briefly
The government may temporarily block social media platforms, including Facebook and YouTube in Bangladesh if the companies fail to cooperate in efforts to fight cybercrime and the spread of false information.
Reserve forest: Bid to stop soil theft costs forest officer his life
A dumper truck carrying stolen earth from a reserve forest crushed a forest officer to death in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday when the official tried to stop the vehicle.
Oct 28 violence: Nearly 500 BNP men get anticipatory bail from HC
Around 500 local BNP leaders and activists from Dhaka, Chattogram, and Narayanganj secured six weeks' anticipatory bail from the High Court today in 33 cases filed over the violence in BNP's grand rally in Dhaka on October 28 last year
Forest official killed while trying to stop illegal hill razing
An official of the forest department died after he was run over by a dumper truck used to steal earth from the hills of a forest reserve in Cox's Bazar early today
BNP leader Habibun Nabi Khan sent to jail in three cases
BNP's Joint Secretary General Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel was sent to jail today after he surrendered before two separate courts in Dhaka in three cases, in which he was sentenced to a total of five years and six months’ jail in absentia
Thieves take off with 'Tk 10.3 lakh' worth of tech, cash from Mirpur DOHS flat
A flat in Dhaka's Mirpur DOHS area was robbed on March 17, with the thieves taking away cash and different valuables worth around Tk 10.3 lakh, the residents of the apartment said
Prime accused arrested over gang-rape of girl in Gazipur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested the prime accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a young girl in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila
Politics on Campus: Buet students boycott tests, classes on 2nd day of protest
Buet students yesterday boycotted their classes and exams and demonstrated against early Thursday’s gathering of Chhatra League activists on the campus where political activities are not allowed.
Bribery, corruption major investment barriers
The Biden administration identified bribery, corruption, customs, anti-competitive procurement system and violation of intellectual property rights as major trade and investment barriers in Bangladesh.
MV Abdullah: Fresh water access limited for crew
The 23-member crew of the hijacked Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah are suffering from an acute water crisis as the pirates restricted its use due to depleting stock.
BSF shoots one Bangladeshi dead, injures another
A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near the Burirhat border in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila early yesterday.
