Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy appeared and testified before the court on Sunday, in connection with a case filed over plotting to "abduct and kill" him. Mohammad Asaduzzaman Nur, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, recorded his statement. Sajeeb Wazed is the 10th witness
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Ex-SP Babul placed on one-day remand in DSA case
A Dhaka court Thursday put former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akhter on a one-day remand in a case filed by PBI chief under Digital Security Act (DSA). Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arafatul Rakib today passed the order as police pleaded to put Babul on a seven-day remand in the case. Police
Graft Case: Samrat’s bail extended till Nov 8
A Dhaka court on Thursday extended the bail of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat till November 8 in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Special Judge's Court-6 judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman passed the order after hearing a petition in this regard. Besides, the court
Graft Case: Court frames charges against GK Shamim, mother
A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against "influential" contractor GK Shamim and his mother Ayesha Akter in a disproportionate assets case. Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-4, framed the charges against the mother-son duo for corruption and fixed November 7 as the next date for hearing
Indictment hearing in two cases against Khaleda on Nov 17
A Dhaka court Monday set November 17 for holding hearing on charge framing in two cases, one for observing fake birthday on National Mourning Day and another for stigmatizing the War of Liberation, lodged against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Today was fixed for holding the indictment hearings in the two
Suu Kyi, Australian economist get 3 years in jail
A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar's official secrets act, a legal official said. Suu Kyi received a three-year sentence after being tried and convicted with Turnell
Report in case against YouTuber Elias, ex-SP Babul Nov 6
A Dhaka court Wednesday set November 6 for submitting probe report in a case filed against four including former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akhter and expatriate YouTuber Elias Hossain. Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chief Banaj Kumar Majumder filed the case under digital security act and special powers act with
Rahima’s missing was not a case of abduction: PBI
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that the disappearance of Rahima Begum, who was found alive in Faridpur, was not an incident of "abduction". "We did not find any evidence of abduction from her house in Khulna's Daulatpur," SP Syed Mushfiqur Rahman of PBI Khulna said today "We are still investigating
Sagar-Runi murder report deferred for 92nd time
A Dhaka court has extended the deadline for the submission of an investigation report on the 2012 murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi for the 92nd time. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary on Monday fixed Oct 31 for the submission of the report in response to investigation
NRCC chair for 6-month jail for DNCC mayor, Dhaka WASA MD
National River Conservation Commission chairman Manjur A Chowdhury on Sunday said that the NRCC wanted six months imprisonment for Dhaka North City Corporation mayor and Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority managing director for polluting Dhaka rivers. He came up with the statement at a discussion organised by the NRCC marking