Tungipara AL leader sent to jailed

Organsiing Secretary of Tungipara upazila Awami League Toifiq Biswas was sent o jail Sunday in a case filed over the murder of Secha Sebok Dal leader Showkot Ali Didar. Officer-in-Charge of Sadar police station Mir Mohammad Shajedur Rahman said he was sent to jail by a court order this noon. Toufiq

Pakistan begins voting, with Khan in jail and Sharif tipped to win

Millions of Pakistanis began voting Thursday in an election marred by allegations of poll rigging, with the country's most popular politician in jail and a military-favoured candidate tipped to win. Authorities said they were suspending mobile telephone services across the country during voting "to maintain law and order" following a bloody

Bid to enter Khaleda’s cabin: Arrested youth sent to jail

A court in Dhaka has directed to send the youth, arrested during trying to enter BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's cabin at Evercare Hospital in the capital, to jail. After a two-day remand was over, he was produced before the court on Tuersday. Then the investigation officer (IO) pleaded to keep him

Police asked to quiz Fakhrul, Khasru at jail gate

A magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday asked police to interrogate main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at jail gate for two days in a case filed on charge of attacking Paltan Police Station and assaulting police

Mufti Amir Hamza released from jail

Islamic scholar and preacher Mufti Amir Hamza has been released on bail from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur in a case filed for plotting an attack with a sword on Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. He walked out of the jail at 11:45am on Thursday. Subrata Kumar Bala, Senior Jail Super

7 BNP men get 2.5-year jail for subversive activities

A Dhaka court Monday convicted and sentenced seven leaders and activists of BNP including former Jubo Dal President Saiful Alam Nirob to two-and-a-half years in jail in a case lodged for carrying out subversive activities. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sheikh Sadi pronounced the judgment in presence of Nirob and also fined the

Khadija sits for examination shortly after release from jail

Khadijatul Kubra, a student of Jagannath University (JnU) who was released from Kashimpur central jail securing bail in two DSA cases on Monday morning, sat for an examination shortly after her release. Khadija was released from Kashimpur Women's Prison at 9 am on Monday and went directly to Jagannath University to

Sylhet youth gets 7-yr in jail for remarks on Prophet

A youth has been sentenced to prison for seven years over hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post in Sylhet. Sylhet Cyber Tribunal Judge Abul Kashem announced the verdict on Tuesday afternoon. At the same time, he had been fined Tk1 lakh. Sources said a person filed a case under the Information Technology

Fardin Murder: Bushra sent to jail after remand

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Amatullah Bushra to jail after expiry of her five-day remand in a case over the murder of BUET student Fardin Noor Parash. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ataullah passed the order after turning down her bail plea. Producing Bushra before the court, investigating officer of the

Mass movement can’t be halted by threats: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday warned that the ongoing movement cannot be suppressed by threatening to send the party's chairperson Khaleda Zia back in jail.He made this remark at the chairperson's office in Gulshan in a response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's statement that Khaleda Zia