DGHS ex-driver Malek gets 5 years jail in graft case

A Dhaka court Wednesday sentenced Abdul Malek, a former driver of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to five years imprisonment while his wife Nargis Begum to three years imprisonment in a graft case. Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 Zakaria Hossain passed the order. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) field

Lutfozzaman Babar finally walks out of jail

Lutfozzaman Babar, former state minister for home affairs, walked free after 17 years in prison, receiving a warm reception from BNP leaders and activists at the jail gate. “He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 2 pm,” said jailer Bashiruddin. Babar will first pay respects at the grave of

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