Dr Shakir lands in jail after remand

A Dhaka court Friday sent Dr Shakir Bin Wali to jail after end of his two-day fresh remand in a case lodged under Anti-Terrorism Act with capital's Rampura Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Nurul Huda Chowdhury passed the order as police produced Shakir before the court and pleaded to keep

Samrat to stay in jail as SC rejects plea

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order cancelling the bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Justice Md Nuruzzaman, rejected the leave-to-appeal petition of the expelled Jubo League

Ex-OC Pradeep gets 20 years in jail in graft case

A Chattogram court on Wednesday sentenced disgraced ex-OC Pradeep Kumar Das to 20 years in jail and his wife Chumki to 21 years for amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid handed down the punishment to the former Teknaf police station in-charge

Kurigram: 5 Indians freed after jail term for illegal entry

Kurigram district jail authorities on Tuesday released five Indian nationals who had been jailed for illegally entering Bangladesh with drugs. The five Indians are Alam Mia, son of Dudu Mia from Bengal's Cooch Behar district, Md Nuruzzaman, son of Surut Mia from Dhubri district in Assam, Selim Mia, son of Nur

Expelled JL leader Samrat sent to jail in graft case

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat to jail upon surrender in a graft case. Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order when Samrat surrendered before the court and sought bail. The court also fixed June 9 for hearing

Graft case: Haji Salim denied bail; sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim to jail in a graft case rejecting his bail petition. Judge of Special Court-7 Shahidul Islam passed the order when he surrendered before the court. Syed Ahmed Raza, a counsel of Haji Salim, said he surrendered before around 3:20 pm

Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi gets 4 years’ jail

A special court in Myanmar's capital sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said.The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel

Zoom and Destiny in jail

There is no doubt that the owner of Destiny, who was making a Zoom call from his hospital bed, is very offended. He has had to go back to jail from his hospital bed where he was languishing for the last two months no one is sure what his serious