18 BNP men jailed in sabotage case

A Dhaka court today convicted and sentenced 18 leaders and activists of BNP to total three-year jail in a case lodged with capital's Chawkbazar Police Station for sabotage. The convicts include Dhaka south city unit BNP joint secretary Md Anwar Pervej Badal, Jubodal joint general secretary Mir Newaj Ali and Chawkbazar

Pakistani couple jailed in Italy for killing daughter

A Pakistani couple was sentenced to life in prison by a court in northern Italy on Tuesday for the 2021 murder of their daughter after she refused an arranged marriage. The trial was the most high-profile of several criminal probes in the country in recent years. Saman Abbas, 18, was living in

21 BNP-Jamat men jailed for sabotage

A total of 21 leaders and activists of BNP and Jammat-e-Islami were sentenced to different jail terms on Monday in two separate sabotage cases filed with Paltan and Gulshan Police Stations. A Dhaka court sentenced 10 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to two years and six month jail in

Twelve BNP men jailed in 2018 sabotage case

A Dhaka court has convicted and sentenced 12 leaders and activists of BNP to three-year imprisonment in a sabotage case filed with Kotwali Police Station in the capital in 2018. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam passed the verdict on Wednesday. The court sentenced them one year jail under section 147 and two-year

Two bankers jailed in graft case

A court here today convicted and sentenced two bank officials to different terms of jail in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for embezzling Taka 90 lakh through fraud. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 pronounced the judgement, sentencing Prime Bank junior officer Mirza Kamrul Hasan to