A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed May 22 for submission of the probe report in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. With this, the deadline for submission of probe report in the case deferred for the 97th time. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was supposed to submit the
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No headway in Sagar-Runi murder case in 11 years
It has been 11 years since the gruesome killings of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. A decade after being tasked with the investigation into the murders, the Rapid Action Battalion has failed to make any meaningful headway in the case and appears no closer to a breakthrough.The agency
Journalist, picked up by law enforcers, shown arrested
Raghunath Kha, a journalist from Satkhira, who was earlier reportedly picked up by plainclothes law enforcers, has been shown arrested in two cases filed under the Explosive Substances Act and Extortion Act. Lal Chad, sub-inspector of Debhata police station, filed a case against three named and 19 unidentified people including
Court orders PBI to re-probe case against journalist Rozina
A Dhaka court on Monday asked the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate again the case against Prothom Alo senior journalist Rozina Islam for attempting to "illegally collect sensitive government documents and taking photos of them." Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after accepting
The mind-boggling challenge of long COVID
Journalist Raihan M Chowdhury dies
Myanmar court hands Japanese journo 10-year jail
A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 10-year prison sentence to a Japanese journalist who was arrested after filming an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat said Thursday. Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese Embassy, said Toru Kubota was sentenced Wednesday to seven years for violating
Toab Khan: As the doyen moves on, long live journalism
Journalists , police involved in drug trade: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal Monday said that well-off individuals as well as journalists and police are also involved in drug trade, and they too face justice without exception. The minister made the remark while speaking at a roundtable meeting in Dhaka's CIRDAP auditorium. "In prison, you will find police, Rab personnel
journalist Ranesh Maitra no more
Ekushey Padak winning journalist and columnist Ranesh Maitra passed away in a city hospital early Monday. He was 90. He breathed his last at Popular Hospital in the early hours today. Ranesh Maitra left behind his wife Purabi Maitra, two sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers. Deputy Speaker