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

Rahima’s statement misleading: PBI

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that the statement given by Rahima Begum, who was found alive in Faridpur after remaining missing for 29 days, about her 'disappearance' to the PBI and in the court is misleading.  However, they are verifying her statement given at the court, Khulna Superintendent of

Rahima’s missing was not a case of abduction: PBI

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that the disappearance of Rahima Begum, who was found alive in Faridpur, was not an incident of "abduction". "We did not find any evidence of abduction from her house in Khulna's Daulatpur," SP Syed Mushfiqur Rahman of PBI Khulna said today "We are still investigating

Rahima handed over to PBI

Khulna's Rahima Begum, who was rescued from a house in Faridpur's Boalmari upazila, has been handed over to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).  Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Doulatpur Police Station, said Rahima who remained missing for the last 29 days was rescued on Saturday night alive.  Molla Jahangir Hossain, deputy commissioner of

PBI to take over case of missing Khulna woman

A Khulna court has ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to take over the probe into the case of a 55-year-old woman who has been missing since August 27. The court's direction came in the wake of an appeal from the woman's family. On August 27, Rahima Begum went missing

Court asks PBI to investigate cartoonist Kishore’s case

A Dhaka court on Sunday accepted a case filed by cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore over alleged torture on him in custody after his arrest under the Digital Security Act (DSA). Dhaka Metropolitan and Session Court Judge KM Imrul Kayes took the complaint into cognizance and asked the Police Bureau of Investigation