- Prestigious Mossad-linked Weizmann Institute reduced to rubble by Iranian missile strike
- 3 killed in Gazipur road crash
- Iran fires new missile barrage at Israel
- Iran announces limited ban on smartphones and laptops, fearing Israel's digital tracking
- Iran was 'very close' to having nuclear weapon: Trump
- CA's London visit 'very successful': Foreign Ministry
- Crisis not over yet: Rizvi
- Purbachal plot case: Gazette summons for Hasina, 11 others
- DU approves Tk 1,354.5 million budget for FY 26
- DMP urges political parties to avoid road protests on working days
- ‘Govt to formulate concrete action plan to protect the Sundarbans’
- Over 600 foreigners flee Iran into Azerbaijan
- Naseemul Hye elected president of ICSB
- ‘400 Bangladeshis in Tehran being relocated to safer places’
- Qatar condemns Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuke sites
- Cyberattack ‘disrupts’ Iranian state-owned bank
- Russia's deadliest attack on Kyiv for months kills 15, hurts dozens
- Bangladesh shines with centuries from Shanto, Mushfiqur
- CA thanks Australia for resuming visa processing
- ‘Chairmanship posts of four vital standing committees in parliament to go to opposition’
Purbachal plot case: Gazette summons for Hasina, 11 others
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the publication of a gazette notification summoning former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others to appear in a case over the alleged misuse of power to obtain a 10-katha government plot in the Purbachal New Town Project. Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib of the...
Rhea Chakraborty says Sushant case destroyed careers
Indian Actor Rhea Chakraborty has said that she and her brother, Showik Chakraborty, suffered severe career setbacks following the 2020 death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In an interview with CNBC TV18, Rhea said she stopped getting acting offers and Showik, who had secured admission to a top...
Kamal Mojumder shown arrested in arms case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder arrested in a arms case filed with Banani Police Station. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ziadur Rahman passed the order after police produced Mojumder before the court and sought to...
ICT receives maiden formal charge in July Uprising case
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday filed the formal charge in a crime against humanity case filed over the killings of six innocent people in the citys Chankharpul area on August 5, 2024. It is the first formal charge filed at the ICT in connection with the July...
Probe report in Sagar-Runi murder case on July 8
A Dhaka court today (May 21) set July 8 for filing a probe report in the sensational case lodged over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 118th time. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the order, allowing the prosecutions...
Parvez murder case: Another suspect nabbed
Police have arrested Faria Haque Tina, one of the two female students wanted in connection with the killing of Primeasia University student Parvez in Banani. With this, four accused have so far been detained in this connection, reports UNB. She was held during a raid conducted in the capitals...
DMP files 2,322 cases for violating traffic rules
Traffic Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has filed a total of 2,322 cases on Wednesday across the capital for violating traffic rules. The division filed those cases and realized fines by conducting a drive against traffic rules violators, according to a DMP press release issued in...
False case allegations rising
Legal experts and rights advocates in Bangladesh have raised alarms over a rising number of criminal cases allegedly implicating innocent people, with reports suggesting extortion gangs are exploiting the justice system for profit and revenge. The controversial cases, many stemming from...
HC releases full verdict of Abrar Fahad murder case
The High Court on Saturday released the full verdict that upheld the death penalty of 20 students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and life imprisonment for five others in Abrar Fahad murder case. The 131-page full verdict was published on the Supreme Courts website....
Plaintiff in blasphemy case against Prothom Alo alleges intimidation
The plaintiff in a case filed against the Prothom Alo for publishing an Eid greeting cartoon featuring a dog has alleged that he has been subjected to intimidation by the newspaper authorities. Nazrul Islam has said since the filing of the case, he has faced various forms of harassment. Since...
Govt to publish lists of some 9,000 cases recommended for withdrawal soon
The interim government is set to publish lists of nearly 9,000 politically motivated cases recommended for withdrawal, as these cases were allegedly intended to harass opposition leaders and activists during the 15-and-a-half-year autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasinas Awami League government. The...
Amir Khasru exempted from Special Powers Act case
A Dhaka court on Sunday exempted five people, including BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act over the leaking of an audio clip that went viral on social media during the student movement for safe roads in 2018. The other four...
SC scraps graft case against Yunus
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has scrapped the money laundering case filed against Nobel Laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. The decision was given on Wednesday, by the Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, allowing the appeal filed by Professor Dr....
HC grants six-month extension to probe Sagar-Runi murder case
The High Court has granted another six months for the investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. The bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Shikdar Mahmudur Razi passed the order on Tuesday following a time extension petition filed by the state....
People can now apply for withdrawal of politically motivated cases
In a move to expedite the ongoing process of withdrawing politically motivated cases, victims who were sued between January 6, 2009 and August 5, 2024, can now directly apply to the Solicitor of the Law and Justice Division under the Ministry of Law. The decision was taken at the 11th meeting of...
8 get life imprisonment in police inspector Mamun murder case
A court today (April 17) convicted and sentenced eight people including notorious Dubai-based businessman Arav Khan to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the murder of police inspector Mamun Imran Khan. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib pronounced the judgment,...
Meghna Alam shown arrested in fraud case
A Dhaka court has shown model Meghna Alam arrested in a fraud case filed with Dhanmondi Police Station on charges of using women to lure foreign ambassadors into honey traps. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Mia passed the order after she was produced before the court this morning (April 17)....
Addl SP, executive magistrate arrested in genocide case
A police official in Rangamati and an executive magistrate in Narsingdi have been arrested in a case filed with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) over their involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the July uprising. ICT Prosecutor (Administration) Gazi Monawar Hossain...
Arrest warrants issued against Hasina, Putul, 16 others in Purbachal graft case
A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, along with 16 other individuals, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over a corruption case related to the allocation of plots by RAJUK in the Purbachal...
60 held over vandalism during pro-Gaza protests
Bangladesh police have swiftly moved to take action over the violent and unlawful events that unfolded during the pro-Gaza protests in several cities on Monday. These attacks and acts of vandalism are an affront to public safety and the rule of law, said a statement issued by the Chief Advisers...
Rumor Scanner detects 298 misinformation cases in March
Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking organization in Bangladesh, identified 298 instances of misinformation circulating on the internet in March on 2025. Previously, in January and February, it identified 271 and 268 instances of misinformation, respectively, said a report of Rumor Scanner released on...