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Purbachal plot graft: Hasina's nephew and niece await their verdict

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Verdicts in two of the six Purbachal plot corruption cases filed against the family of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina are set to be announced on Monday. One of the cases involve... Read More


Dipu Sana's death - a life and its dreams brought to an end

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- The death of Dipu Sana alias Dipanwita Biswas brought to an end a life and all dreams of a family two years ago. Dipu was an assistant director at the Bangladesh Bank. She had a thr... Read More


PBI urges court to drop charges against Hasina, 112 others over July Uprising case

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- The Police Bureau of Investigation has recommended exonerating ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 112 others after failing to trace "the injured" in a case filed over the attemp... Read More


Family suspects employee in killing of teenager in Banasree

Dhaka, Jan. 11 -- Police have not yet arrested anyone in connection with the recovery of the slit-throated body of a schoolgirl in her home in Dhaka's South Banasree. The complaint, submitted to cour... Read More


21 to face trial for killing Mitford scrap trader Sohag with boulder

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Months after the gruesome killing of scrap trader Lal Chand, also known as Sohag, outside Mitford Hospital in Dhaka -- where he was bludgeoned to death with a concrete boulder -- inve... Read More


CID investigation finds 'no truth' in assault, acid attack allegations against actor Dipjol

Dhaka, Dec. 18 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has found no evidence to substantiate assault or acid attack allegations against Bangla film actor Monowar Hossain Dipjol in a case filed ... Read More


Singer Noble's prison marriage to complainant 'cannot erase' rape charges, police say

Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- Marriage cannot absolve singer Mainul Ahsan Noble of rape charges, Demra Police Inspector Murad Hossain has said. Murad, the investigating officer, submitted a charge sheet against ... Read More


A man filed a July Uprising case over the murder of his brother. Police have now found the victim alive

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- A police investigation into a murder case filed over an incident during the July Uprising has found the alleged victim alive. Law enforcers believe it was part of a conspiracy by the... Read More


Shobuj murder: Hasina charged with 'planning', 3 of her ex-ministers charged with giving the order

Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and three of her former ministers have been charged with "planning and criminal conspiracy to commit murder, financial assistance, supplying firea... Read More


London politics pulled into Dhaka drama as UK MP Tulip, Hasina's sister Rehana await corruption ruling

Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- A Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict on Monday in a corruption case implicating Sheikh Rehana, the sister of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Tulip Siddiq, the Labour M... Read More