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Family questions motive behind killing of 'mentally challenged' man during Ashura procession

Dhaka, July 1 -- The family of Zakir Hussain cannot answer the one question that has haunted them since Friday: why was he killed? The Dhaka South City Corporation sanitation worker was fatally stabb... Read More


6 years on, families still await justice for 34 deaths in launch capsize

Dhaka, June 29 -- Six years on, the trial in a case over the deaths of 34 people in a launch capsize on the Buriganga River has yet to conclude. Those involved in the case are unable to say exactly wh... Read More


A 9-year-old domestic worker 'wanted to go home'. Days later, she was found dead in Dhanmondi

Dhaka, June 23 -- Bound by a Bargain A fatal 'price tag': The parents claim the 9-year-old was killed after they tried to bring her home and repay a disputed Tk 10,000 fee Employers imprisoned: A Dh... Read More


Father says he is 'exhausted' chasing justice five years after Kalabagan schoolgirl's murder

Dhaka, June 22 -- The teenager had dreamed of becoming a doctor. Nearly five years have passed since the O-Level student left her home in Dhaka's Kalabagan for what her family believed was a routine ... Read More


What is the status of the cases against former IGP Benazir?

Dhaka, June 15 -- Fresh details have emerged about corruption allegations and ongoing criminal cases against former Bangladesh police chief Benazir Ahmed following his arrest in Dubai. Benazir, who s... Read More


Will cricketer Nasir, his wife Tamima walk free or face punishment?

Dhaka, June 10 -- A Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict in the highly publicised case against cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi over charges of marrying before legally di... Read More


Cricketer Nasir, Tamima did not break the law by marrying, court finds

Dhaka, June 10 -- A Dhaka court has acquitted cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi in a case over allegedly marrying before Tamima legally dissolving her previous marriage. Dhaka... Read More


Mother goes out for medicine, returns to find 3-year-old son dead

Dhaka, May 9 -- A 3-year-old boy was asleep. His mother Shilpi Khatun had left him with his father and gone to a pharmacy to buy medicine for herself. A short while later, she returned home and found... Read More


Charge sheet filed against Hasina, 39 others over 'attempted murder'

Dhaka, May 3 -- Police have submitted a charge sheet against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others in an "attempted murder" case over the shooting of a Chhatra Dal activist in Mohammadpur,... Read More


Mother lands in jail with three children after cannabis arrest, eldest son sent to correction centre

Dhaka, April 29 -- A Dhaka court has sent a woman to jail along with her three children following her arrest with 30 kg of cannabis. Her eldest son, a teenager, was ordered to a juvenile correction c... Read More