Law-&-Order
Cop lands in jail in Chattogram yaba recovery case
Chattogram, Feb 6 (UNB) – A court here on Wednesday sent Sub-Inspector Khandakar Saif of Bakolia Police Station to jail in a case filed over the recovery of yaba from his house.
The SI turned himself in to Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court earlier in the day.
4 to die for murder in Sylhet
Sylhet, Feb 6 (UNB) – A tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced four people to death for killing a schoolboy in Chatak upazila in Sunamganj district in 2015.
Reviving Rivers: 282 structures dismantled along Buriganga, Karnaphuli
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Wednesday pulled down some 282 illegal establishments along the Buriganga River in the capital and the Karnaphuli in Chattogram.
5 get life in prison for gang-raping 2 sisters in Narayanganj
Narayanganj, Feb 5 (UNB) – A tribunal here on Tuesday sentenced five people to life imprisonment for gang-raping two sisters at Mongolerga village in Sonargaon upazila in 2010.
Provide 1 lakh to families of 4 road crash victims each: HC
Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to provide Tk 1 lakh as compensation to each of the families of four students who died in separate road crashes in Keraniganj and Chattogram districts in January.
Man to die for killing wife in Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria, Feb 5 (UNB) - A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife following a feud over her alleged extramarital affairs in 2013.
Dispose of drug-related cases within 6 months: HC
Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday asked trial courts to dispose of cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act within six months.
Khaleda Zia’s bail in defamation cases extended by 6 months
Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) - The High Court on Tuesday extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s six-month bails to one year in two defamation cases filed with Dhaka and Narail over her 'derogatory remarks' about freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
ETV journo placed on 2-day remand for ‘sexual harassment’
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – A court here on Monday placed MM Sekandar Mia, chief reporter of private TV channel ETV, on two-day remand on charges of sexually harassing a female colleague.
Writ seeks ban on pvt practice by govt doctors during duty time
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – A writ was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive to stop private practice by the physicians of government hospitals during their office hours.