Hasina sentenced to death
ICT also hands down capital punishment to ex-home boss Asaduzzaman; ex-IGP Mamun, who turned a state witness, given 5yrs
17 November 2025, 18:14 PM
Crimes against humanity: Trial proceedings of four cases likely to be wrapped up in Dec
Trial proceedings in four crimes against humanity cases, excluding the one against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two aides which is set for verdict on November 17, are expected to be completed by December.
15 November 2025, 18:10 PM
Bullet took his voice, future
Once a cheerful boy, whose father dreamed he would become a pilot one day, Basit Khan Musa now sits silent in a wheelchair, a feeding tube in his nose and paralysis gripping the right side of his body.
27 October 2025, 18:46 PM
Once power brokers, now defendants
Smiles, whispers, and uneasy silence as 16 former ministers and high officials brought to ICT-1
15 October 2025, 10:09 AM
25 former, serving military officers charged at ICT
The prosecution yesterday formally charged 28 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 top and mid-ranking current and former army officers, at International Crimes Tribunal-1 in two cases of enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture in the 15 years of her rule.
8 October 2025, 18:23 PM
ICT act amendment: Accused barred from election if formally charged
Those accused in cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal will not be able to hold or run for public office once formal charges are pressed against them.
7 October 2025, 18:11 PM
Crimes against humanity: Four AL leaders likely to be charged soon
Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.
3 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Police adopt stringent criteria to select OCs
The move comes around five months before the country is expected to go to the national election in which OCs will play a key role in maintaining law and order.
14 September 2025, 19:31 PM
Disposal of 35 Lakh Pending Cases: Cops for joint meet with judges, PPs
Director General of Rab Benazir Ahmed yesterday suggested that a joint meeting be held with all judges of lower courts, all public prosecutors (PPs) and police to identify ways to dispose of around 35 lakh cases pending with lower courts for trial.
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Police want postings on deputation
Police have demanded postings on deputation in the Anti-Corruption Commission, Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), BRTA, and BIWTA to look after the enforcement and investigation activities of those organisations.
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Police Week 2020: Demands pile up, unimplemented
Yet again, the police are going to place at least a dozen demands during this year’s Police Week though more than two dozen demands raised in the last two years remain largely unimplemented, say insiders.
5 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Only capable cops to get vital posts
Amid widespread allegations of political influence, bribery, and nepotism in policemen getting posts, the authorities have formulated a draft guideline to make sure competent officers with repute get the posts they deserve.
3 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Names of 118 police, Rab personnel proposed for police medals
The Police Headquarters propose names of 118 police and Rab personnel, which is the lowest in the last five years, for prestigious police medals.
31 December 2019, 13:33 PM
No strength left to seek justice
Shaheda Begum does not seek justice for her son any more. Actually she does not dare.
14 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Murder, not suicide
Twenty-three days after Asaduzzaman went missing, police recovered his body from an under-construction building in the city’s Basundhara area on July 11, 2017.
6 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Where did the IS cap come from?
How did one of the most talked about terrorists carry a cap emblazoned with the IS logo to a Dhaka courtroom in and then proceed it put it on for all to see?
27 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Gulshan Café Attack Investigation: Tracking new terror network
The Gulshan café attack investigation helped law enforcers get crucial leads on a new web of radicals and subsequently launch a series of successful operations ripping apart the network of militancy in Bangladesh.
25 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Anti-Terror Unit empowered to probe cases
Over two years after its formation, the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) will finally operate in full swing now as it has been empowered to investigate cases related to terrorism and militancy.
21 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Bhola Mayhem: No headway in probe
One month into the attacks on law enforcers, houses of Hindus and a temple in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila, police are yet to identify the masterminds behind those or the “hackers” who broke into the Facebook page of Biplob Chandra Baidya.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM
A noisy nuisance
Walking on Dhaka streets is no easy task.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM
A company of fraudsters
Mahbuba Akter Suma from Dhaka’s Bashundhara area became a friend of one Andrea Fabian, who claimed to be a Turkish national living in the UK, on Instagram last month.
6 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Road Transport Act: BRTA, police not ready for enforcement
Although the much-talked-about Road Transport Act, 2018 came into effect yesterday, it could hardly be enforced anywhere in the country due to a lack of preparation from the authorities, especially the BRTA and the police.
1 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Rumour of pir’s arrest brought on hell
A number of religious leaders, including imams, in Bhola had broken their promise to the local administration of taking all necessary steps to postpone the fateful October 20 rally.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Hacker ‘not precisely identified’
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday told the BBC that they were yet to identify the person who had hacked the Facebook ID of Biplob Chandra Baidya, but Facebook authorities had given the Bangladesh government some idea, not any concrete information about the hacker.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Bhola Hindus living in fear
Fearing further attacks, most of the Hindu families in Bhola, have stopped sending their children to schools and restricted their business operations, said the community leaders.
22 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Local admin, cops were ill-prepared
For two days, hate speech was spreading via Facebook messenger and the local administration and police failed to grasp the gravity of the situation and act accordingly, locals of Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila said.
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
B’baria Murder Probe: Dead man talking
A former union parishad chairman in Brahmanbaria died on November 2 last year, but documents placed before a district court show he “gave statement” to a police officer as a witness in a murder case nearly three months after his death.
22 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Annual Police Medals: Home now wants to scrutinise list
A home ministry decision to examine the list of police medal nominees has created tension between the Police Headquarters and its supervising authority.
13 September 2019, 18:00 PM