Conviction of Tulip: ACC defends trial process

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday issued a clarification following concerns raised in recent media reports about the trial and sentencing of UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq.
2 December 2025, 20:18 PM

Avijit murder: Convict on death row was forcibly disappeared, alleges brother

The brother of Mozammel Hossain Saimon, on death row for murdering writer-blogger Avijit Roy, yesterday said that law enforcers have illegally confined him, threatened to kill him in “crossfire” and coerced him into making a false confession.
2 December 2025, 18:43 PM

Auto-rickshaw driver found dead in Ctg

Victim strangled, says police
2 December 2025, 11:46 AM
2 December 2025, 03:11 AM

Enforced Disappearance: Death penalty for perpetrators under new law

The government yesterday issued a gazette notification for the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance-2025, criminalising the act of enforced disappearance.
1 December 2025, 20:35 PM

Man shot dead in Jurain

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was shot dead in Dhaka’s Jurain area yesterday, reportedly over previous enmity.
1 December 2025, 20:06 PM

Arrested for joining BCL procession, teen gets bail

A Cumilla court yesterday granted bail to a 15-year-old boy, who was arrested in Nangolkot upazila on charge of participating in a procession organised by the banned BCL on November 17.
1 December 2025, 20:02 PM

Six boys abducted in Teknaf; four still missing

Six boys, aged between 13 and 17, were abducted reportedly by armed masked men in Baharchhara union of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila on Sunday evening.
1 December 2025, 18:24 PM

Plot scam case: Hasina, Rehana, Tulip jailed

Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her niece Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP in the UK, were yesterday sentenced in absentia to varying jail terms over corruption in the allocation of Purbachal plots.
1 December 2025, 18:07 PM

CNG driver shot dead in Dhaka’s Jurain

Victim, identified as Pappu Sheikh, was killed reportedly over previous enmity
1 December 2025, 16:03 PM
1 December 2025, 14:23 PM

SC Secretariat gets its first secretary

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed assigns Registrar General Mohammad Habibur Rahman as secretary
1 December 2025, 13:20 PM
1 December 2025, 12:22 PM

Arrested for joining BCL procession, 15-year-old student gets bail in Cumilla

Family urges medical care and alternative exam arrangements for the boy
1 December 2025, 11:28 AM

Bangladesh court sentences British MP Tulip to two years' imprisonment

Tulip used her power to get plots for her mother Rehana, brother Bobby, and sister Azmina.
1 December 2025, 05:56 AM

Hasina, Rehana, Tulip jailed for Purbachal plot scam

Hasina sentenced to five years in prison, Rehana to seven years, and Tulip to two years
1 December 2025, 05:09 AM

A big step towards judicial independence

The government yesterday issued an ordinance to establish the long-desired Supreme Court secretariat with a view to ensuring full independence of the judiciary.
30 November 2025, 18:49 PM

Purbachal plots: Verdict in case against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip today

A special court is set to deliver a verdict today in the case filed over the Dhaka’s Purbachal plot scam against 17 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq.
30 November 2025, 18:46 PM

3 killed, 9 hurt in clash over land dispute

Three people were killed and at least nine others injured yesterday in a violent clash over a long-running land dispute in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila.
30 November 2025, 18:40 PM

Two shot dead at Khulna court gate

Criminals shot two people dead in front of the gate of the Khulna Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court yesterday.
30 November 2025, 18:38 PM