Crime & Justice

Crime & Justice

Arson attack on Ananda Shobhajatra artist’s home

Four people were arrested over setting fire to the Manikganj house of artist Manabendra Ghosh, who made the tiger motif for the Borsho Boron Ananda Shobhajatra, yesterday.

5h ago

Tk 1,000cr Bond Scam / Salman F Rahman, Shibli Rubaiyat among 30 sued

The ACC has filed a case against 30 individuals over allegations of embezzling Tk 1,000 crore through fraudulent bond issuance.

6h ago

Girl raped on moving bus

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped on a moving bus in Chattogram’s Bahaddarhat area on Tuesday night.

6h ago

Rape victim gets ‘death threat’

A widow and her son have allegedly received death threats from a local Jubo Dal leader in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila after she filed a case against three neighbours over her gang rape.

6h ago

Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case

Abdul Malek, a former driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), and his wife Nargis Begum were yesterday sentenced to five and three years of imprisonment respectively, in a case filed over amassing wealth worth Tk 1.10 crore illegally.

6h ago

5 CU students 'abducted' in Khagrachhari after Biju festival

Five students of Chittagong University were allegedly abducted in Khagrachhari while returning to campus after attending the Biju festival

6h ago

Court orders closure of Bandarban ‘mini zoo’

Wildlife relocated to Dulahazara Safari Park

8h ago

Husband, accomplice get death for 2020 murder of woman in Ctg

A Chattogram court today sentenced two individuals, including the victim's husband, to death for killing a woman over a family feud in 2020

8h ago

Renting Ambulance at Govt Hospitals: Patients forced to pay double

Patients across the country are forced to pay almost double the usual fares for ambulances because of a cartel of ambulance owners at public hospitals.    

2y ago

Abducted Rohingya man found dead in Cox’s Bazar

The bullet-hit body of a Rohingya man, who also had his throat slit, was found at Balukhai refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday, six hours after he was abducted by a group of criminals.

2y ago

2 fugitive murder convicts arrested

Two fugitive murder convicts have been arrested in Tangail’s Kalihati and Ghatail upazilas.

2y ago

Case under DSA: Prothom Alo has the right to get justice

The High Court yesterday said the Prothom Alo has the right to get justice because it had corrected the mistake it made in an online report on March 26.

2y ago

Prothom Alo Report: Media outlet’s licence would’ve been scrapped elsewhere

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said if a report like the one published in the daily Prothom Alo appeared anywhere in the world, licence of that media would have been revoked.

2y ago

Clash with Cops: Over 800 BNP men sued in Khulna

More than 800 BNP leaders and activists were sued yesterday over Saturday’s clash with police during the party’s sit-in protest in Khulna city’s KD Ghosh Road area.

2y ago

Bangladeshi man shot dead by BSF

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force along the border in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila on Saturday night.

2y ago

Abducted Rohingya man found dead in Cox’s Bazar

The bullet-hit body of a Rohingya man, who also had his throat slit, was found at Balukhai refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today, six hours after he was abducted by a group of criminals.

2y ago

DSA case: Prothom Alo editor gets 6-week anticipatory bail from HC

The High Court today granted a six-week anticipatory bail to Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act

2y ago

Lalmonirhat border: Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the border in Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila last night

2y ago