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Bidisha Ershad, second wife of former president and late Jatiya Party founding chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad, has been arrested by police. She was arrested from her residence in Gulshan in the capital at around 20:30 on Tuesday. Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Daud Hossain confirmed that Bidisha was arrested in a fraud case. The OC said there was an arrest warrant against her issued by the court. Earlier in May, a court sentenced Bidisha to two years in prison in the fraud case. She...

A court has sentenced four former officials of Dhaka Bank Limited to 20 years in prison under three separate sections in a case filed over criminal breach of trust, forgery and embezzlement of money. The convicts are former Executive Vice President of the bank’s Central Accounts Department and Investment Department Kazi Farid Uddin Ahmed FCA, Vice President Abu Mohammad Saeed Khan, Senior Principal Officer Prabir Kumar Bhowmik and Shawkat Ali. Judge Muha. Hasanuzzaman of Dhaka Special Jud...