legal-action

The SRB has arrested two accused in the murder case of Sheikh Ahad Ahmed Itu (23), in Rampal, Bagerhat. They were arrested from the Laripara area of Phultala upazila in Khulna at around 3:30 am on Tuesday. The arrested men are Baki Billah Sheikh (47), and Masum Billah Sheikh (52), from Kismat Chanditala village in the upazila. They are the victim’s uncles. Syed Fazlur Rahman, media officer of SRB 6, confirmed the arrest of the accused named as Nos. 1 and 2 in the case. He said the victim...

Former Member of Parliament from Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) constituency Mahfuzur Rahman Mita has been arrested by the Gulshan Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB). He was arrested from the Gulshan 2 area of the capital at around 1:30 am on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the DB Gulshan Division A F M Anwar Hossain Khan confirmed the arrest on Tuesday. He said a raid was conducted at House 29 on Road 43 in the Gulshan 2 area on Monday night based on secret i...

Police have arrested two people from a flash procession by leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organizations in Gulshan, Dhaka. Five cocktails were recovered from them. The arrested individuals are Arafat (20), and Abdur Rahim (49). Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Md. Daud Hossain disclosed the information Friday (September 11) afternoon. The OC said, “At around 11:45 am today, 150 to 200 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its af...

Former interim government Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan had claimed in a Facebook post that the current board administration had removed the name “Shaheed Abu Sayeed Stand” from the Mirpur Sher e Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The stand was named in memory of the martyrs of the July uprising. However, an inquiry found that no such incident had actually taken place. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has now issued an official statement on the matter. In a Facebook post on We...

A new business appears to have begun around the survival hopes of people who live from hand to mouth. Although the Family Card is supposed to be provided free of charge, a Tk 100 fraud scheme is allegedly operating in villages across Dhamrai in the name of arranging Family Cards. The alleged mastermind behind the scheme is Farida Yasmin, president of the Dhamrai Mohila Dal. Invoking the name of the local MP and displaying her party influence, she has allegedly taken cash from more than 10...