Crime & Corruption

Court wants gazette for Hasina, 11 others to appear in plot allocation scam case

Staff Correspondent: A court here on Tuesday ordered the publication of a gazette notification summoning ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others over the alleged illegal allocation of a

Laundering Tk2,000cr: ACC launches inquiry against ex-UK envoy Saida Muna, husband

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an inquiry over allegations of laundering around Tk2,000 crore against former UK high commissioner Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Tauhidul Islam

Disappearances carried out in 3 stages

The Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances has received 1,850 complaints. 1,350 have been verified. 345 people are still missing. Staff Correspondent: The Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances has revealed

Muggers in RAB disguise snatch Tk1cr from Nagad distributor in Uttara

Staff Correspondent: In a daring daylight heist, a group of muggers wearing Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) jackets allegedly looted over Tk 1 crore from a distributor of mobile financial service

City Killing: ‘Paper Sani’ slain in suspected gang rivalry in Pallabi

Staff Correspondent: A man identified as a notorious drug dealer was hacked to death in the early hours of Tuesday in what police suspect to be deadly fallout of gang

Secret detention cells in the name of “hospital” and “clinic”

TDS Desk: During the tenure of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, victims of enforced disappearance were detained in secret detention centres, two of which were given the code names