Crime & Corruption

Genocide probe into July-Aug uprising starts today

TDS Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will launch investigations on Sunday into the killings by law enforcers and Awami League activists during the July-August student-led mass movement. Newly appointed

Dilip sent to jail in BNP worker murder case

TDS Desk: A Dhaka court on Saturday sent Diamond World’s Managing Director (MD) Dilip Kumar Agarwala, who is alleged to be a smuggler, to jail in the case of shooting

Tareque Rahman was sentenced under gun threat: Judge

TDS Desk: During the Awami League’s rule, BNP leader Tareque Rahman faced trial in Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3 for an alleged corruption case involving money laundering abroad. Before the verdict

The crime empire of casino kingpin Shamsul, his son Sharun

TDS Desk: Following the ouster of Awami League government, former Whip and MP of Chattogram-12 (Patiya) constituency Shamsul Haque Chowdhury and his son Nazmul Karim Chowdhury Sharun have disappeared without

Body of auto-van driver recovered in Raiganj

Staff Reporter: Raiganj Thana police on Saturday morning recovered the body of an auto-van driver from the vicinity of a brick kiln in Raghunathpur village of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj

Dilip Agarwala’s mafia empire behind the mask

TDS Desk: The rise of Dilip Agarwala, who impersonated a humanitarian while secretly becoming a gold smuggling kingpin, is a story that could outdo a movie script. Emerging from a