Crime & Corruption

Secret prison: Where just staying alive was intolerably painful

News Desk: A person would be picked up, blindfolded and hands tied. His entire face would be covered and a hat placed over his head. Then it was off to

Dilip’s Diamond World evades Tk25,200cr in VAT

News Desk: Diamond World, owned by Awami League’s Trade and Industry Subcommittee member Dilip Kumar Agarwala, evaded value-added tax (VAT) of Tk25,200 crore in the last 15 years, said sources

29 journos face charges of ‘inciting mass killing’

Staff Reporter: A complaint has been filed against 53 individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 29 journalists, with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for allegedly inciting mass killing

Ex-BCL leader Panna strangled to death, says autopsy report

TDS Desk: An autopsy report suggested that Bangladesh Chhatra League’s former general secretary, Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, have been strangulated to death, NDTV reported. The postmortem report said he died

Murder case against 313 including Hasina in Munshiganj

TDS Desk: A case has been filed against 313 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Munshiganj over the murder of a man during the Anti-Discrimination Students’ movement. Other

Sumon still missing after 11 years of abduction

Most of the 700 victims remain missing, claim participants of a human chain Staff Correspondent: Sajedul Islam Sumon, a BNP leader in the capital, was picked up by some “men