Crime & Corruption

GK Shamim sentenced to 5.5 years in jail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced expelled Jubo League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim, known as GK Shamim, to five years and six months in jail for amassing

S Alam Group owner Saiful, wife sued over acquiring Tk 1,539cr illegally

Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against S Alam Group owner Mohammed Saiful Alam and his wife Farzana Parveen for illegally acquiring assets worth Tk 1,539.85

Kishoreganj MP held in Meherpur

Kishoreganj Correspondent: Police in a drive arrested former MP of Kishoreganj-5 constituency (Bajitpur) Afzal Hossain from Meherpur district town on Monday. Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive

Bank accounts of GM Quader, wife frozen

Staff Correspondent: The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) under the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked the commercial banks and nonbanking financial institutions to freeze bank accounts of Jatiya Party

40-year-old man killed over land dispute in Rajshahi

Staff Correspondent: A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death by his brother-in-law over a land dispute in the Nawdapara area of Rajshahi on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as

4 sentenced to jail for illegal sand extraction in Padma River

Staff Reporter: A mobile court has sentenced four people to jail in different terms and fined Taka 3.5 lakh for illegally lifting sand in Padma River at Louhajang upazila of