Crime & Corruption

In every district, godfather Kamal was ‘Sardar’

TDS Desk: During the 15-year rule of the Awami League, Bangladesh was a state of looting and mafia control. Every parliamentary constituency was held hostage by a mafia. It wasn’t

Newly-wed woman gang raped in Patuakhali

Patuakhali Correspondent: A 27-year-old newly-wed woman, who returned to her in-laws’ house from the United States, two months ago, was gang raped by alleged robbers at a house in Kalapara

3,554 murders, 4,105 rapes, 819 kidnappings in 10 months

TDS Desk: The country has recorded 3,554 murders, 4,105 rapes, 819 kidnappings and 12,726 cases of women and child abuse in the 10 months from September 2024 to June 2025,

Mitford murder: Two brothers placed on 5-day remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand for two brothers — Rajib Bepari and Sajib Bepari — who were arrested in connection with the murder of scrap

ACC sues AL leader Hanif, wife over Tk 32.09cr illegal assets

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former lawmaker and Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and his wife, Fauzia Alam, over illegally

Wife, two others sentenced to death for killing man in Ctg

Ctg Correspondent: A Chattogram court on Monday sentenced a woman and two others to death for killing her husband over an extramarital relationship in 2021. Chattogram Additional District and Sessions