Law & Court

Journalist torture case: HC grants interim bail to ex-Kurigram DC Sultana Parveen

Kurigram Correspondent: The High Court has granted six months’ interim bail to former Kurigram deputy commissioner (DC) Sultana Parveen in a case filed over the alleged torture of journalist Ariful

Policeman testifies he was ‘pressured’ to falsify report on Abu Sayed’s death

TDS Desk: A police officer has testified that he was forced by a superior to falsify the inquest report on the death of Abu Sayed, a student at Begum Rokeya

Ex-secretary Abu Alam sent to jail, five others shown arrested in anti-terrorism case

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has sent former senior secretary Abu Alam Md Shahid Khan to jail on Monday (September8) in a case file under the Anti-Terrorism Act at Shahbagh

2 jailed in Tangail over drug offenses

Tangail Correspondent: A mobile court on Monday sentenced two individuals to imprisonment over drug offenses in Bhuyapur upazila of the district. The court, led by acting Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO)

Tuku acquitted of 9-year prison sentence in ACC case

Staff Correspondent: BNP Standing Committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has been acquitted by the Appellate Division of the nine-year prison sentence previously handed down by the High Court in

‘I was reappointed due to Gopalganj-centred conflicts’: Ex-IGP Mamun tells tribunal

TDS Desk: Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, appearing as a state witness in the crimes against humanity case against Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, revealed on Thursday (September