A court in Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and 18 others to 12 years’ imprisonment in a money laundering case. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Md Rabiul Alam delivered the judgement. The court also fined all the 19 accused Tk 4515.57 crore. Of the accused, MD Rafiqul Amin, his wife Farah Diba, Destiny Group Chairman ...

Government officials, including police, involved in criminal activities and controversial roles during the Awami League government’s tenure before August 5, will be arrested, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd) on Wednesday. “Matiur, goat scandal Matiur was arrested today. We will bring everyone to justice who is hiding themselves.” He made this comment to media after ...

A case has been filed against former President Abdul Hamid and his two sons Rezwan Ahmed Toufiq and Russell Ahmed Tuhin in connection with the attack on the student-public movement. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed are also named in the case. A total of 124 people have been ...

Normally river erosion occurs in the monsoon, but surprisingly some 50 to 60 families of two unions in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj have lost their homesteads and other establishments over the past few days. The unseasonal erosion has taken a serious turn in the Kushiyara River due to factors blamed on rampant soil cutting from the riverbanks for brick kilns. ...

US producer prices rose less than expected in December as higher costs for goods were partially offset by stable services prices, suggesting inflation remained on a downward trend after progress had stalled in recent months. The moderation in producer inflation reported by the Labour Department on Tuesday did not change the view that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest ...

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) today issued health guideline for all airlines and relevant airport stakeholders to take precautionary actions related to HMPV (Human Meta Pneumo Virus). HSIA executive director Group Captain Kamrul Islam issued the order in accordance with recent instructions from the Health Directorate’s Disease Control department, reports BSS. The special directive reassured that there is no immediate ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from 10 years’ imprisonment given by the High Court in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. A five-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, pronounced the judgement today. The court also scrapped the earlier verdict of the HC and the trial court and ...

Md Matiur Rahman, Commissioner of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), and his wife Laila Kaniz, a former upazila chairman, have been arrested. The arrest was made on Tuesday night by a team of Detective Branch of police from Bashundhara Residential Area in the capital. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of ...

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday acquitted former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and four others in a case filed under the Special Powers Act related to the 10-truck arms haul in Chattogram in 2004. The other acquitted individuals include Mohsin Talukder, AKM Enamul Haque, Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, and Nurul Amin. Following the judgment, the defence confirmed that ...

Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. The Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate had referred herself to the PM’s standards adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, but insisted she has done nothing wrong. She said that whilst Sir Laurie found she had not breached ministerial rules, it was “clear that continuing in my ...