APAN JEWELLARS RAIDS 497kg gold, diamonds seized in two days
Two more suspects in the alleged rape of two university students in Banani hotel were remanded in police custody on Tuesday for interrogation while 497kg gold and 429gm diamonds were seized in raids on five Apan Jewellers showrooms in Dhaka in two days.
HC stays Khaleda’s trial in 3 more arson cases
The High Court Division on Tuesday stayed trials of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in three more arson attack cases.
Suicide vest, explosives, equipment found at Jhenaidah ‘extremist dens’
Bomb disposal unit of Rapid Action Battalion started drives at the suspected hideouts of extremists at village Chuadanga in Jhenaidah sadar on Tuesday noon and so far recovered two sucide vests, four powerful bombs, four bomb makin circuits and 20 dynamite sticks.
Early mango sales raise concern
Low quality mangoes, harvested long before their maturity, flooded the capital’s fruit markets, making horticulturists concerned about the possibility of application of chemicals to ripen the fruit. Fruit merchants have been facing the allegation for long that they apply carbide to ripen mangoes at premature stage to make extra profits.
WAR CRIMES Sayedee’s jail until death upheld
The Appellate Division on Monday upheld its previous verdict that had commuted the death sentence of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee to imprisonment until death.
Khaleda seeks transfer of case to new court
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday filed a petition with the High Court seeking its directive to transfer the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to another court from the Dhaka Special Judge's Court-3.
Rape at Banani hotel: Safat's driver, bodyguard held
Rapid Action Battalion and detective branch of police on Sunday arrested two absconding accused of a case over raping two university students at hotel Raintree Dhaka at Banani.
AL extended meeting on May 20 over polls preparation, in-party feud
The ruling Awami League will hold an extended meeting of the central committee on May 20 as part of the preparations for the next general elections and to reduce in-party feuds across the country.
BANANI RAPE CASE Customs intel raids Apon Jewllers’ outlets
Customs authorities on Sunday conducted raids on the business firms owned by the father of one of the suspects of reported rape incidents inside Rain Tree Hotel in the capital’s Banani on March 28.
Sammilita Ganatantrik Parishad sweeps FBCCI polls
Sammilita Ganatantrik Parishad panel led by Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, the incumbent first vice-president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, swept the election to the board of directors of the federation on Sunday.
