Mir Quasem wants time to decide on seeking presidential clemency

The Kashimpur jail authorities read out the verdict of his review petition to death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali on Wednesday morning.

SC grants Shafik Rehman’s interim bail

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to detained senior journalist Shafik Rehman for three months or until submission of charge sheet in a case of plotting to abduct and kill prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the United States.

Cop held for demanding bribe from SC judge’s wife

Supreme Court police arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police on Wednesday for demanding bribe from the wife of a Supreme Court judge for passport verification.

Shahid Qadri laid to rest

Poet Shahid Qadri was laid to rest at Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon after people from all walks of life paid their last respect as his body reached home from New York in the morning.

Zia, Khaleda need to be tried in public: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia should be tried in public for inducting convicted war criminals into their cabinets.

BB profits drop by 25pc in FY16

The net operating profit of Bangladesh Bank decreased by 25.63 per cent to Tk 772.51 crore in the financial year 2015-16 although the central bank had avoided keeping provision against IS$ 81 million stolen from its reserve.

BNP to try perpetrators of enforced disappearance

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday cautioned that those who are involved in staging crimes of enforced disappearances of the party’s leaders and activists will one day be tried.

Death for war crimes: Quasem loses legal battle

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Mir Quasem Ali’s petition seeking review of its verdict upholding his death sentence for war crimes.

Suspected killer Obaidul detained over Risha murder

Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday said they detained the suspected killer, Obaidul Khan, in the case of murdering Suraiya Akhter Risha, Class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School and College.

Willes Little Flower students continues protest over Risha murder

The students of Willes Little Flower School and College and their guardians on Tuesday launched a fresh demonstration blocking the Kakrail intersection near the school premises demanding justice for murder of their fellow Suraiya Akter Risha.