Amini, 2 others sent to jail

A court of Dhaka yesterday rejected bail petitions submitted on behalf of three accused including Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini.

'Criminal' killed in shootout with Rab

An alleged criminal was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and Rab at the capital’s Kamrangirchar area early today.

Two members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were also injured in the shootout.

The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain Dilu alias Delwar Hossain Dilu, 35, a notorious criminal of Lalbagh area. He was wanted in seven criminal cases, sources said.

Criminal killed in 'shootout' with Rab

A suspected criminal was killed during a 'shootout' between his cohorts and the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Kaliakoir village in Savar early today.

The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Rab said, a team of Rab Savar camp while patrolling the area, noticed that a number of criminals gathered at a field for holding a clandestine meeting at about 4:30am.

SAKA Connection to BDR HQ Mutiny

AL's crime dons show up at HC

Five former Awami League (AL) lawmakers and the Jatiya Party (Manju) chief appeared before the court for bail yesterday, but only godfather HBM Iqbal was granted bail, although all were convicted of similar graft offences.

4 still face corruption, criminal charges

The contestants in the ensuing Jatiya Sangsad election from Rajshahi constituencies include at least four who are still accused in different corruption and criminal cases.

The four are former BNP lawmakers Mizanur Rahman Minu and Kabir Hossain, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) nominees -- Mohammad Mohsin Pramanik at Rajshahi-4 and Abul Kalam Azad at Rajshahi-5.

Govt asked to seek emergency foreign aid

Political leaders and civil society members yesterday called upon the government to seek emergency international aid to save people facing severe food crisis due to skyrocketing prices.

They also said it would not be appropriate to form the Truth Commission to try the corrupt businesspersons as they should be tried under the existing laws.

বন্দি বিনিময় চুক্তি নেই ভেস্তে যাচ্ছে ইন্টারপোলের রেড নোটিশের উদ্দেশ্য

সাবেক অর্থমন্ত্রী শাহ এ এম এস কিবরিয়া হত্যা মামলার তিন আসামির বিরুদ্ধে শিগগির রেড নোটিশ জারি করছে ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ক্রিমিনাল পুলিশ অর্গানাইজেশন (ইন্টা

List of 1,597 war criminals released

War Crimes Facts Finding Committee (WCFFC), a research organisation, yesterday unveiled a list of 1,597 war criminals responsible for the mass killings, rapes and other atrocities during the Liberation War.