A Chandpur court on Sunday sent former BNP state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon to jail in a case filed for vandalising an Awami League leader's car seven years ago.
A Rajshahi court on Wednesday sent 162 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its associated student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir to jail in four separate cases filed in connection with the recent violence at Rajshahi University.
A Hobiganj court on Thursday sent former BNP state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar back to jail after a six-day remand for interrogation in connection with the Shah AMS Kibria murder case.
A Dhaka Court on Sunday sent former adviser to the primary and mass education ministry Prof Jahanara Begum to jail in a case filed against her for acquiring wealth illegally and concealing information to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Relatives met with the five former army officers, sentenced to death for the 1975 killing of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after the Supreme Court dismissed their review petitions on Wednesday.
A Bagerhat court on Sunday sent Mongla municipality mayor Abdul Jalil and a ward councillor to jail in connection with two separate graft cases filed by the Anticorruption Commission (ACC).
An assistant sub-inspector of Bogra Sadar Police Station was sent to jail few hours after his arrest in connection with a fraud case on Thursday. Police arrested ASI Mizanur Rahman after duty officer Sub-Inspector Roksana of the police station filed the case, reports our staff correspondent in Bogra. Later, he was sent to jail.
Former Jatiya Party (Ershad) lawmaker Maulana Sakhawat Hossain was arrested and sent to jail on Friday on charges of extortion and swindling teachers of Masud Memorial College in Jessore. Police arrested the former MP around 12:30am at his residence in Keshabpur, Jessore following a case filed against him with Keshabpur Police Station by Masiur Rahman, principal of the college.
Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, a 19-year-old US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was sentenced to 17 years in jail for plotting to aid terrorists by filming landmarks and sending the clips abroad. US District Judge Bill Duffey also convicted Sadequee's friend and co-defendant, 24-year-old Syed Haris Ahmed, and sentenced him for 13 years in prison on the same charges.
A jailer was sent to Khagrachhari district jail on Thursday in connection with a case filed for attacking a prisoner. Senior Judicial Magistrate of Khagrachhari Court sent jailer Faridur Rahman Rubel to jail rejecting his bail prayer, reports our Khagrachhari correspondent.
