A court in Sylhet has sentenced one person to death and three others to life imprisonment in the high-profile gang-rape case of a young woman at the MC College hostel. The convicts were activists of the now-banned Chhatra League.
A court in Sylhet has set July 14 for delivering it's verdict in the widely discussed Murari Chand (MC) College dormitory gang rape case, nearly five years after the brutal assault that shocked the nation.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have recovered 11 detonators, 11 explosive devices, and a one-shooter gun in a joint operation near the Sylhet border, authorities said Sunday (June 28).
The court has announced the verdict in the much-discussed grenade attack case filed on charges of attempting to assassinate former minister and late Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta. In this verdict, given after a long 22 years, 9 people including Labor and Employment and Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Jatiya Sangsad Whip GK Gaus and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar have been acquitted.
The country's first 'biodrying plant' is being set up in Sylhet City Corporation (SCIC) as part of modern waste management. If this advanced technology plant is implemented, it will be possible to produce energy from waste in addition to bringing about a radical change in the city's waste management.
A total of Tk 17,65,549 in cash, along with 7 'anna' of gold ornaments and two 5-Saudi Riyal notes, was found after opening the sealed historical cauldrons and donation boxes at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R.) on Monday. The declaration came from the district administration in the evening following a four-hour counting process.