Court: Re-investigate Boishakh sexual assault case
A Dhaka court has ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to run investigation again into the case filed over sexually assaulting several women during Pohela Boishakh celebrations at Suhrawardy Udyan and Dhaka University campus last year.
Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal 3 Judge Jayashree Sumadar made the order on Tuesday in reply to a petition filed by Special Public Prosecutor Mahmuda Akter.
Khaleda asked to surrender in Gatco case
A Dhaka court has ordered BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 12 others to surrender before it on April 13 in the Gatco graft case.
Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the Dhaka Special Judges Court 3 passed the order on Tuesday afternoon.
Murder case prime accused killed in Jhenaidah 'gunfight'
The prime accused of a murder case has been killed in a “gunfight” with police in Moheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah.
Sentu, 28, was killed in the “gunfight” which took place early Tuesday.
Syria 'ceasefire' to start at weekend
The US and Russia have announced that a planned cessation of hostilities in Syria will come into effect at midnight on 27 February.
Their statement said the truce did not include so-called Islamic State (IS) and the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
Gazipur sweater factory gutted
A sweater factory has become burnt to ashes in a blaze in Chhoidana area under Gazipur city.
The incident took place before dawn on Tuesday. However, no casualties was reported in the fire.
Ten million without water in Delhi
More than 10 million people in India's capital, Delhi, are without water after protesters sabotaged a key canal which supplies much of the city.
The army took control of the Munak canal after Jat community protesters, angry at caste job quotas, seized it.
