Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
If the ruling is not settled within the stipulated time, the case proceedings will continue in the trial court, the Appellate Division noted. The order was passed after disposing of the high court's application for leave to appeal against the order. Then the hearing took place on the rules of the High Court. Following the […]
The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) had arrested a drug dealer, Tarek Mehmood, two years ago. The organization identified him as the leader of a deadly ice trading gang. But due to lack of necessary witnesses and evidence, he was acquitted by the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on 6 March. According to the statement of […]
According to the DNC, several cross-border gangs are illegally bringing liquor from India and supplying it to customers in Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and some other elite areas of Dhaka. They are bypassing the duty collection mechanism, forcing the country to lose a significant portion of the revenue. DNC officials specifically claim that some unscrupulous Indian […]
It has been told in the survey of Narcotics Control Directorate that drugs are coming from 389 places (points) in 30 districts bordering the country. The maximum number of 43 sites have been identified in Dinajpur. Drugs are coming from 38 places in Feni. There are more than 20 places in Thakurgaon, Nilphamari, Jessore and […]
Those who have been entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the border (be it Coast Guard or BGB) must have had some lapse in performing their duties, otherwise drugs worth lakhs would not have entered the country. And, once the narcotics cross the border, it will reach the buyers or the consumers in one way […]
The spokesman said Tangaraju was convicted in 2017 of “abetment by involvement in a traffic conspiracy” of 1,017.9 grams (35.9 oz) of cannabis, which is twice the minimum amount required for the death penalty in Singapore. He was sentenced to death in 2018, with the Court of Appeal later upholding the verdict, but rights groups […]
In 2018, the government launched a special campaign against drugs. Small-scale drug dealers were caught in that campaign but the big fish and godfathers remained out of reach. Allegations of extrajudicial killings and widespread human rights violations emerged during the operation. In February 2019, some 101 drug dealers listed by the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
