Dhaka, Feb. 3 -- Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier with a network of powerful friends, died in a New York prison cell on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

He had no chance of bail. Epstein's death came over a decade after he was convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor and was registered as a sex offender.

This time, he faced allegations of running a "vast network" of underage girls for sexual exploitation, to which he pleaded not guilty.

In November 2025, the US Congress approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act, requiring the Justice Department to release its files from investigations into Epstein. President Donald Trump signed the bill, and some documents were made public by the Dec...