Mobile courts assisted by Rab members fined 205 traders across the country Tk 97.28 lakh for producing and storing adulterated or sub-standard food in an unhygienic environment.

A case has been filed against a contractor for assaulting an engineer of Public Works Department (PWD) in Pabna.

Suspended police inspector Liaqat Ali shot Major (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan and then former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das confirmed Sinha was dead, an eye witness today told the court in Cox’s Bazar.

Following a legal battle, Rokaiya Akhter Shova (20), from Jashore who was being forced by her mother to get married, has been given permission for self-custody following a High Court order.

A Dhaka court today placed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar and eight others on a four-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Judgment in a case filed against journalist Probir Sikdar, under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, 2006, will be delivered tomorrow.

The law ministry today gave its opinion on an application for extending the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence and permission to go abroad for treatment.

Anti-Terrorism Unit of police claimed to have arrested a member of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team during a raid at Chandpur yesterday.

A case was filed in connection with yesterday’s robbery in Savar, in which 17 jewellery shops were looted.

Criminal Investigation Department arrested a man on charge of threatening people for “illegal benefits”, by impersonating the Inspector General of Police using the police chief’s name and photos on caller ID apps.

The High Court will deliver its order tomorrow (Wednesday) on an application filed by Japanese national Eriko Nakano -- seeking its directives for removal of all “defamatory videos” against her from online platforms and all close circuit television cameras (CCTV) from the apartment where she is staying now.

A Dhaka tribunal today accepted charges against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir was sued yesterday over the rape and murder of a college student in a flat at the capital’s Gulshan.

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of the Police Headquarters (PHQ) has written to its counterpart in India to start the process of extraditing Banani Police Inspector Sheikh Sohel Rana, who was recently held by Indian Border Security Forces for trespassing.

Savar police yesterday pressed charges against three people, including Uttara Club Limited’s former president Nasir U Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, in an attempted rape and murder case filed by actor Pori Moni. 

Seventeen jewelry stores and a grocery store were robbed at gunpoint in Noarhat Bazar, Savar, early yesterday.

Unidentified criminals killed an elderly couple at Subarnapur village under Panchthubi union in Sadar upazila early yesteray.

The High Court yesterday stayed the recruitment of 138 teachers and staffers of Rajshahi University (RU) for three months, as they were allegedly appointed by then Vice-Chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan in violation of relevant law and rules.

The High Court has asked the government to explain why it should not be directed to take necessary steps to block unregistered news portals, internet protocol television and Facebook pages containing false and fake news.

Police detained nine leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar, who is also a former lawmaker, in Dhaka’s Bashundhara residential area yesterday evening.