A Barishal court yesterday granted bail to every Awami League leader, activist, and Barishal City Corporation employee arrested over a recent conflict between them and the administration officials.

Finding no alternative, five women from the minority Hindu community in Kaliganj upazila submitted a complaint to Jhenidah Deputy Commissioner (DC) against a local Swechchhasebok League leader for sexually harassing them for long.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against a retired additional chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Department and his wife for amassing about Tk 1.44 crore.

Police have detained eleven Rohingyas including six children from a ticket counter of Hanif enterprise at Dakkhamara area in Panchagarh municipality this afternoon.

Police today detained seven BNP leaders and activists from a procession brought out marking the founding anniversary of the party at Kazir Dewri area of Chattogram city.

Two women, who were invited to perform at a boat party on Shitalakkhya river, were rescued by police after one of them called 999 and said some of those at the event were planning to rape them.

The High Court today sought explanation from two lower court judges, who granted prayers for taking actress Pori Moni in remand in phases in a narcotics case.

A Dhaka court today rejected bail of four former and incumbent officials of e-commerce platform E-orange and sent them to jail on expiry of their remand in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 1,100 crore.

A Barishal court granted bail today to all Awami League leaders, activists, and Barishal City Corporation (BCC) staffers arrested over the recent conflict between BCC authorities and the local administration.

A Dhaka court has placed three officials of TKS Healthcare Service on a five-day remand each in a case filed over forging documents that showed the health ministry's approval to collect samples and conduct Covid-19 antigen tests.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested four members of a fraud gang for taking money from people -- making false promises of expediting their Covid-19 vaccination schedule.

Detectives claimed to have arrested five arms traders and recovered eight firearms during a raid at Dhaka’s Darussalam area early yesterday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested 76 people on charges of consuming and selling drugs in the city.

The High Court yesterday observed that courts “abused” their authorities by placing Pori Moni in remand for multiple times in a drug case.

Posing as journalists, two people blackmailed a wanted accused in the Hallmark scam case -- they held him hostage at a hotel, and tried to extort money from him.

Police yesterday arrested three officials of an organisation that exists only on paper, TKS Healthcare Service, over forging documents that showed the health ministry’s approval to collect samples and conduct Covid-19 antigen tests.

A Pabna court yesterday sentenced two people to death in connection with a case for killing a man after abduction.

Members of a robbers’ gang stabbed a bus driver to death in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila and looted valuables from a passenger bus early yesterday.

A case was filed today against a man on charge of attempting to rape a nine-year-old girl in Panchagargh sadar upazila.

A Chattogram court today accepted the Anti-Corruption Commission’s charge sheet against former Officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife Chumki Karan on the charge of amassing wealth illegally.