A Dhaka court yesterday placed Sharful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan and Masudul Hasan alias Jisan, associates of model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha, on remand in five cases with Bhatara and Khilkhet police stations.

A suspected Rohingya robber was killed in a “gunfight” with the Rab in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A 28-year-old Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by an unidentified gunman at South Philadelphia in Pennsylvania of the United States on Tuesday night, his friends and police said.

Two Awami League men were killed in Laxmipur and Gaibandha on Wednesday night.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run virtual court functions across the country on a limited scale in order to deal with urgent cases till August 12 due to ongoing lockdown enforced by the government to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infections.

A Dhaka court today placed Shariful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan and Masudul Hasan alias Jisan, associates of model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha, on different terms of remand in five cases filed under different acts.

The two cases filed under Narcotics Control Act against Pori Moni and movie producer Nazrul Islam Raaz were handed over to Detective Branch of Police for further investigation.

Dhamrai police have arrested 11 officials and employees of a housing project named Aksir Nagar on various charges including land grabbing in Dhamrai.

Customs Intelligence officials detained a man with Saudi riyal equivalent to Tk 53.71 lakh at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today.

A woman was hacked to death at Kalagachhia village, under Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj, this afternoon.

The High Court today verbally ordered the authorities concerned of the government to provide training to the executive magistrates concerned so that they can conduct mobile court “properly” and “legally”.

An alleged Rohingya robber was killed in a so-called shootout with members of Rab at Teknaf upzila in Cox’s Bazar early today.

Rapid Action Battalion members detained movie producer and actor Nazrul Islam Raz, chairman of Raaz Multimedia, along with two others, in a raid on his house in Banani last night.

Two minors, who were recently sentenced to one months’ imprisonment by a mobile court in Netrakona for getting married before legal age, were released from custody yesterday, before the High Court also issued a verbal order for doing so.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Monir Khan alias Dorji Monir, founder president of so-called “Bangladesh Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Parishad”, on a four-day remand in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

Two siblings, including a teenage girl and her younger brother, received serious burn injuries as criminals threw acid on them at Gerakhali village inn Patuakhali Sadar upazila early Tuesday.

Police arrested four people after a woman yesterday sued her husband and six others for gang raping her at  Nijhum Dweep of Noakhali’s Hatia upazila.

Rab yesterday detained popular actress Pori Moni after raiding her flat in the capital’s Banani.

The forest department has seized a boat with eight maunds of shrimp that were poisoned from a creek around Sundarbans.

At least 14 Rohingyas who fled Bhasan Char for Chattogram were detained by locals in Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila today.