A Jhalakathi court yesterday sent a journalist to jail in a case filed under Digital security Act (DSA).

A Jhalakathi court today sent a journalist, arrested under the Digital Security Act, to jail.

The spiritual leader of Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit Ansar Al Islam had connections with Qawmi madrasa-based organisation Hefajat-e-Islam, said counterterrorism officials.

A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in Dhaka's Uttara yesterday night, while another was seriously injured in the attack.

A Faridpur court sent a man to jail yesterday on charge of raping a 13-year-old girl in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila.

Six more people have been arrested in the last 24 hours for their alleged involvement in the violence and arson attacks in different places of Brahmanbaria unleashed by the activists of Hefajat-e-Islam from March 26 to March 28, said police.

A man allegedly killed his wife in Bagerhat yesterday over posting “offensive” photos on TikTok.

Five policemen have been injured in an attack carried out by drug smugglers at Darshana in Chuadanga, police said today.

Maulana Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury, former MP from Sunamganj-3, was sent to Brahmanbaria Jail on Friday in a case filed over Hefajat violence in late March.

Police arrested a madrasa superintendent on charge of attempting to rape a student in Khagrachhari’s Manikchhari early today.

A beggar was stabbed to death by another beggar when they went to receive zakat from a businessman’s house in Pabna’s Boro Bazar area this noon.

An abandoned dead body of a female -- aged between 30-35 -- has been recovered from Eliotganj of Daudkandi, by the Dhaka Chattogram highway on Saturday morning.

Advocate Maulana Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury, a former lawmaker from the Sunamganj-3 constituency, has been arrested and sent to Brahmanbaria jail in a case filed over Hefajat-e-Islam’s March 26 mayhem.

A rape case has been filed against Jakaria Noman Fayezi, publicity secretary of the recently dissolved Hefajat-e-Islam central committee, in Chattogram, said police.

Five doctors of Tangail General Hospital’s gynecology department were sued on Thursday for leaving a piece of gauze inside a woman’s abdomen during her C-section.

A rape case was filed against Jakaria Noman Fayezi, publicity secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam’s now dissolved committee in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram early today.

Mowlana Jakaria Noman Fayezi, publicity secretary of the recently dissolved Hefajat-e-Islam central committee, was one of the financers of Chattogram mayhem, said police.

Body of a Dubai expat -- with a scarf around his neck -- was found on Kuril flyover in Dhaka early today.

Counter-terrorism officials claimed to have arrested an operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam, who was planning an attack on Jatiya Sangsad, and a preacher for his provocative speech.

The man, who publicly assaulted a rickshaw-puller in Dhaka's Bangshal area two days ago, has to stay in jail till May 23.