Police today recovered the body of a newly-wed 16-year-old from her in-laws' house in Jorarpur village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia.

Maulana Korban Ali Kasemi, the vice-president of Hefajat-e-Islam’s Dhaka Mahanagar committee, was arrested by Detective Branch of Gulshan Division police from the capital’s Basabo area around 5:30pm today.

A case has been filed against 26 activists of Hefajat-e-Islam and some unknown people in connection with an attack on police at Mollahat in Bagerhat.

Seven more Hefajat-e-Islam supporters have been arrested in connection with the cases filed over vandalism and arson during demonstration by its activists in Brahmanbaria on March 26 and 28 centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in a press release sent from the Special Branch of the district police.

A man allegedly threw acid on five members of his family and himself following an altercation in Dhaka’s Lalbagh area this morning.

Two more cases have been filed against former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur for “hurting religious sentiments” of Awami League activists and supporters and defaming the party.

Ruhul Amin was released from jail after a court yesterday granted him bail in a case filed under the controversial Digital Security Act.

At least seven policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Mollahat Police Station, were injured as activists of Hefajat-e-Islam, a Qawmi madrasa-based organisation, attacked them yesterday.

A youth was arrested today in connection with the rape of a schoolgirl in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Police arrested two men under Digital Security Act (DSA) in Bandarban over their posts on Facebook.

Three people including the ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami's Narayanganj city unit, were arrested in connection with a case filed by police over the mayhem in the district during the Hafajat-enforced countrywide hartal on March 28.

Five policemen, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Mollahat Police Station, were injured in an attack allegedly by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Bagerhat this morning.

A young man in Khagrachhari landed in jail yesterday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over his Facebook comments.

Former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur has been accused in a case of hurting religious sentiments of Awami League activists and supporters and defaming the party with his derogatory comments in a Facebook live session on April 14.

A mobile court in Patuakhali seized 22 maund of jatka (young hilsa) along with a truck from Sheikh Kamal Bridge Toll plaza on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway today.

A Dhaka court today placed two top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on a seven-day remand each in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

Detectives today arrested four people of a narcotics syndicate who reserved yaba tablets after smuggling those from Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka.

Detective Branch of Police have arrested 30 more people, including activists of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, in connection with the clashes and vandalism in Brahmanbaria between March 26 and 28, according to a press release of Special Branch of district police.

A metal furniture trader was stabbed to death for refusing to pay extortion money in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area last night.

A teenage girl was raped allegedly by a neighbouring youth in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila on Thursday.