Two persons have been handed down the death penalty for killing 13-year-old Rakib by pumping air into his rectum in Khulna, an incident that sparked outrage all over the country three months ago.

The High Court yesterday rejected three bail petitions of a suspended sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station in three cases accusing him of torturing to death two people in custody.

Police arrested an alleged member of banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Gayeshpur village in Muktagachha upazila of the

A robber was beaten to death in Joypurhat Sadar upazila on Saturday.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday said the lower court rightly sentenced erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) deputy assistant director Tauhidul Alam for he was involved in killing Major Asad, and in the conspiracy of other killings during the 2009 BDR carnage.

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq issues a November 27 ultimatum to stop truck and covered van parking in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area.

The High Court rejects two bail petitions filed by a sacked sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, Jahidur Rahman Khan, on charges of killing two persons in police custody.

Miscreants shoot a staff of Rangpur Medical College and Hospital on his way to office at Ideal intersection of the city.

A mobile court yesterday fined three fake doctors Tk 1.40 lakh in Sagorika Murgir Farm area of Chittagong city.

Two courts in Sylhet and Khulna are set to deliver verdicts today in the cases filed over the barbaric killings of two teenage boys that stirred a massive outcry at home and abroad.

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police picked up a madrasa teacher in Feni's Fulgazi upazila Thursday, police said.

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF) of UNDP in partnership with the Embassy of Denmark has launched a new project to ensure accessible justice.

Eleven more people were arrested in an overnight drive yesterday in connection with Sunday's clash between followers of a Jubo League leader and former Bangladesh Chhatra League leader in Chittagong Railway Building in the city.

A garments trader was hacked to death in the district town on Wednesday night.

Treatment seekers from different areas of the district are suffering a lot as 40 out of 58 posts of doctors at the 250-bed Patuakhali

A Dhaka court places MA Matin on an eight-day remand in connection with the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella. Matin is younger brother of MA Quayum, Dhaka city BNP joint convener and a former BNP-backed ward commissioner.

Three alleged criminals are killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Rajbari, Munshiganj and Jessore districts.

The first two prosecution witnesses in a war crimes case linked the five accused of Kishoreganj to the killing of at least nine people during attacks on four villages under the then sub-division on November 12 and 13 in 1971.

At least 147 people have been sued in connection with Saturday's gunfight that left two people dead and 10 others injured in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet District.

An expatriate was shot dead and eight others of his family were injured allegedly by rivals over a disputed land in Baradkhali union under Chakaria upazila of the district early yesterday.