A Bogra court yesterday sent the chairman of Sonatola Upazila Parishad to jail, rejecting his bail prayer in three sabotage cases.

Central leaders of Bangladesh Dalil Lekhak Samity (deed writers association) have threatened to launch a countryside strike if the evicted deed writers of Nawabganj upazila under Dinajpur district are not resettled at the prior place.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a leader of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Baghmara upazila of the district yesterday.

Indian Border Security Force yesterday said the retrial in the Felani murder case was yet to be completed.

Expressing disappointment over the delayed submission of charge sheets in cases of recent brutality against women and children, distinguished personalities and many national and international organisations yesterday urged the government to start trial of these cases soon.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that issued an injunction against the activities of Jatiya Press

Eminent jurist Ajmalul Hossain yesterday told the High Court that the constitutional amendment re-empowering parliament to impeach

India’s BSF says it has conveyed to its Bangladesh counterpart that the retrial process of Felani Khatun killing on the border is “incomplete”.

Awami League will hold a joint meeting with all its associate bodies and Dhaka city unit this evening to discuss the upcoming August 15 programme.

A Khulna court today granted police three days to interrogate in custody Beauty Begum, an accused in the killing of 13-year-old Rakib.

A boy drowned in a pond at Paikan village under Mithapukur upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased was identified as Ratan Mian,

Sen Sumon, prime accused of Magura violence that saw killing of a man and shooting of a pregnant woman, has been granted one day's remand while two other accused Sagar Hossain and Bappi Hossain have been sent to jail.

Erosion by the Old Brahmaputra River has made some 100 families of 20 villages homeless in Sadar and Gouripur upazilas of the district in the last two months.

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) sealed off scores of businesses and commercial establishments on Garib-e-Nawaz road in

Police arrests three suspected human traffickers in separate drives in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home today formed a three-member sub-committee to find ways to reduce Dhaka’s traffic agony.

A total of 159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, cannot be brought back to Bangladesh today.

The Anti-Corruption Commission enquiry into the Tk 4,500 crore BASIC Bank scam couldn't find in it the involvement of the bank's then chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu, who allegedly masterminded the biggest banking fraud in Bangladesh, say ACC officials.

A court on Sunday sent the suspended chairman of Chatmohar Upazila Parishad to jail, rejecting his bail prayer in an explosion case.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 12.5 kilograms of gold in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area and detained five people in this connection.