Police detained a youth on the charge of raping a schoolteacher at gunpoint in the Tarang area of Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari on Thursday night.

Under the cover of darkness every night, valuable silica sand is being illegally extracted by a syndicate from streams within tea gardens in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj.

Family terms death ‘mysterious’, police launch investigation

A young man who was shot multiple times during the July uprising in Dhaka’s Rampura testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, describing how police opened fire on him as he tried to save himself while hanging from the ledge of a building.

The High Court yesterday blasted the government-formed taskforce for again failing to submit its full-fledged probe report in connection with the murders of journalists Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.

Court orders PBI to probe the incident

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman yesterday urged the International Crimes Tribunal-1 to hand the highest punishment to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

A youth was killed and several others were injured in crude bomb blasts during a late-night clash between two groups over control of the drug trade in Geneva Camp in the capital’s Mohammadpur area early yesterday.

List of accused includes 24 journalists, businesspersons, doctors

Next hearing set for Oct 28

Three stabbed after refusing extortion demand at Mymensingh Kali Puja mandap

Victims have 70-75 percent burns, doctor says

ACC alleges Obayed amassed a huge amount of money through irregularities and corruption

Accused of posting remarks that 'hurt religious sentiments' on Reddit

Body sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy

Tribunal concludes hearing after final arguments from both sides

There had been a longstanding dispute between the two groups over land of Nishan Housing, police say

HC grants fresh extension as investigators cite limited progress

Several crude bombs exploded during the clash around 3:30am, police say

The High Court yesterday acquitted all the 44 accused, including former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib, in two cases filed over an attack on the motorcade of the then leader of the opposition and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira on August 30, 2002.