Survivors of enforced disappearances broke down yesterday as they recalled the torture, humiliation, and threats they endured in secret detention centres.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin expressed concern yesterday that, in addition to political and law-and-order challenges, the commission may also have to confront the threat of misinformation and disinformation on social media during the next polls.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the upcoming national elections will be held as scheduled, despite growing uncertainty and frustration among citizens.

A BNP leader was stabbed to death allegedly by a rival in Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila yesterday.

Former minister and expelled Awami League leader Abdul Latif Siddique yesterday refused to seek bail, saying the court had “no authority” to grant it.

Staff fear for their jobs, owner says authorities ignored security pleas

Three detained by BSF, handed over to BGB through flag meeting

A man was allegedly tied to a pole and beaten in Satkhira’s Tala upazila after being accused of breaching a land sale agreement

Police have arrested another suspect in the much-talked-about teenager Mahin murder in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram.

Shahbagh Police Station's SI Toufiq Hasan appealed to the court to keep the accused in jail

The government yesterday submitted two compliance reports to the High Court stating that 1,500 to 2,000 unidentified individuals have been sued over the large-scale looting of stones from Sada Pathor, a major tourist site in Bholaganj of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday filed a case accusing 33 recruiting agents, including three former MPs, of laundering over Tk 100 crore involving labour recruitment to Malaysia between 2016 and 2024.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 120 bank accounts of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his family members, and their beneficiaries over corruption allegations brought against them.

Three prosecution witnesses yesterday testified in three graft cases against 23 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against former road transport and bridges minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, along with three former top officials of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, over alleged corruption and irregularities in the Karnaphuli Tunnel project.

The father of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur who was killed in police firing on July 16 last year, yesterday appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 to ensure justice for his son before his own death.

The accused include former MPs Masud Uddin Chowdhury, Nizam Uddin Hazari, Benazir Ahmed

Youth confesses to crime after arrest

DB nabs suspects in joint drive across Chattogram and Bagerhat; firearms were stolen on August 5, 2024

The case was filed on August 15 with Companiganj Police Station