Members of RAB arrested listed drug peddler Shahjahan Mia, nephew of former lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi, from Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area last night.

Clashes between armed gangs have become common in the capital’s Mohammadpur Geneva Camp in recent weeks as drug dealers are trying to take control of the area, residents said.

A man, who was in Gopalganj district jail in a case filed over attacking army personnel in the district last month, died early yesterday.

Abdullah Al Masud, a store officer at Rajshahi University Medical Centre, stepped out of his home on Saturday night to get medicine. Before leaving, he shared on Facebook that he had become a father a few days ago and sought blessings for his newborn daughter.

Ashraful Hosen Alom, popularly known as Hero Alom, was beaten up by a group of people in the Bogura Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court premises yesterday after he filed a case against Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and former chief election commissioner Kazi Habubul Awal.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch a formal inquiry into the alleged corruption of Abdus Shahid, former chief whip of the Jaytiya Sangsad, after it found evidence against the former Awami League lawmaker.

A Dhaka court today sent former shipping minister Shajahan Khan to jail due to his illness before completion of his seven-day remand in a case filed over the death of 14-year-old Abdul Motaleb in Dhaka during the mass uprising on August 4

A Dhaka court today placed Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), on a four-day remand in a case filed over the death of Khalid Hasan Saifullah, a student of class 11, during quota protests in Lalbagh on July 18.

Their demands include Tk 3k increments and being paid salaries by 5th of each month

The then chief of army staff General (retired) Moeen U Ahmed has offered his version of the 2009 BDR mutiny at the border force's Pilkhana headquarters in Dhaka

The case was filed on December 9, 2007, for abusing power in signing a deal with the Canadian company Niko for exploring and extracting gas

Former ministers Asaduzzaman Khan and Dipu Moni, and former state minister Mohammad Ali Arafat were sued in a case filed over the death of Jagannath University (JnU) student Ikramul Haque Sajid during the recent mass protests. .The victim’s father filed the case with Kafrul Police Station

A prison guard of Kashimpur Central Jail-2 was arrested with drugs from the jail gate yesterday

Two more cases have been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana over the killing of two youths in Gazipur during a mass protest on August 4

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a former upazila chairman while trying to flee to India illegally through Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila last night

At least 10 people were detained after attempting to rob a building in Gulshan-2 early yesterday.

The teenage boy, who was beaten up by a mob inside a police office in Khulna last week, has been accused of hurting religious sentiments in a case filed under the controversial Cyber Security Act.

A total of 53 firearms, including an AK-47, have been recovered in a joint drive for the last three days.

At least 50 people were injured Friday night in a clash between two factions of the BNP and its affiliated organisations over control of extortion collection in Chandpur’s Puran Bazar.

Supreme Court lawyer Md Tajul Islam, joint convener of Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), has been appointed as the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal