The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into alleged embezzlement of Tk 800 crore by ex-banker Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat.

Controver-sial army officer Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, who was sacked from the service a day after the fall of the Hasina-led government amid an uprising, was arrested on Thursday night from the capital’s Khilkhet area.

BGB has seized drugs worth nearly Tk 21 crore in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf and Bandarban’s Naikkhyangchhari upazilas.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police recovered cash worth around Tk 3.11 crore, including local and foreign currencies, from the apartment of a former senior secretary on Babar Road in the capital’s Mohammadpur area yesterday.

With a shift in political landscape, new groups are vying for control at some slums and footpaths in Dhaka.

Female students from several universities in Bangladesh staged a protest yesterday at Dhaka University, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata, India.

Tension remained high at Rangpur Central Jail after a prisoner died in a scuffle between two inmates yesterday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) recovered a huge amount of money, including local and foreign currencies worth around Tk 3.11 crore, from the house of a former senior secretary on Babar Road in the capital’s Mohammadpur area today

Tension remained high at Rangpur Central Jail after a prisoner died in a scuffle between two inmates today

A Dhaka court today placed former army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan on an eight-day remand for interrogation in a case filed over the death of a shop employee in the capital’s New Markest area on July 16

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arfatul Rakib is scheduled to hold hearing on the remand prayer later today

Former army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan was arrested last night in a murder case filed with New Market Police Station in the capital

A murder case was filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader in Bogura today

Miscreants attacked the house of a Jubo Dal leader in Jashore’s New Town area and shot his mother today, leaving her injured

A group of Jubo Dal men attacked cultural activists who organised a candlelight vigil in Chattogram to remember Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his death anniversary

A case was filed against Abdur Rahman Bodi, the controversial Awami League politician of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar, and 32 others on charges of vandalism, looting and attack on businesses.

Another complaint was filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina accusing her of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the people’s uprising.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into the allegations of bribery against former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and his aides.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed three people, including former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku and ex-state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, on a 10-day remand in a case filed over the death of rickshaw-puller Kamal Mia in the city’s Paltan area on July 19.

An Awami League leader was hacked to death while he was returning home after praying at a local mosque in Sylhet’s Bishwanath upazila on Wednesday night.