Inmates set fire inside the prison, following which they took the jailer hostage

We demand an immediate end to this situation, they said in an open letter to Muhammad Yunus

Army men reached the spot and brought the situation under control around 3pm

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed senior lawyer Md Asaduzzaman as the attorney general of Bangladesh

There was gunfire this morning at Gazipur District Jail

Residents of various areas were on the streets the entire night to ensure security as incidents of robberies were reported in various parts of Dhaka last night in absence of law enforcers

It would’ve been better to be dead before seeing the house gutted, the decorated freedom fighter says

The death toll centring the violence on August 5, the day Sheikh Hasina resigned from office, rose to 36, according to hospital sources.  

Sacked Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan was detained at the Dhaka airport in the early hours of yesterday while trying to flee the country.

Bangladesh Border Guard imposed a high alert so that former ministers and lawmakers and leaders of Awami League cannot go to India illegally through Benapole border

At least 30-40 inmates have escaped the Kushtia District Jail around 2:00pm today

A total of 2,400 people, including several top leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, got bail yesterday in cases filed with different police stations in the capital over the violence centring the quota reform protests.

Businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, a friend and business associate of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, has been granted bail

At least 12 people, including two students and two policemen, were killed and over 50 policemen were injured in multiple incidents of violence in Cumilla’s Titas, Daudkandi, Chauddagram and Sadar upazilas yesterday

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon today called on India to arrest former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, and send them back to Bangladesh

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon today urged authorities concerned not to issue a state of emergency in the country

At least 24 people were killed after a mob set fire to Zabeer International Hotel owned by Shahin Chakladar, general secretary of Jashore District Awami League

Miscreants have vandalised the office of Daily Amader Notun Shomoy yesterday

Nahid Islam, one of the key organisers of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, today urged all to ensure that no one gets the opportunity to provoke religious tensions in the country after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina-led government

Five people were killed and 40 others injured as Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and protesters clashed at Mulaid village in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila today