The Wari Division of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday said the allegations against some of its officers of torturing and forcing a man to write a cheque are untrue.

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police claimed to have arrested the mastermind behind the crude bomb blast on the premises of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on November 20.

Another 36 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat and their front organisations were sentenced to different jail terms today, in two cases filed in 2011 and 2018 over political violence in Dhaka.

Two separate writ petitions were filed with the High Court today seeking its orders on the authorities concerned of the government to find out the whereabouts of Bogura's BNP leaders Anwar Hossain Hridoy and Delwar Hossain who went missing allegedly after being detained by law enforcers on December 14

A chamber judge of Supreme Court today gave verdicts on the candidacy of several poll aspirants including Ekramul Karim Chowdhury, Mohammad Hasibur Rahman and others

A chamber judge of the Supreme Court today refused to allow Awami League candidate Shammi Ahmed to contest the January 7 national election

Rab last night arrested two people in connection with shooting and injuring three Jubo League men during a clash between supporters of the Awami League candidate and those of an independent aspirant in Tangail Sadar on Sunday night.

The Election Commission today filed a case against Chattogram-16 Awami League candidate Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury for assaulting a journalist and breaching the electoral code of conduct during submission of his nomination papers on November 30.

Members of the Ansar chased away miscreants while they were removing the rail line clips on the Dhaka-Chattogram route in the Fazilpur Railway Station area of Feni

A teenage boy was beaten to death allegedly by his friends during a badminton match in Sitakunda’s Jungle Salimpur union of Chattogram on Sunday.

A group of former human-haulier drivers, who came to know each other during “after work hangouts”, initially entered the world of crime five years back when they began snatching cell phones in and around the Moghbazar area.

Two members of the Criminal Investigation Department along with an accomplice were arrested on Sunday on charges of abducting a man from his residence in Dhaka and withdrawing over Tk 5 lakh from his bank account on October 8.

Police yesterday claimed that the December 13 rail line sabotage was carried out under the instructions of Jubo Dal President Sultan Salahuddin Tuku.

Police recovered the body of a farmer at Belta village in Singra upazila of Natore yesterday.

Detectives recovered 10 crude bombs from Kaunia Char area in Roumari upazila of Kurigram on Sunday night.

A trader in the capital’s Ashkona has alleged that he was tortured in custody of the Detective Branch of police in October and forced to write a cheque of Tk 3.60 crore.

Two Bangladeshi expatriates living in Saudi Arabia were executed after being convicted in a final court verdict over the killing of an Indian man.

Two members of the Criminal Investigation Department along with an accomplice were arrested on Sunday on charge of abducting a man from his residence in Dhaka and withdrawing over Tk 5 lakh from his bank account on October 8

At least three Jubo League men suffered bullet wounds during a clash between the supporters of the Awami League and independent candidates in Baghil union of Tangail Sadar upazila last night

Arsonists set fire to a bus in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj area early today.