The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) yesterday called upon the government to address an "alarming trend of targeted killings" of youth leaders of indigenous community people in the CHT region

The High Court has directed the authorities concerned to determine how much gas has been used illegally in Dhaka, Chattogram, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, and Gazipur in the last 12 years, and to collect its cost from the consumers concerned

Washington has reiterated that the election in Bangladesh should be non-violent, which is a component of a free and fair election

The railway authorities have filed a case with the Dhaka GRP Police Station in connection with the cutting of a train track in Bankharia area of Gazipur which led to a fatal accident

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two drug peddlers and seized 10kg of heroin from Chapainawabganj district yesterday

CID claimed to have arrested nine individuals, including a union parishad chairman and five doctors, for their alleged involvement in leaking admission test question papers of medical colleges.

The Khulna-bound Simanta Express train narrowly escaped an accident in Domar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday night due to locals’ intervention.

At least four leaders of Chhatra Union were injured when a group of Chhatra League men allegedly attacked them again on the Dhaka University campus yesterday.

Seventy-seven more leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat and their front organisations were sentenced to different jail terms yesterday in five cases filed years ago over political violence in the capital.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday challenging the legality of a Dhaka court’s refusal to accept bail petitions for BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with 10 cases filed over political violence.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a 13-year-old boy from Chattogram’s Bandartila area after he was kidnapped on Wednesday.

Police recovered body of a madrasa student in Chattogram port city this morning a day after he went missing

A woman was killed allegedly by her stepsons over a land dispute in Jamalpur's Islampur upazila today

Action should be taken if any VC commits embezzlement, HC observes

A local journalist in Savar was assaulted allegedly by police in plain clothes during a drive by the law enforcers at a house in Savar's Chapain Taltola area last night.

The High Court will on Sunday set the date to hold the hearing on its rule regarding granting bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the case filed over the vandalism of the chief justice's residence on October 28

Arsonists last night hurled a petrol bomb at the village home of Prof Abul Hossain, the candidate of the Jatiya Party (JP) for Rajshahi-5 (Puthia-Durgapur) constituency.

The Supreme Court yesterday issued an injunction on earth-filling in agricultural land, lowland, wetland and parts of Meghna River at six mauzas in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday busted an “arms factory” in a remote hilly area under Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar after conducting a 16-hour drive there.

Green activists and urban planners yesterday said the illegal filling of waterbodies must be stopped for the sake of the city, as it is frequently facing climatic issues like excessive heat and waterlogging.