Earlier in the day, writ petitioner Advocate Md Eunus Ali Akond told the HC bench that the Election Commission is going to hold the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election hurriedly as there are five months more for holding the polls

The Supreme Court today issued status quo on the demand by 106 former workers of Grameen Kalyan seeking a part of net profit of the company and the HC verdict on it till February 5 next year

A Dhaka court today sentenced 11 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and their front organisations to 30 months' rigorous imprisonment each in a case filed over political violence

Arsonists torched the bus of Victor Classic Paribahan around 2:50pm

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has sought bail from the High Court in a case filed over the vandalism of the chief justice's residence during the BNP-police clash on October 28

The High Court today started hearing on a writ petition that challenged the legality of announcing the schedule for the forthcoming parliamentary election to be held on January 7 next year

Arsonists set fire to a truck on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Kaliakoir area this morning, on the first day of 48-hour blockade called by BNP and its allies

Jasim, Litu and Jummon on a flight of Emirates Airlines from Dubai arrived at the airport around 11:00pm yesterday

A truck helper succumbed to burn injuries today, six days after unidentified arsonists set his vehicle on fire in Guimara upazila of Khagrachari on November 26 during a blockade enforced by BNP

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives seized 2.60 lakh yaba pills and 1.05 kg of crystal meth in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district

A Malaysian court has charged four people, including a Malaysian police official, over the abduction and torture of a Bangladeshi journalist last month.

Unidentified criminals murdered two elderly men, one in Joypurhat and the other in Dinajpur, between Thursday night and the early hours of yesterday.

Police arrested Md Ahsanul Islam Rimon, president of the Narsingdi district unit of Chatra League, in a case filed for threatening to assault the independent candidates of the district contesting in the 12th national elections

The Election Commission has asked the home ministry to transfer all officers-in-charge discharging duties at their respective police stations for over six months

Death-row convict dies in Kashimpur

A Malaysian court has charged four people including a Malaysian police official over the abduction and torture of a Bangladeshi journalist

A Bangladeshi journalist has alleged that his investigative work in exposing a foreign workers' syndicate operated by his countrymen in Malaysia had resulted in his abduction and torture earlier this month

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the supporters of Awami League and Jatiya Party in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj yesterday.

Arsonists are now using a “Time-Initiated Improvised Explosive Device (IED)” to set passenger buses ablaze during the ongoing blockade and strike, said CTTC.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday set January 28 for hearing on the charge framing in two Digital Security Act cases filed against Jagannath University student Khadijatul Kubra for hosting a webinar.