Over two-thirds of youth in Bangladesh identified corruption and nepotism as the main obstacles to development, said a study by Citizen's Platform for SDGs today

Masked criminals robbed over Tk 1 lakh intended for an international NGO’s beneficiaries in Ukhiya Refugee camp on Wednesday, police said.

Assistant Sub-inspector Omar Faruk of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police stands accused of stealing an auto-rickshaw, after holding the owner at knifepoint in Gendaria area of Dhaka in February.

Jahangir Alam, former mayor, and son and adviser of Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Zaida Khatun, confirmed the matter to The Daily Star today

Masked criminals robbed over Tk 1 lakh intended for an international NGO's beneficiaries in Ukhiya Refugee camp on Wednesday, police said

A man was stabbed to death in the Dakshinkhan area in Dhaka last night

The High Court yesterday granted a 30-day bail to Additional District Judge- Sohel Rana, three hours after sentencing him to one month’s imprisonment and slapping a fine of Tk 5,000 for contempt of court.

The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Dinajpur municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam to one month’s imprisonment for contempt of court by making derogatory remarks about one of its judges.

Deloar Miji developed a relationship with a widow, Nilufa Begum, who later started pressuring him to marry her. Deloar, who was already married, then reserved a launch cabin under a different identity, took Nilufa there, and allegedly raped and killed her.

A police team, led by a sub-inspector, allegedly tried to frame a 19-year-old college student in Rajbari as a “yaba trader”. They beat him up and tried to plant yaba tablets in his pocket during the early hours of Sunday.

A Chuadanga court yesterday sentenced a female drug dealer to life in prison in a narcotics case filed over the possession of 50 phensedyl bottles.

The "Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh Phase III" project, a joint endeavour by the Local Government Division (LGD), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was officially inaugurated today at a hotel in Dhaka to further empower and expand the essential Village Court system, ensuring local justice for all

A Lakshmipur court today sentenced eight people to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing local Awami League leader Omar Faruk in Sadra upazila in 2015

A mobile court today sentenced seven brokers at Myemensingh Medical College Hospital to seven days in jail each

Brunei expat held at Dhaka airport

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A pick-up van loaded with tiles worth Tk 12 was allegedly hijacked by unidentified miscreants in Savar early today

A Chuadanga court today sentenced a woman to life time prison in a drug case

The Supreme Court today stayed till November 20 a High Court verdict that sentenced Md Sohel Rana, former chief judicial magistrate of Cumilla, to one month's imprisonment for committing contempt of court by ignoring an HC stay order on the trial of a case

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas today pleaded not guilty after a Dhaka court read out the charges from the statements of 24 prosecution witnesses in a graft case filed against him in 2007