Militant outfit Ansar al Islam, which has not carried out any attack since 2016, is apparently pursuing an aggressive strategy and has accordingly appointed new leaders in its military wing, counterterrorism officials said.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent the cashier of Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital to jail in a case filed over embezzling around Tk 2.5 crore from medical test fees.

A man was was killed after being attacked by a mob in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur upazila yesterday.

Chhatra League activists allegedly snatched an expelled leader of their organisation from Rab in Bogura yesterday but the law enforcers claimed that the leader was detained due to mistaken identity and was instantly released.

A Dhaka court today sent the cashier of Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital to jail in a case filed over embezzling around Tk 2.5 crore from medical test fees.

Police recovered body of a man on the footpath near Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in Dhaka this morning.

A Dhaka court today again asked PBI to submit by January 25, 2023 the probe report on further investigation into the case filed against former lawmaker MA Awal and 14 others over the killing of trader Md Shahinuddin in May last year.

Police submitted two contradictory probe reports before a Dhaka court in a case filed over the “confiscation” of fake bank notes from a hotel in Paltan in 2016.

Eight officials of Standard Asiatic Oil (SAOCL), a subsidiary of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, have embezzled Tk 21.64 crore by showing advance cost and fake bill vouchers, found investigations by the Directorate of Power and Energy Audit and BPC.

An LGED engineer was attacked by unidentified criminals for the second time in Moulvibazar’s Upazila Parishad area on Sunday.

They only got payments between Tk 1,500 and Tk 2,000 and for that they trapped girls, especially young and good-looking ones, promising them good jobs in India.

A total of 23,968 people, including 72 suspected militants and listed criminals, were detained during a nationwide special drive from December 1 to 15.

Eight youths, including a college student, reportedly abducted from a hilly stream in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Sunday evening, were yet to be rescued as of last night.

Rab yesterday arrested a fugitive who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Biswajit murder case filed 10 years ago.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of 38 BNP leaders and activists, including Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie and Abdus Salam, in a case filed over the December 7 clash in the capital’s Nayapaltan.

At least seven people were injured in a clash between supporters of Argentina and Brazil football teams during Argentina fans' celebrations in Kushtia’s Sadar upazila after the South American country's World Cup win around midnight yesterday.

A Dhaka court today rejected bail petitions of 38 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations in a case filed over the December 7 clash with policemen in the capital's Nayapaltan area.

A total of 23,968 people, including 72 militants and listed criminals, were arrested during the nationwide special drive from December 1 to 15.

Rab arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of Biswajit Das 10 years ago.

A clash between two groups of local Awami League men left an activist dead and five others injured in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi yesterday.