A Faridpur court yesterday sentenced five men to life in prison for a 2012 murder.

Three amici curiae (friends of court) today told the High Court that the civil cases, which are pending with the offices of Chattogram divisional commissioner and additional divisional commissioner, cannot be transferred to the courts of judges concerned of three hill districts for hearings and disposals.

The High Court today started hearing a writ petition that challenged the legality of AK Abdul Momen's holding the offices of foreign minister as well as member of parliament (MP) for his reported "controversial comments".

A Dhaka court today placed two people, including the son of Jamaat-e-Islami ameer, on a two-day fresh remand, in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The family of murdered Awami League leader Duronto Biplob filed a case with South Keraniganj Police station this evening accusing unidentified people of killing him in a pre-planned way.

Fifteen more leaders and activists of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad today (November 14, 2022) secured bail in a case filed by a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader on charges of allegedly launching an attack on BCL men on Dhaka University campus on October 7.

Police yesterday arrested a man on charges of torturing and molesting a woman after tying her to a tree in Gonergaon of Narsingdi Sadar's Shilmandi union.

A Dhaka court today dismissed a petition submitted for cancelling the case filed against film actress Pori Moni under the Narcotics Control Act.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Fardin Noor Parash's father Kazi Nur Uddin today said his son never had a habit of taking drugs and demanded swift identification of his son’s killers.

Police arrested three BNP men today in connection with cases filed against them earlier in Habiganj.

Posing as members of Detective Branch (DB), a gang of robbers looted Tk 85 lakh from a businessman in Dhaka's South Keraniganj area yesterday.

The High Court in the full text of a verdict has observed that corruption pervades the society, and the press should act as an efficient and fearless watchdog on democracy.

Duronto Biplob had big plans for the benefit of farmers. He initiated two projects. One was to help organic farmers, such as himself, get rid of pests with the help of insects called “black soldiers” and the other was for a more nutritious fodder for cattle.

An uneasy calm has gripped the Chonpara slum, a haven for drug dealers, which is now under the radar of law enforcement agencies following the killing of Buet student Fardin Noor Parash.

A 70-year-old-man was sent to jail yesterday on charges of raping a toddler in Kishoreganj.

Two doctors have mysteriously gone missing in Kishoreganj and Faridpur, with one of them having allegedly been picked up by unknown persons.

Police recovered the hanging body of a man in an office of British American Tobacco in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram municipality yesterday.

The High Court yesterday granted Jhumon Das an ad-interim bail for six months, after him being in jail for two and a half months in a case filed under the controversial Digital Security Act.

Police arrested five people, including Rubel Ahmed, president of Maulvibazar district unit Chhatra Dal, in Chaumuhana area of ​​Moulvibazar yesterday afternoon.

A professional tourist photographer was stabbed to death in Kolatali area of Cox's Bazar town today.