The High Court yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to examine whether Bangladesh Bank breached the rules by allowing an alleged money launderer to reschedule a defaulted loan of Tk 199 crore taken through forged documents.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Iftekhar Abedin in a case filed over the death of Dhaka University student Elma Chowdhury Meghla in December last year.

The National Human Rights Commission today (June 28, 2022) asked authorities concerned to take legal steps against the policemen, who played silent role during the incident of putting garlands of shoes around the neck of a college teacher in Narail on June 17.

Police filed a case with Narail Sadar Police Station accusing 170 to 180 people on charges of forcing acting principal of Mirzapur United College to wear a garland of shoes around his neck, setting a motorcycle on fire, and barring government work in the area.

“What did you do when my son was murdered? My son buy medicines for me. Fifteen days ago, he came to see me. My son loved me very much. I’m losing my mind... Please do something… Ensure justice for my son,” wailed 80-year-old Gita Bala Sarker, mother of school teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker, who died after a student hit him with a cricket stump on June 25.

The story of Matiar Rahman, who was arrested by Saudi police for “begging” in Madinah, has already gone viral on social media. While investigating Matiar’s background, a great deal of information has come to light.

Police last night arrested a 50-year-old man on charge of raping a minor girl in the port city's Bayazid Bostami area.

Even though there is a law allowing victims of custodial torture to prosecute their torturers, it lies unused. That is how normalised physical violence and torture have become as part of the investigation and interrogation processes, speakers said yesterday.

A teacher who was beaten up with a cricket stump by a student two days ago died from injuries at a local hospital early yesterday.

A Chhatra League (BCL) leader and four of his associates were arrested on Sunday on charges of extortion and abduction in Pabna’s Santhia upazila.

The trial against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed for acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 1.69 crore began at a Dhaka court with deposition of the complainant yesterday.

A Pabna court today (June 27, 2022) sent death row convict Jakaria Pintu, a former local BNP leader, to jail after he was presented before it in a number of cases against him.

A Chattogram court today sentenced popular singer Abdul Mannan Rana to two years of simple imprisonment in two separate cases filed for dishonouring bank cheques and misappropriating around Tk two crore.

Patuakhali village home of Bayezid Talha, who was arrested in a case filed for removing nuts and bolts from the railing of Padma Bridge, was attacked and vandalised today (June 27, 2022)

The trial against Regent Group Chairman Shahed Karim in a case filed on charges of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 1.69 crore, began with deposition of the complainant.

A teacher, who was injured on Saturday (June 25, 2022) after a student hit him with a cricket stump, died while undergoing treatment at Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital early today (June 27, 2022).

A man was detained for removing nuts and bolts from the railing of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge yesterday.

A Dinajpur court yesterday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for raping a college girl 15 years ago.

Police recovered the body of a cattle trader at a banana orchard in Faridpur’s Sadar upazila yesterday.

Declaring BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman as “fugitives”, the High Court yesterday rejected their writ petitions challenging the filing and initiation of a Tk 4.82 crore graft case.