Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members today recovered the body of an Indian citizen on Kuthibari border in Durgapur union, under Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila.

Munshiganj teacher Hriday Mondal, who was granted bail earlier today in a case filed over "hurting religious sentiments", was released from jail this afternoon (April 10, 2022).

A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of Ashish Roy Chowdhury – an accused in film actor Sohel Chowdhury murder case – in connection with a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.

Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, a former Jubo League leader and one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka, today secured ad-interim bail in two cases, including one filed over money laundering.

Detectives have pressed charges against Rafiqul Islam Madani, widely known as "Shishu Bokta" in another case filed with Tejgaon Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

A Munshiganj court today granted bail to Hriday Chandra Mondal, a school teacher who is now behind bars in a case filed over hurting religious sentiments.

A Dhaka court today rejected bail petitions of an Awami League leader and four others in a case filed over killing two people, including former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League Jahidul Islam Tipu in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur on March 24.

A teenage boy was tortured yesterday after being tied to a tree on suspicion of stealing betel nuts at Dakkhin Harimoni area of Harati Union in Lalmonirhat’s Sadar upazila.

ASM Asad Uzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police in Faridpur, has been transferred immediately after he made a controversial statement -- "If any organisation or person other than the highway police commits extortion on the highway, the highway police will not take responsibility for it".

A woman who had sued a man for sexually harassing her on a moving bus is now facing a case filed by him under the Digital Security Act.

Calls for freeing Hriday Chandra Mondal, the Munshiganj school teacher arrested in a case defaming Islam, are getting louder, with local and global rights organisations yesterday issuing statements demanding his release.

Three years have passed since Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student in Feni, was set on fire and killed, but her family’s wait for final justice is yet to end due to lengthy legal procedures.

The driver of a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Savar has killed himself after police allegedly seized his auto-rickshaw for running it on highway and demanded Tk 3,000 for releasing the three-wheeler, according to the driver’s wife and rickshaw owner.

Wife of Hriday Chandra Mondal, who has been arrested and jailed on charges of "hurting religious sentiments”, hoped that her husband will get bail tomorrow (April 10) and would be able to return to the school to take classes.

A bus supervisor of Econo Transport was found dead in Lakshmipur this morning.

A Dhaka court today sent an Awami League leader and four others to jail in a case filed over killing two people, including former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League Jahidul Islam Tipu in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur on March 24.

Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Ramna and Lalbagh divisions) claimed to have arrested 27 members of an organised mugging gang along with locally-made weapons.

Husband of a woman, who was raped by two brothers in Bogura on March 17, cut off her hair yesterday (April 8) and forced her to walk around the neighbourhood.

A police probe has found authenticity in the allegation that a constable on April 2 harassed a teacher of Tejgaon College for wearing “teep”.

An upazila nirbahi officer is facing investigation over allegations of sexual harassment and fraudulence made by a college student in Mirzapur, Tangail.