A newly elected union parishad member was shot dead in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore tonight.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) today arrested a professor at Dhaka University's Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in a case filed for registering land with fake documents.

A court today sentenced an accused to life term imprisonment in a case filed over rape of a child and attempt to kill her in Dinajpur’s Parbatipur in 2016.

India’s National Investigation Agency has filed a charge sheet against four Bangladeshi and one Indian operative of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) over their alleged involvement in radicalisation of Muslim youth and their recruitment by either JMB or Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), an NIA official said today.

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced 10 activists of BNP-led-18 party alliance to five years’ imprisonment in a case filed with Bhasantek Police Station under the Explosive Substances Act.

The Supreme Court will hold a hearing on an appeal against the High Court verdict that rejected a writ petition of internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam -- challenging legality of a case filed under Section 57 of Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to 11 people, including seven doctors and three contractors, in a case filed over irregularities in the procurement of drugs for Azimpur Maternal and Child Health Training Institute.

One person was killed and 10 were injured in a clash between two groups over the name of a mosque in Habiganj Sadar upazila early today.

The driver of Meghla Paribahan bus, which hit and killed two pedestrians in the capital’s Gulistan on Saturday, used to drive the bus with a light-vehicle licence.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, to eight years’ imprisonment in a graft case.

Former superintendent of police Babul Akter was shown arrested yesterday in the case filed by him over the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in Chattogram five and a half years ago.

Himanshu Roy, a tea stall owner who died in police custody in Lalmonirhat, and his wife were cremated in the same funeral pyre on Saturday night.

Farmers of Purbo Saptana in Sadar upazila are getting frustrated as two illegal brickfields, demolished by the local administration about a year ago, have resumed their operation in full swing again.

Unknown miscreants have grabbed around 800 decimal (8 acres) of mangrove forest land, felling thousands of trees, in Kosturighat area along Bakkhali River in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A Pabna court today sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a retired police constable in Pabna in 2000.

A Dhaka court today allowed police to investigate a general diary (GD) filed against former state minister for information and broadcasting Murad Hassan, for allegedly torturing and abusing his wife.

The High Court today directed the government to inform the progress of implementing its 2009 directives for preventing sexual harassment at workplaces across the country.

A Dhaka court today started hearing arguments of the prosecution and defence in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case.

Three firearms licensed under the names of former state minister for information, Dr Murad Hassan, and his wife Dr Jahanara Ehsan have been handed over to Dhanmondi Police Station yesterday.

Former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter was shown arrested today in a case which he filed over murder of his wife -- Mahmuda Khanam Mitu -- with Panchlaish Police Station in 2016.