Supporters of Awami League candidate of upcoming union parishad elections stabbed three supporters of an independent candidate at Lakkhanpur union of Sharsha upazila in Jashore today, police say.

A Gopalganj court today sentenced five people to death in-absentia for killing an easy-bike driver Zahidul Islam Babu at Sadar upazila in 2013.

A policeman, who was injured in an attack by fishermen while enforcing a ban on hilsa fishing in October, died at a city hospital last night.

A man who worked as a cleaner was behind the wheel of Dhaka South City Corporation’s garbage truck (DSCC) which hit and killed Notre Dame College student Nayeem Wednesday.

A Dhaka court today issued arrest warrants against eight leaders and activists of BNP, including its senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court, seeking its directive on the authorities concerned, to give Tk 10 crore as compensation to the family of university student, Sehrin Mahbub Sadia, who died after falling into an open roadside drain in Chattogram city in September.

The High Court today deferred till first week of January, the delivery of its verdict on a petition that challenged the legality of placing actress Pori Moni on remand multiple times in a narcotics case.

Police last night recovered bodies of a woman and a child from Deshipara area of Gazipur Sadar upazila.

The Supreme Court in the full text of verdict has observed that Musammat Qumrunnahar, former judge of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7, had a bad intention in granting bail to Aslam Shikder in a rape case ignoring this court's stay order and she is not fit for dealing with any criminal case.

Police detained a Rohingya man, who fled Kutupalong  Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar, from Noakhali yesterday.

An accused in the Cumilla ward councillor murder case was arrested yesterday at Cumilla Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment, said Rab officials.

The High Court is no more a constitutional court now. It has become a criminal court, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain said yesterday.

Readymade garment workers yesterday blocked streets in Mirpur, vandalised an office of the Awami League and torched two motorcycles of the party activists during their demonstration -- for the fourth consecutive day -- for salary hike and other demands.

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam and three others on charges of grabbing land ignoring its directives.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore will file a no-confidence petition against the probe report submitted by Police Bureau Investigation over the torture on him in custody.

Mir Liaquat Ali, accused in a rape case, has become the candidate with Awami League’s (AL) boat symbol in upcoming union parishad (UP) polls in Sirajdikhan’s Kola union.

Paba upazila unit of the Awami League in an emergency meeting yesterday revoked the post of Abbas Ali as the convener of the party’s Katakhali municipality unit.

The government must fix the map of rivers and canals in Savar immediately and conduct a drive against illegal occupants, and housing projects,

Former BNP MP Abdul Momin Talukder Khoka has been sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit by December 26 the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.