Some unidentified youths threw acid on a female Higher Secondary Certificate (SSC) examinee, who they allegedly stalked, at Dangapara Natore Sadar upazila this evening.

The High Court yesterday directed that two Japan-born children of Japanese national Eriko Nakano and Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif will remain with their father

A Dhaka court yesterday again extended the date for the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit the probe report of the case filed against Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir and seven others over the rape and murder of a college student in the capital’s Gulshan.

Because of legal bindings, the Anti-Corruption Commission could not play an effective role in preventing money laundering, ACC Commissioner Jahurul Haque said yesterday.

A man digging a hole in his backyard to bury a six-year-old girl he raped and killed was caught by villagers in Jashore on Saturday.

Buet Prof Nikhil Ranjan Dhar, who is allegedly involved in question leak of a bank recruitment exam, has been relieved from his chairman post of the industrial and production engineering department and exam-related duties.

It has been eight years since Hindus in Bonogram of Pabna’s Santhia upazila came under attack, but all the seven individuals who were made key accused in three cases continue to elude capture while two of the cases still await trial.

Police in a drive recovered 13 crude bombs and five locally made sharp weapons from an abandoned place in Sadar upazila yesterday.

A housewife was killed by her husband allegedly over a family feud in Ghatail upazila yesterday.

Police on Saturday arrested three hijackers accused of killing an a2i (Access to Information) project official Abdul Barek Sheikh (44) in Munshiganj’s Tongibari upazila.

In daylight, they work as auto-rickshaw drivers, bus helpers or day labourers. But when the night gets dark, they get on auto-rickshaws, get out on the highways, and target people for robbery.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent a former BCL leader to jail in a case filed for assaulting a journalist the day before.

A teacher of Rajshahi University (RU), who was sued under Digital Security Act on the charges of “criticizing”late politician and Awami League presidium member Mohammed Nasim, has been acquitted in the case.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion today detained the driver and helper of a bus who allegedly threatened to rape a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government Women's College as she wanted to pay half the bus fare.

A Dhaka court today sent a former Chhatra League leader rejecting his bail in a case filed for assaulting a journalist of Independent Television.

Ten poachers were arrested with 160 kg of venison from the Bhodra area of the Sundarbans of Khulna today.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) professor Nikhil Ranjan Dhar, who was allegedly involved with a question leaking incident, has been relieved from his duty.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former Awami League lawmaker of Khulna-2 Mizanur Rahman in a case filed over amassing wealth worth Tk 1.58 crore illegally.

The High Court today asked the government to prepare a list of all rivers across the country and make an action plan to make those free from encroachers.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against nine people, including Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, in a Tk 28.61 crore money laundering case.