Criminal Investigation Department (CID) last night picked up a contractor of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for interrogation over 17 files missing from the health ministry.

Rajshahi Cyber Tribunal yesterday sentenced three people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under section 57 of the ICT Act for hurting religious sentiment in Pabna's Ataikula in 2013 through a fake Facebook account.

An authorised arms dealer used to smuggle illegal firearms and ammunition from India and Myanmar, through arms smuggling syndicates, and sell those to various criminal groups in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar at high prices.

A Dhaka court has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe into a case filed against seven members of popular band Meghdol.

The mother of Sajedul Islam Sumon, a victim of enforced disappearance, yesterday said police raided their house in the capital’s Shaheenbagh on Sunday afternoon and detained several people as she organised a programme demanding return of such victims.

People suffered after staffers of Cox’s Bazar and Moheshkhali municipalities observed work abstention for eight hours yesterday as mayors of the two municipalities were made accused in criminal cases.

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the tenure of any convict serving jail time during trial proceedings will be deducted from the total imprisonment handed down in the case by the court concerned.

A traders’ association leader, who was injured in an attack in Kamalganj upazila on Sunday afternoon, died at a hospital in Sylhet the same night.

A mob threw brickbats at Haragach Police Station in Rangpur’s Kaunia and vandalised a few police vehicles yesterday evening after news spread that a man was tortured to death by the law enforcers.

The cyber tribunal in Rajshahi yesterday sentenced three people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sharing a derogatory  image of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook that led to communal violence in Pabna’s Ataikula in 2013. 

Two people, operating an online portal, were shown arrested yesterday in a case filed for releasing a video inciting violence in Cumilla during the

A youth, who was critically injured in an attack allegedly by rivals over upcoming Jadabpur Union Parishad polls in Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila on Sunday, died at a hospital early yesterday.

Two people, operating an online portal, were arrested in a case filed in connection with the incident of placing the Holy Quran in a puja mandap at Nanua Dighir Par in Cumilla city in the early hours of October 13.

The Haragachh Police Station in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur was attacked this evening after locals claimed that a man was "beaten to death by police" over consuming drugs.

The High Court today denied bail to former AB Bank executive vice-president (EVP) ABM Abdus Sattar in a case filed over the embezzlement of Tk 176 crore.

A youth was allegedly beaten to death and another was critically injured in Amchipur village, under Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila.

The Supreme Court today ruled that the term any convict has served in jail during trial proceedings will be deducted from the total tenure of his/her imprisonment.

A Dhaka court has ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) for a further investigation into the case filed by BSMMU authorities against Aparajita International proprietor, Sharmin Jahan, over supplying fake N95 masks.

Detectives arrested two persons in connection with the murder of an informant -- for helping police arrest a drug peddler in Dhaka’s Rampura area.

Counterterrorism officials arrested four firearms traders, including a legal arms dealer, on charge of collecting arms and ammunition illegally and selling those to criminal groups.