After more than six months in jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, Jhumon Das finally walked out of Sunamganj District Jail at 6:15pm yesterday.

Sexual offences against women take place in Bangladesh because of the social system that blames the victims more than the offenders, said a Rajshahi court yesterday.

The High Court has extended for one year its earlier orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in five cases.

Detectives yesterday detained Mufti Kazi Ibrahim, an Islamic preacher known for his controversial speeches, from his home in the capital’s Mohammadpur.

A schoolgirl in Chuadanga took matters into her hand and avoided being forcefully married off by going to the police.

A Joypurhat court yesterday sentenced a man to 60 year’s imprisonment in two cases over abducting and raping a teenage schoolgirl in 2018.

A court in Faridpur today sentenced a man to death for killing a madrasa student after raping her in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur in 2010.

Jhumon Das, who has been in jail for more than six months in a case filed under Digital Security Act (DSA) for criticising Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque on Facebook, finally walked out of jail this evening.

Rab arrested four alleged human traffickers, including the proprietor of a recruiting agency, who recently sent a woman to a Middle Eastern country and later demanded Tk 4 lakh for return.

A school student went to Chuadanga Sadar Police Station today to save herself from being married off without consent.

A Dhaka court today ordered police to return 16 items, including a private car, that were seized from film actress Pori Moni’s home as evidence in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.

The High Court today stayed the election process to the executive posts of the Bangladesh Federal Journalists Union (BFUJ) for two months, on a charge of irregularities in the voter list.

The High Court has extended for one year its earlier orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in five cases.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today pressed charges against model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha in another case filed with Gulshan Police Station under Narcotics Control Act.

Mufti Kazi Ibrahim, a preacher known for his controversial speeches, has been detained from his home in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area early today.

Moulik Odhikar Surokkha Committee, a platform of human rights activists, yesterday termed as “false” the case filed against Manusher Jonno Foundation Executive Director Shaheen Anam and others.

Eight people, including three local Jubo League and Chhatra League leaders, have been accused of abducting a businessman and his 15-year-old employee from Natore town and pulling out the nail of the latter’s left-hand finger for collecting ransom money.

Naval police recovered the body of a young man from Kathpatti Launch Ghat area yesterday, a day after he went missing on Sunday.

Article 19 recorded 172 cases filed under the Digital Security Act from January to August in Bangladesh, it said in a statement yesterday.

Police recovered a body from an under-construction building in Khulshi’s Jalalabad area in the port city yesterday.