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

Two women were arrested last night in Dhaka for abetting suicide of a retired army sergeant in Rajshahi earlier this year.

A Rangpur court today discharged a Digital Security Act (DSA) case against a professor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) which was filed against her over a negative comment she posted on Facebook against former health minister late Mohammad Nasim, who was on life support at the time.

At least 35 Rohingyas were detained while they were attempting to flee Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali today.

A former student of Dhaka University who was preparing for job exams, was found dead at a mess in old Dhaka’s Chankharpool area this afternoon.

Police recovered body of man from Khulshi’s Jalalabad area in Chattogram city today. 

A woman was tortured brutally in Chandpur’s Faridganj upazila over allegation of stealing a gold chain. Police have arrested two persons in this connection.

A candidate of union parishad election in Mongla’s Chila union had a woman murdered in Savar to frame his rival. In the end, none of them won, but an innocent woman lost her life.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today pressed charges against model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha and her associate Sharful Hasan alias Mishu Hasan in a case filed with Bhatara Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

A woman died and another was injured after a mob beat them up on suspicion of stealing a gold chain from a queue of Covid-19 vaccine seekers in Nawabganj upazila under Dhaka district yesterday.

Police have arrested two persons for brutally torturing a teenage boy for ransom in Natore on Saturday night.

A farmer was stabbed to death at Saniajan village of Gaddimari union under Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat last night.

Detectives have arrested a convict in a case filed over the attack on the motorcade of the then opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira 19 years ago.

Sometimes he introduced himself as an officer at the land office, sometimes as an officer in the deputy commissioner’s office and at other times as an influential person in a government office.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the provision in a law that requires police to take the authorities’ permission before arresting civil service officials on charges relating to their jobs.

A man was arrested on Saturday on charge of killing a schoolgirl after rape in Satkhira, while another was sued for raping a mentally-challenged girl in Habiganj.

A Dhaka court yesterday formed charges against former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife Syeda Hasina Sultana in two graft cases.

Local people formed human chain at Rajai village in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, demanding exemplary punishment for culprits involved in raping a Hajon woman.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife Syeda Hasina Sultana in two graft cases.

The High Court today questioned the legality of the controversial provision of a government service law which has made it mandatory for police to take permission from higher authorities before arresting any civil servant on charges related to their job.