A Dhaka court today granted bail to Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in narcotics and fraud cases filed with Gulshan and Pallabi police stations in the capital.

Officials of Chattogram Custom House seized huge numbers of foreign cigarettes worth Tk 19 lakh, imported under false declaration, at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city today.

The Supreme Court today affirmed the death sentence of two convicts for killing a child after abducting and raping her in Patuakhali in 2005. 

A retired school teacher was found dead at her house in Ghoshpara area of Rajshahi city this afternoon.

Detectives arrested seven members of a theft gang who used to break into prominent office buildings in Dhaka and loot cash and valuables.  

A Dhaka court today placed Mohammad Rassel, founder and CEO of Evaly, on a one-day remand in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 35.85 lakh from a businessman.

Four people were sentenced to death, and one to life in prison, for killing Kushtia’s sub-registrar Nur Mohhamd (51) in 2018.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested two members of an “organised theft gang” yesterday on charge of stealing materials from the Metro Rail project in Dhaka.

The High Court will deliver its order on Thursday on a petition filed seeking bail for 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.

A case has been filed against the mayor of Saidpur municipality, in Nilphamari, on charge of deception.

A man, who has stolen ready-made garment products from thousands of trucks in the last two and a half decades, was arrested with 10 of his gang members, detectives told a press conference yesterday.

Four members of Sirajganj highway police, including the officer in charge (OC) of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, have been closed to Bogura Highway Police on charge of negligence of duty and irregularities.

A court here yesterday sentenced a youth to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2017.

An eye-witness yesterday told a judge that Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan was shot dead by now suspended police inspector Liaqat Ali.

A leader of Bangladesh Krishak League was shot dead in his house in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced Abdul Malek, a former driver of the Directorate General of Health Services, to 30 years’ rigorous imprisonment in an arms case.

Police have arrested a woman on charge of killing her husband in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area yesterday morning.

A Dhaka tribunal today framed charges against 40 BNP leaders and activists, including its vice-chairman Amanullah Aman in a case filed with Rampura Police Station under the Special Powers Act and Explosive Substances Act.

A Chattogram court today issued arrest warrants against five owners of Messrs Elias Brothers (MEB) Group in a case filed over embezzling Tk 183.03 crore from National Bank Limited Khatunganj branch. 

Thirty-seven Bangladeshis returned through Benapole check post this afternoon after serving three years in jail in India.