A woman and her two daughters were found dead at their residence in Lama upazila of Bandarban last night.

Monir Hossain Kashemi, finance affairs secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam's central committee, was arrested by Detective Branch of Gulshan Division police last night from Dhaka’s Baridhara area.

Maksudul Alam Khandaker Khorshed, the councillor of Ward 13 in Narayanganj City Corporation who gained popularity for arranging measures to perform the last rites of anyone dying from Covid-19, irrespective of their religion, was sued under the Digital Security Act today.

An assistant sub-inspector of police was arrested today in a case filed over rape at a Covid-19 quarantine centre in Khulna.

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals over establishing supremacy in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this afternoon.

An operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam confessed to a Dhaka magistrate yesterday (Saturday) that he was planning to attack Jatiya Sangsad on May 5 as per instruction of its leader Ali Hasan Osama, known as "Banglar Osama".

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Shah Jahan Chowdhury, also former lawmaker of Chattogram-15, from Satkania upazila of Chattogram has been placed on a three-day remand in a case filed with Hathazari police station over Hefajat-e-Islam’s mayhem on March 26 during the protests against Indian PM Modi's visit.

A local Awami League leader in Lama upazila of Bandarban has allegedly raped a young woman from the Mro community.

A court in Chattogram today placed Saidul Islam Shaku, accused of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case filed with Panchlaish police station, on four-day remand.

A case was filed against the general secretary of Naragati Thana Awami League for allegedly torturing a child in Kalia of Narail.

A man was arrested yesterday over killing his father a few weeks ago over borrowing of Tk 2,000 and not being able to return it in Pabna.

An elderly couple was murdered by unidentified criminals at Jamnagar village in Bagatipara upazila of Natore last night.

Ten top leaders of Khelafat Majlish were arrested in the past 24 hours until this morning in connection with the clashes and vandalism carried out by Hefajat-e-Islam men in Brahmanbaria last month.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested five members of a drug trafficking ring from the capital’s Basila area with 77,000 yaba tablets on Tuesday.

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested two members of the banned militant group “Neo-JMB” from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area yesterday.

Government employees were attacked and vehicles were set on fire to make the March 28 strike successful as per directives of Hefajat-e-Islam’s Joint Secretary General Mamunul Hoque.

Police detained a man who assaulted a rickshaw puller in Dhaka’s Bangshal area this afternoon.

Police today arrested two more leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam in connection with the violence surrounding the organisation’s protest of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in late March.

A Supreme Court lawyer today served a legal notice to the government seeking legal action after a forensic review of phone conversations between a college student found dead in a Gulshan flat and Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, who is accused of abetting her suicide.

A union parishad member in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat has been accused of raping a Class-6 student by family members of the victim.