A Chattogram court today rejected the bail prayer of former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, in a case filed against him by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing wealth illegally.

The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing of two bail petitions filed by Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin in two money laundering cases involving Tk 4,200 crore till Thursday.

The Supreme Court has upheld four more High Court orders that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in four cases -- three filed on charges of vandalism and arson and another for defamation -- in 2015.

Five workers were burnt while they were melting iron at a steel mill in Dhaka’s Demra area last night.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail for six months to suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail Sohel Rana Biswas in a money laundering case.

On completion of trial within seven working days, a Dhaka tribunal has fixed September 28 for delivering the judgment of an arms case against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed.

The office-in-charge (OC) and four other policemen of Shayestaganj Police Station have been closed on charges of releasing a man after taking bribe from him during his detention in Habiganj.

Bangladesh Coast Guard today arrested seven people and seized five lakh yaba pills in a drive at the Bay of Bengal, about 30 nautical miles from Teknaf.

A man was crushed to death under the wheels of a running train in Kujihahar area in Sadar upazila on Friday.

Abdul Qayyum, an environmental activist, has been saved from a heinous attempt to trap him with Yaba in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila, thanks to the prompt investigation by police.

While demand for liquefied petroleum (LP) gas is growing rapidly, fatal incidents similar to that in Narayanganj near the capital may happen any time in rural areas of Nilphamari where the highly flammable gas is being sold at every nook and cranny.

Noted scientist Dr Bijon Kumar Sil is leaving Bangladesh for Singapore tomorrow with a heavy heart.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam, who is now undergoing treatment at National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital (NINH) after a brutal attack on September 3 at her government residence in Dinajpur, has been transferred to the Ministry of Public Administration as special acting officer (Senior Assistant Secretary).

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has said the government will take an initiative to provide training to returnee migrant workers and certify them based on the skills they have gathered abroad.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today demanded appointment of a new managing director of Dhaka Wasa -- with qualifications and experience in the relevant sector -- in a transparent manner, before the tenure of the present MD expires in October.

Detectives have arrested a 29-old-man from Chattogram city for allegedly marrying nine girls in nine years and embezzling huge amount of money from the victims’ families.

Thousands of people have joined the namaz-e-janaza of Shah Ahmad Shafi, supreme leader of Hefazat-e-Islam, at Al Jameyatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa [popularly known as Hathazari madrasa].

Trucks standard at the Indian Mohodipur land port, loaded with Indian onions, started entering Bangladesh through Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj since today morning.

Three people, including a man and his son, were killed and 10 others injured during a head-on collision between a microbus and a pick-up van on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh this morning.

Chattogram district administration has deployed additional forces including 10 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Hathazari, Rangunia, Fatikchhari and Patiya upazilas this morning in order to maintain law and order situation ahead of Shah Ahmad Shafi's namaz-e-janaza.