JCD leader arrested over extortion

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and his associate have been arrested by joint forces for allegedly extorting Tk 90,000 from a man in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj.
15 August 2025, 22:16 PM
15 August 2025, 19:37 PM

Amid the Sada Pathor outcry, Jaflong reels too

Amid an outcry over the ruin of Sada Pathor in Sylhet’s Bholaganj, another popular tourist spot in the district has similarly been ravaged by a syndicate of plunderers.
15 August 2025, 18:51 PM

4 of a family found dead in Rajshahi home

Police yesterday recovered the bodies of four members of a family in Bamunshikar village of Rajshahi’s Paba upazila.
15 August 2025, 18:22 PM

Shomi Kaiser freed on bail

She walked out of Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail in Gazipur around 11:00pm last night
15 August 2025, 14:30 PM

Habiganj Chhatra dal leader held with Tk 90,000 'extortion money'

Acting on a tip-off, a joint forces team raided the area around midnight
15 August 2025, 12:06 PM

Patuakhali arrestee attempts suicide in police custody

He has been kept in duty officer’s room under close watch.
15 August 2025, 07:15 AM

Joint forces target ‘Bunia Sohel’ hideout in Geneva Camp; Tk 1.13cr, explosives seized

The one-hour operation by the army and police, started around 3:00am today
15 August 2025, 05:53 AM

‘My father was a victim of judicial killing’

Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, who was executed for 1971 war crimes, has expressed hope that he can prove his father’s “innocence” and expose what he calls a “judicial killing”.
14 August 2025, 21:47 PM

Rangpur mob killing: Four suspects on 3-day remand

A Rangpur court yesterday placed four men on three-day remand each in connection with the mob beating that killed two persons in Taraganj upazila on August 9.
14 August 2025, 21:47 PM

Graft Case: Papia and her husband get 3.5 years in jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Jubo Mohila League’s expelled leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to three years and six months imprisonment in a case filed over amassing about Tk 6.24 crore illegally.
14 August 2025, 21:25 PM

Sedition Case: Court issues warrant to arrest Hasina, 285 others

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against 286 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case filed for conspiring to overthrow the interim government through a civil war.
14 August 2025, 21:21 PM

ACC sues Joy over sketchy bank account transactions

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 57.5 crore in two bank accounts belonging to Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
14 August 2025, 18:39 PM

Man stabbed to death at Banani shisha lounge

A man was stabbed to death early yesterday while leaving a shisha lounge in the capital’s Banani.
14 August 2025, 18:10 PM

2 beaten, handed over to police near Dhanmondi 32

'The two were brought in by protesters who suspected them to be affiliated with Awami League or the banned organisation Chhatra League. We are interrogating them,' says police
14 August 2025, 18:09 PM

Joint forces arrest 70, seize arms and drugs in nationwide drive

The detainees were handed over to local police stations for interrogation
14 August 2025, 16:06 PM

Engineer Mosharraf Hossain freed after getting bail in all cases

The former Awami League lawmaker was sent to jail on October 27 last year after being arrested in cases related to attacks on protesters during the July uprising last year
14 August 2025, 14:33 PM

Teen’s body found in lake after going missing for two days

Autopsy suggests homicide; family suspects foul play
14 August 2025, 11:39 AM

HC orders action over Bholaganj stone looting

Two writ petitions seek action against illegal extraction at tourist spot
14 August 2025, 09:46 AM

Husband says suicide, family claims murder

The deceased's husband went into hiding after the incident, police say
14 August 2025, 09:14 AM