Action plan to combat drugs on the cards

Home minister tells parliament
5 February 2024, 14:02 PM

Driver's assault leaves pedestrian dead at Karwan Bazar

A man was killed allegedly by a microbus driver following an argument in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar area
5 February 2024, 13:53 PM

SC clears way for Abdul Hye to perform as elected MP from Jhenaidah-1

The Supreme Court chamber judge today cleared the way for Awami League candidate Md Abdul Hye to perform as an elected member of parliament (MP)
5 February 2024, 13:50 PM

Rab arrests butcher for allegedly killing colleague

The Rapid Action Battalion last night arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a butcher in Rajshahi's Bagha upazila.
5 February 2024, 13:30 PM

Wood traders foil BIWTA’s eviction drive in Khulna

Some wood traders today foiled an eviction drive conducted by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) in Rupsha area of Khulna city
5 February 2024, 13:19 PM

Prof Yunus must inform court before going abroad: HC

The High Court today ruled that Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three other Grameen Telecom officials, who are accused in a labour law violation case, must inform the Labour Appellate Tribunal before going abroad
5 February 2024, 12:13 PM

Mirza Abbas gets bail in six cases over Oct 28 violence

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas today got bail in six cases filed with Paltan and Ramna model police stations over political violence centring the BNP rally in Dhaka on October 28 last year
5 February 2024, 09:17 AM

SC voids HC suo moto rule

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today discharged the High Court Division’s suo moto rule that had ordered an investigation into S Alam Group’s wealth abroad
5 February 2024, 08:28 AM

Subarnachar rape: 10 get death, 6 life imprisonment

A Noakhali court today sentenced 10 people to death and six others to life imprisonment in a case filed over raping a housewife in Subarnachar upazila on the night of the 11th parliamentary election on December 30, 2018
5 February 2024, 06:51 AM

Protests erupt at JU after rape on campus

Students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University flew into a fury and staged protests throughout yesterday against the rape of a 19-year-old woman on campus on Saturday night.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Govt seeks to bar Prof Yunus from going abroad

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) filed a petition with the High Court yesterday challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal’s order that stayed the conviction and sentence of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three others in a labour law violation case.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

2 ‘UPDF’ men shot dead in Rangamati

Police yesterday recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two people from Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Threatening PM: Two held in Dhaka after Saudi Arabia deports them

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP has arrested two people for threatening to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an email from Saudi Arabia.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

JU rape: BCL leader, 3 others placed on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court today placed four students of Jahangirnagar University, including a BCL leader, on three days remand for allegedly raping a woman last night
4 February 2024, 14:53 PM

HC order sought to prevent Prof Yunus from going abroad

Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) today filed a petition with the High Court challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal's order that stayed the conviction and sentence of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three others in a labour law violation case
4 February 2024, 14:53 PM

51 held for extorting money from goods-laden trucks

Rapid Action Battalion today said it detained 51 people for extorting money from goods-laden trucks
4 February 2024, 13:20 PM

Banani FR Tower fire: Rupayan Group chairman relieved of charges

A Dhaka court today relieved Mukul Liakat Ali Khan alias Mukul, chairman of Rupayan Group, from the charges of a case filed over a devastating fire that ripped through the 22-storey FR Tower in the capital's Banani in 2019
4 February 2024, 12:17 PM

HC seeks list of courtrooms with metal cages

The High Court today sought a list of courtrooms across the country where there are iron cages to keep the accused during case proceedings
4 February 2024, 08:55 AM

Threatening PM: 2 arrested at Dhaka airport after being deported from Saudi Arabia

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested two people for threatening to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an email from Saudi Arabia
4 February 2024, 08:41 AM

JU BCL leader among 4 arrested for raping woman after confining husband in hall room

Four students of Jahangirnagar University, including a leader of the university unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, were arrested today for raping a woman on campus last night after confining her husband in Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall
4 February 2024, 07:58 AM