Ex-home secretary Jahangir remanded

Court order follows case over protester’s death in Bangshal during August 5 demonstrations
14 May 2025, 06:15 AM

7-year-old found dead at Lakshmipur madrasa

Police yesterday evening recovered the body of a 7-year-old boy from a madrasa in the Uttar Temuhuni area of Lakshmipur.
13 May 2025, 21:44 PM

26 journos sued for attempted murder

Thirty-seven individuals, including at least 26 journalists, have been sued in Chattogram on charges of attempted murder.
13 May 2025, 21:01 PM

DU JCD leader stabbed to death near Suhrawardy Udyan

Shahriar Alam Shammo, 25, was the literature and publication secretary of the Sir AF Rahman Hall unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal
13 May 2025, 19:56 PM

Journalists 'harassed by Pro-BNP lawyers' at Dhaka court premises

The incident followed the remand hearing of former lawmaker and singer Momtaz Begum
13 May 2025, 19:25 PM

Five-year-old girl strangled to death in city

On Monday afternoon, five-year-old Roza Moni got hungry while playing in front of her house in Tejgaon’s Tejkunipara. She went to her mother and asked for lunch, but the meal was not ready yet.
13 May 2025, 18:04 PM

Magura child rape, murder case verdict on May 17

A Magura court yesterday set May 17 for delivering the verdict in the case filed over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
13 May 2025, 18:02 PM

Ramna Batamul case: HC commutes sentences of 10 Huji leaders

The High Court yesterday reduced the sentences of 10 convicted leaders of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji), who had been sentenced to either death or life imprisonment by a trial court in a 2001 Ramna Batamul blast murder case.
13 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Nursery owner shot in Gulshan

The injured is Shariful Alam Karim, 35, a resident of Gawair area of Dhaka's Dakkhinkhan
13 May 2025, 16:08 PM

Attack on retired army man: 3 arrested in Narsingdi

Three individuals were arrested last night by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on charges of attacking and injuring a retired army man on April 2
13 May 2025, 15:31 PM

Court issues travel bans on 14 beneficiaries of S Alam Group

A Dhaka court today issued travel bans on 14 beneficiaries of S Alam Group in connection with corruption allegations brought against them
13 May 2025, 14:06 PM

Ex-MP Momtaz on 4-day remand in uprising killing case

A Dhaka court today placed former lawmaker of Manikgaj-2 constituency and singer Momtaz Begum on a four-day remand in a case filed over the murder of one Md Sagor in Dhaka’s Mirpur area during quota reform protests on July 19 last year.
13 May 2025, 10:47 AM

HC clears way for Zubaida to move appeal against her sentence in graft case

The court condoned her 587 days' delay for filing the appeal in the case.
13 May 2025, 08:39 AM

Ivy’s bail denied, court grants division at jail

Senior Judicial Magistrate Shamsur Rahman passed the order in the afternoon, confirmed advocate SM Siddiqur Rahman, one of Ivy's defence counsels
12 May 2025, 19:00 PM

‘Hasina mastermind of July atrocities’

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday submitted its probe report against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, bringing five allegations of crimes against humanity during the July uprising.
12 May 2025, 18:06 PM

Cops will no longer carry lethal weapons

Police personnel, except those in specialised units, will no longer be allowed to carry lethal weapons, in line with a decision made at the meeting of the Advisory Council Committee on Law and Order yesterday.
12 May 2025, 18:05 PM

Former MP Momtaz held in Dhaka

The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested former lawmaker of Manikgaj-2 constituency and singer Momtaz Begum in the capital’s Dhanmondi area last night.
12 May 2025, 18:02 PM

ICT orders to send 4 accused to jail custody

The other accused in the case are former inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque, forcibly retired major general Ziaul Ahsan, and former deputy inspector general of police Molla Nazrul Islam
12 May 2025, 16:26 PM

2 fishermen shot 'by Arakan Army' on Naf river

Two Bangladeshi fishermen were shot allegedly by Arakan Army, an armed rebel group in Myanmar, on the Naf river in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf today
12 May 2025, 16:15 PM

2 women assaulted in Munshiganj: Accused placed on 2-day remand

According to case documents, during a stopover at the Munshiganj terminal on Friday, two young women were assaulted publicly onboard the stationary MV Captain
12 May 2025, 14:17 PM