Police detained an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader in connection with the killing of Nityaranjan Pande, volunteer of a Hindu Ashram, early yesterday.

Rejecting the bail petition of ruling Awami League lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, the High Court yesterday ordered him to surrender before the lower court concerned by June 20 in a case filed for assaulting an upazila election officer.

On a mundane Monday, the sun shone brightly in the front yard of the home-cum-factory of Iqbal Hossain and his wife but they were arranging batiks in neat folds, not caring about the heat.

Mohammedan Sporting Club and Bangladesh Sporting Club notch up big victories as the goalfest continues in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League.

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu was threatened with life yesterday. An unknown person sent him a shroud in a shopping bag, said a ministry official.

Police arrested 48 more suspected militants on the third day of their countrywide clampdown yesterday, taking the total number of captured “militants” to 85 since the special drive began following Sunday's murder of a top police official's wife by suspected militants in Chittagong.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped the rules allowing lawmakers to become governing body heads of private schools and colleges without elections.

Four luxury cars were seized from Dhaka’s Baridhara for tax dodging, customs intelligence say.

The government has suspended three privately-run medical colleges for breaching code of conduct.

A Dhaka court rejects a complaint brought against challengers of state religion Islam.

A Chittagong court places two suspects, arrested in connection with the murder of SP Babul Akter's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, on seven-day remand.

Police claimed that they arrested seven robbers after a “gunfight” with them in Gendaria area of Dhaka that left four people including a police official injured.

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is anonymously threatened with death through a package containing a shroud, says a ministry official.

Facebook, Google and Microsoft will provide information related to any “unexpected incidents” within 48 hours after the government request.

Police have detained 2,132 people including 48 militants throughout the country as part of their week-long special crackdown on militants.

A newly-elected chairman in Joypurhat Sadar upazila, who was stabbed and shot by unknown criminals six days ago, succumbed to his injuries.

The second autopsy of Comilla college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu finds evidence of sexual intercourse. First autopsy report however did not find any evidence of rape.

One man was killed and two others injured during “gunfights” with police in Narail, Jessore and Satkhira districts early yesterday.

Since it was very tough for Sohel Rana to earn a living and look after his four-member family just by pulling a rickshaw, he decided to venture into making bamboo products to earn some extra cash.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saif Global Sports, a sister concern of Saif Powertec Limited, for the organising rights of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for the next five years.