Police have revealed that the private university student Azizul Islam Mehedi from Chattogram, whose body was found in Hatirjheel lake, ‘murdered by childhood friend over Tk 2.5 lakh he had given him and some passport brokers to have some changes made in three passports’.

An accused today confessed to his involvement in the murder of journalist Ilias Hossain at Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Sunday.

Police today arrested a man on charge of sexually abusing a five-year-old girl in the capital’s Kafrul area.

The High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to four accused in a case filed over the murder of Supreme Court lawyer Asif Imtiaz khan Jisad.

Body of Rayhan, who died after allegedly being tortured inside Bandarbazar Police Outpost on Sunday, will be exhumed.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday underscored the need for cooperation, and proper legal, social and economic strategies to combat human trafficking

Following the government’s decision to incorporate the provision of capital punishment for rape in the draft of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, anti-rape protesters have termed it an “irresponsible decision” to suppress the ongoing anti-rape movement and vowed to continue their activities.

Appreciating the government for introducing capital punishment for rape, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said special attention is needed to check the abuse of the new law.

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has been appointed Chair of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana, which works for settlement of Guyana-Venezuela territorial dispute.

The brand KC donated high-tech air-disinfecting equipment to Kurmitola General Hospital on Sunday, says a press release.

The Supreme Court on Monday expunged some observations made by a High Court bench regarding the judges of the then First Court of Settlement of Dhaka and corruption in a verdict on a land-property related case.

Yesterday was the 13th death anniversary of prominent journalist Obaidul Huq, says a press release.

Md Mahbubur Rasheed, head of common services division and executive vice president of Shahjalal Islami Bank, passed away following a cardiac arrest on October 11 at age 50, says a press release.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali yesterday said there will be no compromise in ensuring safety of airports and passengers.

Leaving her two children under her sister’s care, Beauty Begum left for Jordan around one and half years back.

Recently, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen wrote to Law Minister Anisul Huq regarding the alleged abuse of certain provisions of the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act 2012.

As a delta land, Bangladesh has to be ever ready to face natural calamities like cyclone, tidal waves, flood, earthquake, river erosion and drought, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday.

A Bangladeshi cargo vessel, MV Maa, drifted from the anchorage point and ran aground, due to a storm amid deep depression, near Tenneti Park of India’s Andhra Pradesh early yesterday.

A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his three sons in Dhaka’s Bosila area this afternoon.

The investigation of the case filed in connection with the incident where a man was allegedly tortured to death on Sunday night in Sylhet city's Bandarbazar police outpost, has been transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).