Rights activists and legal experts yesterday called on the government to revise the proposed laws on enforced disappearance and the National Human Rights Commission, saying allegations against law enforcement agencies must be investigated independently.

He has been sent back to the Bangladesh Army, says Directorate of Prisons

Incumbent chief Rear Admiral Ziaul Hoque transferred to the Armed Forces Division

The senior Supreme Court lawyer and Dipu Moni's husband died at around 10:30pm last night

18 Bangladeshis, six Rohingyas among those repatriated

Ahmed Babu had gone to the Indian city to buy cosmetics for his shop

Bangladesh Deputy High Commission is coordinating with local authorities over identification and formalities

Rights experts warn proposed laws may undermine independent investigations

As of 3:30pm, the workers were still occupying the road

Locals detained the group after they allegedly crossed through the Benipur border

Tawhidi Janata suspends protest after administration cancels event over organiser's lack of registration

Dispute allegedly erupted after students asked the law enforcers to lower music volume in their cultural programme

Petitioner moves Appellate Division seeking stay on presidential election a day after HC rejected writ petition

After a year of sustained enforcement, traders and environmentalists report a sharp decline in poison-caught shrimp in local markets

The Bangladesh Coast Guard is making an all-out effort to identify and arrest the ‘godfathers’ behind drug trafficking and smuggling, said its Director General Rear Admiral Md Ziaul Hoque yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission got three new commissioners yesterday. Ending the longest vacancy in the watchdog’s history, they joined 168 days after the previous commissioners quit.

The High Court yesterday summarily rejected a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 70 and seeking a stay on the election schedule.

A grand reception awaits Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in India if he decides to visit, and such a meeting could help resolve any bilateral issue, the Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh said yesterday.

Police on Monday night arrested four school students over the death of ninth-grader Munif Ahmed Shan, 15, whose body was recovered from Chattogram’s Patenga area on Saturday.

The artificial intelligence-based automated fine system on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway will help bring discipline and curb extortion, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.