The arrests were made yesterday in separate drives across Dhaka and other districts

A nine-year-old girl was raped at knifepoint in Meherpur on Monday, while three men were sent to jail yesterday in connection with the gangrape of a woman in Cumilla.

Four armed men yesterday snatched Tk 55 lakh from two officials of Nagad in Monirampur upazila of Jashore, in the second such incident in three days.

The High Court, in the full text of its verdict on the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case, said it sentenced seven convicts to imprisonment until death considering the brutality of the 2016 terrorist act and the damage it caused to the country’s global image.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 94 bank accounts of AKM Aftab Ul Islam, chairman of International Office Equipment (IOE) Bangladesh Ltd, in connection with corruption allegations brought against him

The market value of the properties stands at Tk 180.61 crore

He was produced before the court earlier today

Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, the newly appointed chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-2, said the tribunal would continue its proceedings without fear or bias, maintaining international standards of justice.

Trial to proceed in absentia if they fail to appear on June 24

AKM Sorwar Jahan Badsha, former Awami League lawmaker from Kushtia-1 constituency, was arrested from Mohammadpur area

The arrest was made at 11:00pm, following an extensive police operation

A 21-year-old garment worker was raped on a moving bus while travelling home from Dhaka on Sunday

A man was beaten to death by a group of locals, who suspected him of being a mugger, in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila early yesterday.

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday asked the relevant authorities to publish notices in two newspapers asking ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to appear before it on June 24.

At least five people, including four children and a woman, were raped in separate incidents in four districts between Friday and yesterday.

Police have yet to identify or arrest any of the suspects involved in Saturday’s daring robbery in Dhaka’s Uttara, where criminals disguised as Rab personnel snatched Tk 1.08 crore from a Nagad representative.

Court rejects bail in case over 'illegal recruitment, Tk 61 lakh embezzlement'

The accused, Md Akash, 25, and Md Hossain Fakir, 28, were arrested in Goalghurni area early today

The ACC's Money Laundering Unit is conducting the investigation

In the judgment, the court noted that the prosecution failed to prove the allegations due to insufficient witness testimony