Eight Awami League leaders and activists, including its Dhaka district unit general secretary Mahabubur Rahman, were detained today

Eden Mahila College unit president of the recently banned Bangladesh Chhatra League was arrested in Dhanmondi area yesterday.

A man was killed after being beaten by a group of people on suspicion of being a mugger in Dhaka’s Gulistan area yesterday evening.

According to police, the incident happened around 5:45am when the victim was walking towards his residence while returning from Mymensingh

The murder took place around 7:30pm in front of the Sundarban Square Super Market

Police recovered the body of a young man from the Shitalakshya river in Gazipur this morning, 48 hours after he went missing while attending a picnic.

Former Awami League lawmaker from Dinajpur-6 Shibli Sadeeq and 157 other individuals have been sued over allegedly grabbing land belonging to indigenous people in the district

Nodi was arrested in connection with a case filed with Kalabagan Police Station, the sources said.

The bench fixed January 5 for passing an order on this issue

The three-member Supreme Judicial Council led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed completed an investigation about some High Court judges and sent its report to the president last week for a decision, Supreme Court Spokesperson Muajjem Hussain told The Daily Star today

 2 women detained in Narayanganj when collecting ransom

Police yesterday arrested Advocate Ashutosh Chakma, joint secretary of Awami League’s Khagrachhari district unit, from the town’s Madhupur area.

Law enforcement agencies have arrested four individuals for their alleged involvement in vandalsing homes, shops, and a temple of the Hindu community in the Dowarabazar area of Sunamganj district earlier this month.

The deceased, Md Wazed Semanto, 20, breathed his last around 10:15pm while he was undergoing treatment, said his father Hazi Alom Chan

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, and senior police officers Monirul Islam and Md Harun-Or-Rashid were all involved in enforced disappearances.

Police arrested 12 leaders and activists of Awami League on charges of planning to sabotage Victory Day celebrations.

A man was killed after being allegedly pushed off a bridge by police personnel at Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila on Friday evening.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday criticised recent comments of Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on political reforms, and terming those “misleading” and “incorrect”.

Misbah Uddin Siraj, former organising secretary of Awami League central committee, was abducted, assaulted, and then released allegedly after payment of ransom early Friday in Sylhet.   

Three arrestees gave confessional statements before a judicial magistrate in Feni on Friday after the body of a 10-year-old boy was recovered from a ditch on Thursday, police said