A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder and sent him to jail on completion of his three-day remand in a case filed over the death of a Jagannath University (JnU) student Ikramul Haque Sajid during mass protests

Traffic Week 2024 started from today and will be observed until November 4 in order to raise public awareness, improve traffic management, and restore order on the roads in the capital.

They were sued over the murder of 30-year-old Sohan Shah at Rampura during the quota reform movement on July 19

The plaintiff said he did not know Panna and how his name ended up in the list of accused

A gang of robbers wielding machetes stopped an office vehicle in Mohammadpur and made off with Tk 10.75 lakh in cash yesterday.

Detectives have arrested Imran Ahmad, former expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister.

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman yesterday called upon former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to return to Bangladesh and face trials for the cases filed against in relation to the killings during the anti-government movement in July and August this year.

Cash and gold ornaments looted

Eminent lawyer ZI Khan Panna, who backed the student protesters during the mass uprising, has been made an accused in a case over the attempted murder of a demonstrator in the capital.

In a move that violates laws, the Chattogram district administration has given permission to a foreign contractor to lift sand from a portion of the Ramgarh-Sitakunda reserve forest in Chattogram’s Jiltali area for a road widening project.

A Dhaka court today issued travel bans on former minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, former lawmaker Iqbalur Rahim, former director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky, and four others in connection with corruption allegations

On September 16, Shahriar was arrested at his Banani home in Dhaka

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned Prof Md Morshedul Islam of Rajshahi University on November 6 to show relevant documents in support of his complaint against a member of the commission, Prof Biswajit Chanda, who is also a former chairman of RU's law department

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hear on October 24 (Thursday) on two separate review petitions filed challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arfatul Rakib passed the order after their lawyer Syed Zaynul Abedin Meshbab submitted an application, saying that AB Siddique was absent from the courtroom for 24 consecutive dates.

A Jubo League leader was hacked to death by unidentified criminals in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

Jahangir Alam, former councillor of ward 52 (Tongi) of Gazipur City Corporation, has been arrested

The investigation agency of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) yesterday issued a public notice seeking information on the crimes committed to suppress the anti-discrimination student movement in July and August.

The adviser said instructions have also been given by the ministry in this regard

A Dhaka court today placed two more officials of Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) on a two-day remand each in connection with a sedition case filed against them for their alleged role in destabilising the power sector