Former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury has built a property empire worth at least $675 million, with plush properties in the UK, the US and the UAE, according to the latest documentary of Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit.

Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mashiur Rahman was arrested from Dhaka yesterday.

Incidents of mob lynching spiked with 21 people beaten to death over the last 38 days, raising public safety concerns.

Tofazzal Hossain was a familiar face to many resident students of Dhaka University. He would often wander about the campus, dorms, and gladly eat if somebody offered him food.

Police arrested former planning minister MA Mannan at his home in Sunamganj’s Shatiganj upazila yesterday evening.

Jahangirnagar University last night suspended eight students over beating to death former Chhatra League leader Shamim Molla.

The Orion Group yesterday filed a Tk 500 crore defamation case against Independent Television for airing “defamatory and false reports aimed at damaging the company’s reputation”.

Three advisers of the interim government yesterday warned of stern actions against those involved in the recent mob violence.

At least 30 houses and business establishments belonging to indigenous people came under arson attacks in Khagrachhari’s Dighinala upazila yesterday.

A tenth grader was abducted in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila on Wednesday evening, just over two weeks after posters saying that the “girl of the family” would be picked up and converted to Islam were found pinned to trees near her home.

At least 2,010 incidents of violence against minorities took place across the country from August 4 to 20, inter-religious group Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad said yesterday.

Police have arrested Dr Md Hasanul Haque Nipun, an assistant professor at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), in connection with an attack on students involved in an anti-discrimination movement.

A murder case has been filed against Md Samsul Arefin, an official of the administration cadre, who is currently working as an officer on special duty (OSD)

Prosecutors of the International Crimes Tribunal have already been appointed and the authorities have made other visible progress for the trial of the ones accused of crimes against humanity during the July students protest

Earlier, the university's proctorial team detained four students and handed them over to Shahbagh Police Station

Controversial and influential former MP of Chattogram's Raozan, ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, was brought to Chattogram Central Jail from Brahmanbaria via a police helicopter this afternoon

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on former Awami League minister SM Rezaul Karim in connection with corruption allegations surfaced against him

The DU administration said they are deeply saddened and shocked over the "inhumane and unexpected" incident that took place last night at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall

The interim government has been shocked by the recent incidents of mob justice, says Prof Asif Nazrul

A Dhaka court today sent Safi Muddaser Khan Joty, son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, to jail in an attempted murder case