Shamim Osman, Obaidul Quader also accused

Former Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim was sent to jail today before completion of his five-day remand due to illness

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sued over deaths of two people in Dhaka during the recent mass protests

A battery-operated rickshaw driver was shot dead during a clash between two rival groups over drug peddling at Mohammadpur's Geneva Camp this morning

He walked out of jail at 9:00pm yesterday after his bail papers reached there, Senior Jail Superintendent Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mamun told The Daily Star today.

Abdullahel Kafi, an additional superintendent of police in Dhaka, was also placed on eight-day remand in a case filed on charge of abducting Engineer Arif Mynuddin in 2019.

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Diamond World Managing Director Dilip Kumar Agarwala, according to a text message sent by Rab-1 last night

Police arrested two former inspectors general of police (IGPs) -- AKM Shahidul Hoque and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun -- from Uttara area early today

A man was shot dead during a clash between rival groups over drug peddling in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Geneva Camp yesterday.

The government has warned of legal action against those responsible for creating instability through forced resignations, vandalism, arson, illegal searches, looting, extortion, and tender manipulation, which it said were being carried out by a group of overenthusiastic and vested quarters.

Political revenge, attacks on police stations, and assault on minority communities were seen in August, and all these point to a society split across the fault lines, said Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) in a report released yesterday.

A 16-year-old girl was shot dead allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar on Monday night.

Despite repeated calls by the government to submit the looted firearms and bullets to nearby police stations, over 3 lakh bullets and 2,000 guns remain missing.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been acquitted from five defamation cases filed against her during the last Awami League tenure over derogatory remarks about the Liberation War, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

The case alleges that Muktadir, nine others abducted and killed BNP activist in 2012

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today restored a contempt of court petition filed against former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh for his derogatory comments about a former chief justice and civil society for holding a hearing on it (contempt petition).

Move comes following protests over alleged corruption of former district chairman Sharifa Khanom

The High Court today asked the government and BUET authorities to explain why they should not be directed to pay Tk 10 crore in compensation to the parents of Abrar Fahad, a BUET student who was tortured to death in a dormitory room in 2019.

Two more murder cases have been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader in Gazipur

He was earlier on a seven-day remand in another case