The number of cases filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has risen to 66, with two new cases filed in Gazipur and Rangpur yesterday.

Mufti Jashimu-ddin Rahmani, chief of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail in Gazipur yesterday.

Police last night filed a case against retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik for allegedly attempting to enter India illegally.

Masudul Islam, an accountant at Chittagong City Corporation, was caught in the act while openly taking bribes from contractors

A murder case has been filed against 85 individuals, including former prime minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, following the death of a man named Manju Mia, 43, during the mass protest in Borobari area of Gazipur city on July 20

Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail in Gazipur this morning

A Dhaka court today placed Awami League publicity and publications secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap, former head of news at Ekattor Television Shakil Ahmed and its principal correspondent Farzana Rupa on different terms of remand for interrogation in the case over the death of a garment worker Rubel during the mass protest

A Dhaka court today sent 377 Ansars, including 2 female members, to jail in four cases over last night's clashes between the force members and students and people in front of the Secretariat gates in Dhaka

Law Adviser Professor Asif Nazrul today said Ansar members protesting at the secretariat yesterday made the unrealistic demand of having their jobs nationalised through a circular by 10:00pm the same day

Former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu was arrested from Uttara area this afternoon

At least six army officials were injured, one of them critically, last night as agitated Ansar members suddenly attacked the army men deployed for the security of the Secretariat

A businessman in Jashore filed a case against Jashore district Awami League President Shahidul Islam Milan and his son last night, accusing them of leading a violent attack on his home on June 27.

Number of arrestees likely to increase

Twelve firefighting units were working to extinguish the fire since last night but it could not be doused completely even after 15 hours, officials of Fire Service and Civil defence said around noon

Judge Mohammad Iqbal Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-5 of Dhaka also fined them a total of Tk 4.05 crore, which they will have to pay proportionately

The government last night transferred nine senior officials of Ansar and VDP, including a deputy commandant, following a clash with students at the Secretariat.

Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Salahuddin, actors Zayed Khan, Shahriar Nazim Joy and Shazu Khadem and 47 others were sued yesterday on charge of attacking the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Fakirapool intersection in April of 2015

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday asked banks to freeze the accounts of Nazrul Islam Mazumder, the chairman of Exim Bank and Nassa Group, and Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, former chairman of Padma Bank, and their family members.

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accused in 12 more cases filed in Dhaka and elsewhere yesterday.

Former Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and Awami League Central Publicity and Publications Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap were arrested in Dhaka yesterday.