The government today submitted before the High Court replies to the rules which questioned the legality of its demand for unpaid VAT and the consequent fines of over Tk 7,000 crore from S Alam Vegetable Oil Ltd and S Alam Super Edible Oil Ltd

A Dhaka court set September 12 to decide whether it will accept the charges brought against former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and five others in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission over embezzlement and money laundering of around Tk 95 crore

At least six crude bombs exploded near Shahidullah Hall at Dhaka University this evening.

The Daily Star's Senior Photographer Prabir Das and Daily Prothom Alo's Staff Photographer Dipu Malakar were injured in an attack by activists of the Chhatra League on the Dhaka University campus this afternoon

At least four students of Eden College were beaten up allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists today during the students' quota reform protest programme

A consignment of cocaine was seized from Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport today

Three former Rupali Bank officials, along with three of its clients, were sent to jail yesterday over the embezzlement of Tk 2.59 crore from the bank’s Mahasthangarh Branch in Bogura seven years ago.

A member of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) was shot in a gunfight with criminals at a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A 47-year-old former councillor, who remained missing since Friday, was found dead in a water body at Patichara in Patnitala upazila of Naogaon district yesterday.

Police arrested a 40-year-old man in Netrakona early yesterday on the charge of raping a schoolgirl.

A father has been accused of raping his 9-year-old daughter in Bijoynagar upazila, Brahmanbaria.

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of robbers at her residence in Jashore’s Jhikargachha upazila early yesterday.

A Brahmanbaria court yesterday sent two union parishad members to jail in a case filed for allegedly torturing a 25-year-old woman in an arbitration over a theft charge in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar upazila.

The High Court yesterday expressed concerns over the incidents of question paper leaks, saying frauds and criminals have managed government jobs, like in the Bangladesh Civil Service, thanks to this.

The High Court today directed the inspector general of police (IGP) to submit a report on "missing Chhatra Dal leader Atiqur Rahman" before it

A Brahmanbaria court today sent two union parishad members to jail in a case filed for allegedly torturing a 25-year-old woman in an arbitration over a theft charge in Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila

A member of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) was shot in a gunfight with criminals in a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar early today

After stealing a Suzuki Gixxer motorcycle in Netrokona, Rubel and Zunayed rode around 130 kilometres yesterday morning to reach Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria, confident that they had successfully evaded the law enforcement agency members

A woman was stabbed to death in her residence in Jashore's Jhikargacha upazila early today..The deceased was identified as Ferdousi Begum, 42, wife of Altaf Hossain. She is an expat who returned from Spain about a year ago with her family for her son Ahsan Kabir Hriday’s wedding, said Nish

Police have sought five-day remand for a doctor and his wife in a case filed over torturing an 11-year-old house help on multiple occasions in Savar