Armed robbers entered the premises of branches of Sonali Bank and Krishi Bank in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila today and looted more than Tk 20 lakh around noon today, less than 16 hours after another bank robbery in the district’s Ruma upazila. 

Police in Bandarban rescued two endangered bear cubs from Alikadam upazila and arrested a wildlife smuggler in the process.

A 20-year-old worker was killed and two others were injured when three girders of an under-construction bridge collapsed on them at the Sirajganj Economic Zone yesterday.

A Cumilla tribunal yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in 2019.

Bank manager abducted, weapons of cops taken

The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two persons on Monday with over Tk 31 lakh of stolen money from Faridpur.

A Narayanganj court yesterday issued arrest warrants against two top officials of Hashem Foods in a case filed over violating labour laws.

Police yesterday arrested a 37-year-old man for raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl in the CRB area of Chattogram city.

Environmentalists in a Dhaka rally yesterday demanded punishment for forest official Sazzaduzzaman’s killers and compensation for his family.

One hundred seventeen citizens yesterday demanded a fair and expeditious investigation into the death of Preeti Urang, a 15-year-old house help of The Daily Star Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque.

Bank manager held hostage

A 37-year-old man was sent to jail this evening in a case filed over killing a seven-year-old minor girl after raping her in Chattogram city’s CRB area yesterday

The High Court today ordered the government to stop cutting hills at Sajek in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati

A fish trader, who was stabbed by his rivals in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore on March 23, succumbed to his injuries early today

A Dhaka court today extended till May 16 the deadline for submitting the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in February 2012

A Dhaka court today accepted the charges pressed against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over misappropriation of about Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers' Profit Participation Fund

Two passengers were detained with gold ornaments, 480 cartons of cigarettes and four mobile phones at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram last night

Two Chinese companies have been barred from a project for a year over “fraudulent practices” in connection with the procurement process of 137 buses for bus rapid transit (BRT) services.

Law enforcers are yet to make any significant progress with the investigation of a case filed over six months ago in connection with the murder of a physically challenged youth in Ujirpur upazila of Barishal.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued seven individuals, including Ron Haque Sikder, the managing director (MD) of Sikder Group, and his brother Rick Haque Sikder, a former director of National Bank Limited (NBL), for money laundering abroad.