A Dhaka court today sentenced two people to life imprisonment in the case filed over the murder of Sagira Morshed 34 years ago

Suspected Somali pirates yesterday hijacked a Bangladesh-flagged cargo ship with 23 crew members in the Indian ocean, according to the company that owns the vessel.

A man was arrested from Sylhet for raping two girls aged 8 and 10 in Narayanganj Sadar upazila, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) said yesterday.

The Sherpur journalist, who was jailed for six months by a mobile court for alleged misconduct while seeking information from the Nokla UNO’s office on March 5, was released on bail yesterday.

At least 31 tonnes of dates were seized from a cold storage in Narayanganj’s Kanchpur area in a drive by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection this afternoon

The Sherpur journalist, who was jailed for six months for alleged misconduct while seeking information at the office of Nokla's upazila nirbahi officer in the district on March 5, was released on bail today

A man was arrested in Sylhet for raping two girls in Narayanganj Sadar upazila, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) said today

Rab arrest six people on charge of trading illegal weapons

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said that they have arrested six people who were extorting money from vehicles carrying goods on the Natore-Bogura Highway under Singra upazila of Natore early today

Police recovered two bodies from a roof-top room of a five-storey building in capital's Kamarpara area of Turag

A journalist from Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila was assaulted allegedly by supporters of a local ward councillor last evening.

A man died at a Chattogram hospital yesterday while being treated for injuries he sustained after being attacked at his home by a local ward councillor’s men, during a dispute over the due rent of a flat in the port city’s Panchlaish area.

A Joypurhat court yesterday sentenced a woman and her accomplice to death for killing her husband over a domestic dispute in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat.

Expressing deep concern, the Editors’ Council yesterday condemned the jailing of a journalist in Sherpur for seeking information.

The High Court today ordered the government to form an independent committee led by an additional secretary of the health ministry to probe the allegation of gross negligence that caused the death of Rahib Reza at Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital's Dhanmondi

The council also noted the increasing trend of such actions against media workers which, they fear, is squeezing the space for free and independent journalism

They are Zakir Hossain Masud, Kazi Bashir Ahmed and Shama Akter

Jahangirnagar University authorities yesterday expelled five students, and cancelled academic certificates of two accused including Chhatra League leader Mostafizur Rahman, in connection with gang-raping a woman after holding her husband captive on campus last month

Police recovered the body of a local Swechchhasebak Dal leader at Nizpara village of Mahendranagar union in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this morning

A truck driver was shot in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area yesterday.