The High Court today directed the government to send 157 foreign citizens, who have been languishing in prisons of Bangladesh even after expiry of their jail sentences, back to their own countries

Police recovered the bodies of a man and his son from a flat in Dhaka's Badda area last night

A pregnant woman has been gang-raped in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila

On January 25, Nomthandazo Towera Soko, a Malawian national, landed in Dhaka with 8.3 kilograms of cocaine. A nurse by profession, she was hoping to earn $3,000-$4,000 for bringing the drug to Bangladesh.

The High Court yesterday upheld a lower court verdict that sentenced former deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman to 14 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.

Over 100 people including three policemen were injured in a clash between two rival groups in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar upazila yesterday.

A court in Jhalakathi yesterday ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to reinvestigate the case filed against six members of Rab-8 who allegedly shot college student Limon Hossain in 2011.

Singapore on Wednesday hanged a Bangladeshi man for murder, police said, in the first execution this year in the city-state

Mobile courts today fined and jailed 41 brokers arrested from four hospitals in Dhaka and one in Gazipur for various crimes, including coercing patients to choose private hospitals

A man was allegedly killed by members of a "teen gang" this morning in Shankarpur in Jashore's Jhikargacha upazila

The High Court today directed model Mariam Akhter Mou to surrender to the lower court concerned in 30 days in connection with a case filed against her under the Narcotics Control Act

A mobile court of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) during a drive today fined six shops at Panchlaish, Mirzar Pool and Muradpur areas in the port city for occupying footpaths

The High Court today upheld a lower court verdict that sentenced former deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman to 14 years' imprisonment in a corruption case

A Bagerhat court today sentenced five members of banned militant organisation Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to different terms of imprisonment for carrying out sabotage activities

A Khulna court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case filed for raping a female student of Khulna University

The recent killing of Gopal Pal, a 35-year-old passenger, by alleged snatchers at Mymensingh Railway Station has created anxiety among travellers

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on a two-day remand in connection with a case filed over the sexual harassment of a student of the school’s Azimpur branch.

A Rohingya man was stabbed to death by unidentified criminals at a refugee camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday morning.

A Chattogram court today sentenced two women to life term imprisonment for peddling yaba in 2022

The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) today issued legal notices on 13 government bodies, including three ministries, urging them to cease leasing parts of the Jadukata river in Sunamganj and take action to safeguard the transboundary river