Ordering the formation of a committee to probe the detention of Sultana Jasmine by Rab, the High Court yesterday said law enforcers must act to protect the people’s fundamental rights and personal liberty.

A Sylhet tribunal yesterday acquitted all three accused in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act after an anti-militant operation in Atia Mahal of Dakshin Surma upazila six years ago.

A Rajshahi court yesterday sent an income tax official to jail over receiving Tk 10-lakh bribe from a physician.

Miscreants killed a former Chhatra League leader in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday night.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has sued 17 people -- including MA Khalek, former chairman of Fareast Stocks and Bonds Limited -- for allegedly laundering Tk 116 crore through fake deposits.

A team of Rab arrested a fugitive convict in Gazipur’s Bhoghra early yesterday.

An internal probe of police into the allegations of sheer negligence and unprofessional attitude by a sub-inspector of Pahartali police station in Chattogram has been completed.

A syndicate of seven Bangladeshi recruitment agencies reportedly sent Tk 154 crore to Saudi Arabia as bribe for two  diplomats who used to work at the Saudi embassy in Dhaka. In return, a huge number of work visas were issued for Bangladeshi migration-seekers, revealed an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). 

The body of a family planning officer, whose salary had been stopped for over two years, was found hanging in the accountant’s room at the Directorate General of Family Planning headquarters in the capital.

An Awami League leader of Rangpur at a court sought to lodge a case under Digital Security Act against a journalist and two others yesterday.

The Supreme Court chamber judge today stayed till June 5 a High Court verdict scrapping the provisions in a law that gave sweeping powers to upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) to act as the chief executive officer and secretary of upazila parishads..The chamber judge of the SC’s Appellate Div

The High Court today directed the cabinet secretary to form a high-powered committee, including chief judicial magistrate of Naogaon and a judicial officer nominated by the district judge, to investigate detention of Sultana Jasmine, her death and other relevant issues.

A union-level Awami League leader was arrested on charge of torturing a 14-year-old boy after tying him to a tree on in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat

A former Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death at Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat last night.

The High Court today granted bail till April 30 to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, who was convicted in a case filed for amassing Tk 3.14 crore beyond known sources of income

A Sylhet tribunal today acquitted all three accused in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act after an anti-militant operation at Atia Mahal of Sylhet's Dakshin Surma upazila six years ago

Police also recovered two machetes, victim's cellphone from their possessions

A BNP leader of Chandpur’s Haimchar was arrested on Monday under the Digital Security Act on charge of making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook.

An elderly woman has been killed at her home at Pakshey union in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila.

A Thakurgaon court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a woman in the district’s Sadar upazila in 2012.