Samsuzzaman Shams, a reporter of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was picked up from his home in Savar by officials of Criminal Investigation Department in plainclothes early today, said a police official who accompanied the CID team

Two more student gangs -- “Nishachor” and “Bhai Brothers” -- had been carrying out criminal activities on Dhaka University campus for several years, say students.

Sultana Jasmine’s house in the calm and quiet Chalkdeb Janakalyanpara area of Naogaon town was under watch by a group of unidentified men for about two weeks prior to her arrest, said her landlord.

Bangladesh Coast Guard seized seven lakh yaba pills from an engine boat at the Bay near St Martin’s Island at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

A Munshiganj court yesterday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her husband.

A Natore court yesterday sentenced two people  to life-term  imprisonment for raping a child in  Baraigram  upazila of the district  in 2016.

Gulshan police on Monday night arrested 13 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including two women, from Dhaka’s Shahjadpur area.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two former officials of land record and survey department to jail in a decade-old graft case.

A fourth grader girl of Chattogram’s Pahartali area has been missing for the last seven days.

'She might have committed a heinous crime. But she has the right to get protection and justice. There are rules for regulating the Rab, which is a special force. Can Rab detain any person without any case? Our concern is whether Rab followed relevant procedures in dealing with her'

A Dhaka court today sentenced a former settlement officer and former surveyor of Tejgaon Land Office to different terms of punishment in a graft case..Former settlement officer Md Ashraf Ali Howlader was sentenced to five years in jail and was fined Tk 50,000. He was present in the court.<

An assistant pharmacist of Lalmonirhat District Jail has admitted to smuggling government drugs out of the prison and selling those outside. .He made the admission in the statement of a case he himself lodged with Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station last night..Badiuzzaman, 53, sued one

The Dhaka University authorities today suspended two of its students who were known for their involvement with "Proloy gang", which recently came under the spotlight for different reasons.

Rab today claimed that Sultana Jasmine, who died in custody on March 24, had initially fallen ill while being taken to a police station on March 22

Gulshan police arrested 13 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including two women, from Dhaka’s Shahjadpur area last night.

A Dhaka tribunal today completed recording statement of all prosecution witnesses, including the investigation officer of an arms case filed against Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan

The High Court will deliver on Thursday the verdict on whether Mohammad Zahangir Alam will get back the mayoral post of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC)

The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why the department's decision should not be declared illegal.

Sexual harassment allegations have surfaced against a physician in Cox’s Bazar who, according to a complaint, coerced two nurses into travelling to Saint Martin’s Island so they could “entertain” the district’s civil surgeon.

Sultana Jasmine, a union-level land employee in Naogaon who died in the custody of Rapid Action Battalion on Friday, had suffered a head injury along with brain haemorrhages but what caused it all remains unexplained.