Twenty eminent citizens yesterday expressed concern over the health ministry filing a no-confidence petition on the final report in a case filed against Prothom Alo’s special correspondent Rozina Islam.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) felled around 300 trees planted on the median strip of Saat Masjid Road in Dhanmondi to expand the island, much to the dismay of environmentalists and locals.

A bank account was opened in the name of ex-mayor Zahangir Alam, and was later used for the transaction of Gazipur City Corporation’s money.

A man was stabbed to death by unidentified criminals in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj on Wednesday night, said police.

A total of 297 members of the opposition party were arrested in January this year, according to a report by a rights group, Human Rights Support Society.

A mobile court today detained 26 illegal passport brokers from the premises of the Immigration and Passport Office at Agargaon and sentenced them to different jail terms.

Customs officials seized 120 gold bars, weighing around 14 kilogrammes, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka this morning.

Customs officials today seized smuggled goods worth Tk 71 lakh during a raid on the Khulna-bound Bandhan Express train coming from India, customs officials said.

The Supreme Court today adjourned till February 9 the hearing of a review petition filed by the government challenging its judgement against the arbitrary exercise of power by law enforcers.

Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif today challenged the family court verdict that dismissed the case filed by him in February last year, seeking custody of his children.

Mirpur police today pressed charges against Bangladesh cricketer Al-Amin Hossain in a case filed on charge of torturing his wife Ishrat Jahan and demanding dowry from her.

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for Dhaka University's teacher Prof Md Rahmat Ullah to conduct academic activities..The Appellate Division of the SC upheld a High Court order that in June last year stayed the DU authorities' decision to suspend Prof Rahmat Ullah, former president o

Abu Jafar’s family was sure that he had been living in the Maldives for the last three years. He last visited Bangladesh in 2019 and left home saying he was going to the Maldives.

Robbers allegedly broke into a freedom fighter’s home and beat him to death before leaving with cash and jewellery in Fatullah of Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila early yesterday.

A man and his son were killed while three others were injured in a clash resulting from a property-related feud in Mymensingh Sadar upazila yesterday.

Five men were accused early yesterday in a case filed over the abduction and rape of a madrasa girl in Jashore Sadar upazila in December last year.

Detectives claimed to have arrested a member of a gang of motorcycle thieves who was involved in stealing around 1,000 bikes over the last 15 years.

They sell Ayurvedic medicines on buses and trains. Some members of the gang travel on specific vehicles in the guise of passengers. In the middle of the journey, the other members get on board and pitch benefits of the medication. To make the pitch

Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif was detained after he allegedly went into hiding with his nine-year-old daughter, ignoring a court order that granted the child’s mother the custody of two children.

At least three people suffered gunshot wounds in a factional clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila yesterday.