Plaintiff cites medical treatment, 'unfavourable' political situation for delay in filing case

Investigation officer appointed; first-ever ICT probe into a political party

People will lose trust in the judiciary if justice is not served in the attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur, Rashed Khan, the party’s General Secretary, warned yesterday.

Three more prosecution witnesses yesterday testified in three graft cases filed against 23 people, including Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq, over Purbachal plot scam.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday advised banks to prepare for signing deals with internationally reputed law firms to recover money allegedly laundered by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her family, and 10 business groups, including S Alam Group.

Bangladesh had a target to cut down the tobacco consumption rate to 29 percent by this year, meaning it is still 2.4 percent behind the goal.

The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) yesterday denounced what it described as a calculated smear campaign against the military, accusing certain social media users of deliberately distorting recent remarks by Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman.

The other party to the trial, a father and son, were also shot

Court finds Janjaweed commander guilty of rape, murder and torture during 2003–2004 atrocities

Rally on campus calls for justice

Hanif carried out Hasina’s order through local AL leaders, resulting in the deaths of six protesters in Kushtia

A student of North South University has been arrested and sent to jail on charges of hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post.

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday said law enforcement agencies had successfully foiled an attempt by "fascists and their collaborators" to incite communal unrest during Durga Puja celebration.

A man was allegedly beaten to death in what locals said was an attack linked to a long-standing land dispute in Morrelganj upazila of Bagerhat on Saturday night.

Victim went to neighbouring village to look for farm labourers

Detectives arrested nine leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations, including former lawmaker BM Mozammel Haque, during drives in different areas of Dhaka from Saturday evening to yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered ACC to confiscate six flats and nine shares of different markets owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his wife and brother and their beneficiaries over corruption allegations brought against them.

The post-mortem report of six-year-old Taiba, whose body was found in a septic tank in Shariatpur’s Bhedarganj upazila on September 26, confirms she was sexually assaulted before being strangled to death.

The prosecution yesterday pressed formal charges before the ICT-2 against Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other party leaders in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July uprising.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is set to begin a primary investigation into allegations of crimes against humanity against the Awami League as a political party, Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam said yesterday.