Since September last year, about 15 suspects have been arrested for “having or trying to establish contacts” with Islamic State (IS), according to police press releases and briefings at different times.

Issuing an ultimatum to the government, protesting teachers of public universities yesterday threatened to go for an indefinite work stoppage from November 1 if their demands are not met by the end of this month.

An operative of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh was killed, while in custody of the detectives, in a grenade explosion in the port city early yesterday.

Investigators seek a seven-day remand for quizzing national cricketer Shahadat Hossain in connection with allegation of torture of his domestic help.

Police holds a Shibir man for his alleged involvement in attacking the church pastor in Pabna.

A former chairman of the Power Development Board was murdered at his Madhya Badda house in the capital yesterday.

A pastor escaped an attempt on his life when three unidentified youths tried to slit his throat at his house in the district's Ishwardi upazila yesterday.

Police arrested five militants of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and recovered grenades, firearms, ammunition, and bomb-making materials during raids in Chittagong yesterday evening.

Detectives detain five suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and recover nine grenades from their possession in Chittagong.

Two tourists and their porter are said to have gone missing in Bilaichhari upazila of Rangamati. The tourists are Jobayer, 26, and Munna, 34, from Dhaka, and their porter Mangsai Mro, 30, from Roma upazila.

Two Jamaat activists, accused in arson cases, were arrested from Domar upazila on Saturday night.

Police have yet to arrest Gaibandha-1 lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton though an attempt-to-murder case has been filed against him for shooting 10-year-old Saurav.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid reiterates assurances to solve public university teachers’ pay issue through discussions.

A 10-year-old boy was shot allegedly by a ruling party lawmaker at Sundarganj of Gaibandha early yesterday.

Family members of UGC official Omar Siraj, who died in Rab custody on Thursday, alleged that he was subjected to torture and they saw injury marks on his body at the morgue of Dhaka Medical College.

Five days have passed but the investigators are yet to make any headway in the probe into the murder of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella.

A Dhaka court sends four war crimes accused including Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son Rafique Sajjad to jail.

The University Grants Commission official, who had been arrested last month for his alleged involvement in leaking questions of medical college and university admission exams, died in Rab custody yesterday.

Police recovered the decomposed body of a local Awami League leader from a pond at Kanchibari village in Sundarganj upazila of the district yesterday. The

The chairman and a vice chairman of Ghoraghat Upazila Parishad in Dinajpur district, accused in different violence cases filed during and after the January 5 parliamentary elections, have been suspended as a court accepted charge sheets against them.