Dhaka Metropolitan Police has taken all possible security measures to ensure safe and festive celebration of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.

The three-member tribunal passed the order based on a petition filed by the prosecution in this regard.

Abdul Malek, a former driver of Directorate General of Health Service, was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment yesterday for amassing wealth worth Tk 1.5 crore illegally and concealing wealth statement of Tk 93 lakh to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

A Dhaka court today issued an arrest warrant against a man in a case filed over the death of a cat in Dhaka's Mohammadpur.

The court also issued a travel ban on Molla Nazrul after an application was filed in this regard.

They also agreed with 29 proposals partially

BNP and National Citizen Party today submitted their opinions on the reform proposals to the National Consensus Commission.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday called for global action against racial injustice and highlighted the plight of the Rohingyas, who remain victims of racial discrimination and prolonged statelessness.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the capital's Jatrabari area in 2017.

A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and six others in connection with a Tk 21 crore bribery case.

However, both of them were arrested earlier for their alleged involvement in assisting members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed passed the order after concluding hearing on the appeal.

The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is set to begin discussions with political parties to forms a national consensus on state reform tomorrow.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 163 bank accounts belonging to Nayeemul Islam Khan, a senior journalist and former press secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and his four family members, over allegations of amassing wealth illegally.

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately stop illegal sand extraction from the Padma river between Rajbari's Goalanda and Pabna's Pakshi Channel.

"If you cannot create an ocean, a forest, or a mountain, you have no right to destroy those," Rizwana said.

Additional Deputy Inspector General Mohiul Islam today took charge of the national emergency helpline 999.

The High Court yesterday scrapped the trial proceedings of a food adulteration case filed in 2010 against Prof Muhammad Yunus, the then chairman of Grameen Danone Food Limited.

The interim government has in principle decided to bring necessary changes to the existing Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, including introducing a provision to have a tribunal to deal with child rape cases.

According to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the commission will challenge the order with the higher court.