A court in Chuadanga yesterday sent a madrasa teacher to jail following his arrest in a case filed for raping a third-grader of the educational institution.

Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed yesterday told a Dhaka court that he was not arrested in Satkhira.

A stalker has assaulted a schoolteacher for trying to stop the harassment of one of his female students in Nabinagar upazila.

Dhaka and Washington move closer to signing two defence deals that foreign policy analysts say is a notable progress in security cooperation in the areas of maritime, peacekeeping, counterterrorism and transnational crimes.

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, his government’s whip said yesterday, despite demonstrations against his handling of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades and as doctors held street protests over a shortage of medicine.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is sick and the decision of her further hospitalisation would be taken after receiving her latest medical tests’ reports, said doctors.

Family members of Hriday Chandra Mondal, the Munshiganj school teacher now behind bars in a case over demeaning religion, are passing days in panic.

An aide of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu hired the hitman and gave him a gun to have Tipu assassinated, according to the confessional statement of hitman Masum Mohammad Akash.

Paramount Holdings Limited on 31 March sent a rejoinder to our report “Of coercion and collusion” published on 27 March. We are publishing the full unedited rejoinder singed by Robiul Islam FCS, company secretary, along with our reply.

Film star Sohel Chowdhury’s strong stance against anti-social activities in Trumps Club in Banani and his subsequent feud with businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai led to his murder 24 years ago, according to the charge sheet of the case filed after the murder.

The government invests a significant amount of public money to construct and repair levees in the haor areas of the country’s north-eastern districts to protect the Boro harvest from the flash floods.

Police in Cox’s Bazar arrested a Rohingya man with Tk 11 lakh during a raid on Kutupalong refugee camp on Tuesday night.

A 30-year-old scrap metal trader was hacked to death in Fatullah, Narayanganj, yesterday afternoon.

The Zila Parishad (amendment) Bill-2022 was passed in parliament with a provision to appoint an administrator in the local government body.

Six months after landing in jail in cases filed over allegations of embezzlement of customers’ money, e-commerce platform Evaly’s Chairman Shamima Nasrin walked out of jail yesterday.

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in upstream Meghalaya might damage paddy fields on 4.02 lakh hectares in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrakona, and Kishoreganj.

India’s foreign minister said yesterday he was “deeply disturbed” by civilian deaths in the Ukrainian city of Bucha but stopped short of blaming Russia, calling for an independent probe.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday placed the Anti-Discrimination Bill 2022 in the parliament as the government looks to protect, uphold and ensure equal rights and dignity of all human beings.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against former BNP minister Nazmul Huda in a case filed over the lodging of a fake case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Accused Masum Mohammad Akash yesterday confessed to murdering former general secretary of Motijheel Awami League Jahidul Islam Tipu and a student in the capital’s Shahjahanpur.