A mobile court has jailed 12 fishermen for catching hilsa from the Padma and Arial Khan rivers in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur, defying a 22-day ban.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested the president of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque in Pashchim Talla of Narayanganj Sadar upazila in a case filed over negligence in connection with the explosion at the mosque on September 4, which left 34 people dead.

Five people have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a teenage girl in Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today accused the government of lying about the country's economic condition and the GDP growth.

Two people were killed and three others were injured after a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Jashore’s Jhikargachha upazila this afternoon.

The family of Abu Younus Muhammad Shahidunnabi Jewel, who was beaten and burnt to death by a mob on Thursday night in Lalmonirhat’s Burimari union parishad premises, have been left in a state of shock as they wait for police to hand over the body after a DNA match.

A journalist of a local news portal in Chattogram has been missing since Thursday morning.

A Union Parishad member has been arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) along with nine 9mm pistols, 49 rounds of bullets and 19 magazines from Putkhali border area in Benapole.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed hope that in the Mujib year, members of police will serve the people imbued with the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all time.

The Directorate of Posts today released two postage stamps commemorating the recognition of the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of the world’s documentary heritage by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).

Five death row convicts of the Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna have been sent to Barishal Divisional Jail under tight security this morning.

A three-member probe body headed by Additional District Magistrate has been formed to investigate the incident of a man beaten and burnt to death by a mob on Burimari Union Parishad premises on allegations of hurting religious sentiment in the district's Patgram upazila yesterday evening.

A college student in Narail was killed in a head-on collision between his motorcycle and a truck yesterday night.

The Rape Law Reform Coalition has expressed deep concern about the incident of death of a 14-year-old girl from Tangail following excessive bleeding, one month into her marriage.

Convicted war criminal Syed Mohammad Qaisar has filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict that upheld his death sentence for committing crimes against humanity and war crimes during the country's Liberation War in 1971.

A Chattogram bound air-conditioned Green Line bus has burnt to ashes in a collision with a covered van at Jhagurjhuli area of Cumilla Sadar on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway early today.

Recalling the violent attack at her home in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, Purnima Das still trembles with fear.

A man has been beaten and burnt to death by a mob on Burimari Union Parishad premises on allegations of hurting religious sentiment in the district’s Patgram upazila.

It was mid-October this year and a bright sunny morning. I was travelling through the Barind area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway along the Mahananda river to reach the orchard of one of the most progressive farmers of the Barind region.

Ayesha Siddique Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif who was sentenced to death in the case filed over his murder in Barguna, has been sent to Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail from Barguna jail amid tight security.