Sub-inspector (SI) Shamim Al Mamun -- the investigation officer (IO) of the abduction case of a girl who was thought to have been raped and murdered before being found alive 51 days after her disappearance from Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila -- has been closed in the wake of allegations that he tortured the accused in remand and forced them to give a confessional statement in court.

There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with Covid-19, the UN health agency World Health Organization said yesterday, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division has launched a Citizen Portal (citizen.cptu.gov.bd) today that will allow access to public procurement data.

An eighth-grader was gang-raped by five youths in Kuakata of Patuakhali on Monday night, police said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today pressed charges against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Suspended inspector Liaqat Ali, the prime accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case, along with six others including two other policemen, have been sued for allegedly extorting TK 2 lakh from a businessman threatening to kill him in crossfire.

Border Guard Bangladesh officials yesterday found Yaba pills for the first time in remote Tindu area of Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila.

The Election Commission (EC) will take action against officials involved in creating dual National Identity Cards (NIDs) for JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, already accused in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

A parliamentary watchdog today formed a sub-committee to investigate the alleged corruption in purchasing books for setting up Bangabandhu Corner at all government primary schools.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on Ashura this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24.com, for eight weeks in a corruption case.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder today issued a "note of dissent" against a move taken by the Election Commission to revise Representation of the People Order, 1972 and to enact a law on political parties’ registration.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the historic Six-point Demand was solely the outcome of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s thoughts.

Thousands of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and millions of farmers across Asia and the Pacific will be benefited from the first phase of Covid-19 crisis response funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group.

A Dhaka court has sent Abzal Hossain, a suspended accountant of the medical education department under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to jail in connection with two money laundering cases filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The High Court today questioned the authorities' failure to refund Tk 3.05 crore to a depositor of unipay2u Bangladesh Limited, in line with a trial court verdict.

A Dhaka court has placed Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed on a six-day remand in a case filed against him on charges of misappropriating over Tk 45 lakh from a house owner.

A case has been filed against Officer-in-Charge of Ukhiya Police Station and three other policemen for allegedly torturing a college student at the police station.

Launch services on the Paturia-Daulatdia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes remain suspended since this morning due to rough weather and strong currents at the Padma and Jamuna rivers.

Two sisters have reportedly been gang raped by five people at Boalia village in Chuadanga Sadar upazila.