A judicial probe committee today submitted a report to the High Court saying that the police of Narayanganj Sadar Police Station have tortured and forced three people to give confessional statements to magistrates on raping and killing a minor who turned out to be alive 49 days later last year.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami says in a tweet that the country’s “cherished partner Bangladesh” has no cause for alarm over receiving the Covid-19 vaccine on time because India always prioritises its neighbours.

Miscreants tried to rob a branch of Rupali Bank in Bogura’s Gabtali upazila early today by throwing acid and stabbing two Ansar security guards but they failed to break the bank vault.

The High Court today issued travel ban against 25 accomplices of Proshanta Kumar Halder including his mother Lilaboti Halder so that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can question them about money laundering allegations.

Police recovered body of a university student from the street in Dhaka’s Darussalam area early today.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to Erfan Salim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Salim, in two cases filed for possessing walkie-talkies and foreign liquor.

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police has requested Interpol to issue a red alert on Proshanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, who allegedly laundered over Tk 10,000 crore of four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) abroad.

Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun today said they filed the cases against Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Md Salim, based on evidence they found during drives at his house in October last year.

Brac University is going to continue Student Assistance Fund for another semester (Spring 2021).

An idol of Hindu goddess Kali was vandalised by unidentified criminals at a temple in Thakurgaon’s Pirganj upazila on Sunday night.

A man has allegedly killed his wife and five-month-old daughter in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila last night.

A general diary was lodged with Gulshan Police Station saying that several fake Facebook IDs have been opened in the name of Law Minister Anisul Huq in order to socially malign him.

Police rescued a schoolgirl, abducted from Dharla river basin Banagram village under Kulaghat union in Sadar upazila of December 16, from Chattogram on Saturday night.

At least three passengers of a night coach were injured when members of a robbers’ gang attacked them on a running vehicle early yesterday.

Police arrested a man early Sunday in connection with a case for raping an eight-year-old girl in Jashore’s Abhaynagar upazila on Thursday.

Jakia Khatun, Panchagarh district unit general secretary of Mohila Awami League, has been elected as the first female mayor of the municipality on December 28.

A two storey house under construction in Sadar upazila of Rajbari has become home to thousands of live bees that made nearly 40 hives in and outside the house.

Bangladesh has approved the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, paving the way for bringing the vaccine for emergency use.

A naraji (no confidence) petition has been submitted against a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) charge sheet in the case over the attacks on Santals in Gaibandha.

A 122-member triservice contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces will participate in the Republic Day parade of India this year, reported Indian newspaper The Hindu.