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.

The survivor's father was killed a week after the assault

Authorities suspend accused for six months, students call it “token punishment”

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 137 bank accounts of former Awami League lawmaker Ranjit Kumar Roy, his wife Neoti Rani Roy, and four of his family members over graft allegations

A former official of the home ministry was taken into police custody this noon after a group of protesters confined him at Bangladesh Betar’s Chattogram office in the port city’s Agrabad area, demanding his arrest over various allegations, including corruption

Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder.

Theatre personality Ehsanul Aziz Babu, also chief of Desh Natok, was placed into a two-day remand yesterday in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

He died at a private hospital in Dhaka last night, police said.

The victim's son claims father was killed over a dispute regarding soil trade and local politics

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed three separate cases against former industries minister and Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu, his daughter, Sumaiya Hossain, and his sister-in-law, Syeda Haque Merry, for illegally acquiring assets worth Tk 38.39 crore

A Union Parishad (UP) member was hacked to death miscreants in Khulna's Phultala upazila yesterday

The High Court yesterday acquitted former BNP state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, overturning a trial court’s 17-year prison sentence handed down during the military-backed caretaker government.

Police yesterday detained a man over attempting to rape an 8-year-old child in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur

Police detained four suspects for the alleged gang rape of a schoolgirl in Bandarban's Alikadam upazila

The Anti-Corruption Commission has sued Abdus Sobhan Mia Golap, a former Awami League lawmaker and former special assistant to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a “targeted and baseless” campaign against her, BBC reported yesterday.

Police detained three suspects on charges of raping or attempting to rape three girls in different districts.

A young man was killed and two others injured after being shot during clashes between two factions of Jubo Dal for “control over the drug trade” in Chonpara of Narayanganj’s Rupganj early yesterday.

Two students of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) have been suspended over social media post that allegedly hurt religious sentiments.

A government official was injured in an attack during a Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) rice distribution event in Dinajpur’s Birampur today