At least 20 people were injured as BNP and Jamaat activists clashed over election campaigning at Char Gargari village in Shahpur union of Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila yesterday.

The government has ordered the immediate arrest of those involved in attacking baul singers in Manikganj and other districts, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said yesterday.

Five years after the Anti-Corruption Commission launched an investigation into the illegal release of banned memory cards, those responsible for importing and releasing the goods remain unaccountable.

The prosecution is preparing to appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking to upgrade the International Crimes Tribunal-1’s life sentences for deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death in a crimes-against-humanity case linked to the July uprising.

A special court yesterday convicted deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her two children on corruption charges, handing them different jail terms in three cases filed over plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal.

Incident stemmed from a turf war, says police

This will reduce such heinous crimes in society, hopes public prosecutor

Says ousted PM has no confidence in the tribunal

Acquits former diplomat

Class 10 students attacked by Class 9 students; no complaint filed yet, say police

Special Judge’s Court finds wilful rule violations in land allotments, questions ministry oversight

Will ask SC to upgrade life terms to death sentences

Hasina sentenced to 21 years; Joy and Putul jailed for five

The Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered 832 bhori (9,707.16 grams) of gold from two lockers at Agrani Bank, with documents showing the assets were not held solely in the name of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Sanjida Islam Tulee, BNP’s primary nominee for the Dhaka-14 constituency, has been sued on charges of “hurting religious sentiments”.

Army, police deployed as tension soars

In recent months, several groups allegedly linked to S Alam Group tried to withdraw funds from the account using fake vouchers and cheques.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has condemned the recent attacks on baul singers, terming them “heinous acts”.

The trials were completed quickly as 22 out of 23 accused did not appear before the court, says prosecution

Confesses under Section 164 before Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2