The government has suspended 14 employees from four ministries and the Cabinet Division after police arrested and sued them under the Anti-Terrorism Act for protests at the Secretariat.

The prosecution yesterday brought formal charges on three counts against Maj Gen (relieved) Ziaul Ahsan for allegedly committing crimes against humanity, accusing him of orchestrating a systematic campaign of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

The ACC yesterday filed a case against S Alam Group Managing Director Mohammad Saiful Alam and 35 others on charges of loan irregularities and embezzlement involving Tk 2,032 crore from Janata Bank.

Law enforcers arrested 1,921 people nationwide in the 24 hours till yesterday evening, including 1,398 in the ongoing “Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2,” a drive to curb crime and recover illegal firearms ahead of the national election.

A man was shot dead in the Lokhmikunda of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna yesterday.

Urges nation to stay calm and pray for him

Driver, who demanded Tk 6 lakh, arrested

Order comes following seven petitions filed by the state

Magistrate sends both to jail

Tribunal sets December 21 for next hearing

Police and locals said criminals shot him inside his house in Kamalpur village

35 others named over alleged loan irregularities at Agrabad Corporate Branch

Despite government restrictions, a clear High Court directive, and repeated raids by the district administration and the Department of Environment, furnaces of illegal brick kilns in Bandarban flare back to life soon after enforcement teams leave after conducting drives.

Prime suspect Faisal Karim Masud hired a private car for Tk 6,000 a day before the shooting of Osman Sharif Hadi, investigators of the attempted murder case said yesterday.

A youth was stabbed to death in Kajla area of Dhaka’s Jatrabari area yesterday evening.

BNP alleges rise in armed intimidation ahead of polls

Ayesha set herself on fire in 2017, they say

Kabir was arrested yesterday from Narayanganj

Victim stabbed by group in alley dies at DMCH

A local trader was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Dakkhinkhan last night.