An NGO official was sued in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila yesterday on charges of raping a schoolgirl.

The CID will write to the National Central Bureau of the Police Headquarters to get the Interpol to issue red notices for 10 absconding convicts of the August 21 grenade attack case.

They were supposed go to Fiji to work as agricultural labourers. But after being trafficked to India, and they ended up spending months in seedy hotels.

Police arrested a young man along with two firearms from a cattle market in Parbatipur upazila of the district on Wednesday night.

A teenage boy stabbed his father to death allegedly over family feud in Brahmanbaria town on Wednesday night.

The High Court yesterday directed Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif to produce his daughters before it on August 31 after his Japanese wife Eriko Nakano, who moved to Bangladesh, filed a writ petition for custody of their children.

The High Court today directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct an inquiry into the allegation against Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) of paying Tk 23 crore to a shipbuilding company without receiving the purchased tugboat (to assist marine vessels).

A man and his wife were injured in an explosion while they were making a bomb at their house in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila today.

The High Court today rejected a verbal prayer requesting the authorities concerned against placing film actress Pori Moni on further remand in any case. 

A case has been filed against a man for allegedly raping a school student in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila.

A Dhaka court today sent Md Amanullah Chowdhury, chief executive officer of e-commerce platform E-orange, to jail in connection with a case filed over embezzling around Tk 1,100 crore.

The High Court today granted bail to Joy Gopal Sarkar, general secretary of Dhaka Wanderers Club, in four separate money laundering cases. He allegedly had links to illegal casino business.

Police yesterday arrested a man in a case filed for raping a four-year-old from the Tripura community in Ruma upazila of Bandarban.

Police have arrested a man and recovered 20 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from a drug store in Dakkhinkhan area of Dhaka.

A Dhaka court today placed film actress Pori Moni on a one-day remand in the third phase in a case filed with Banani Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

The High Court today directed Bangladesh-born US citizen Sharif Imran to present his daughters before the bench on August 31, following a writ petition filed by his wife Nakano Eriko, a citizen of Japan who has moved to Bangladesh and started a legal battle for custody of the children.

Rab arrested a death row convict in the murder of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader and an organiser of the Liberation War Kazi Aref Ahmed early today.

A local journalist has filed a case against Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari, an Awami League lawmaker of Tangail-4 (Kalihati) constituency, and six others for issuing “death threats” against the complainant.

At least 15 people including police and Ansar members were injured in a clash that took place last night in front of the Barishal Sadar upazila parishad office.

Businessperson-turned-politician Helena Jahangir confessed to a magistrate yesterday that she illegally possessed foreign liquor and currency at her residence.