A Chuadanga court yesterday sent a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and two of his associates to jail for stabbing a journalist in Chuadanga on Monday night.

A no-confidence petition was filed yesterday against the police probe report clearing Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir of the charges in the case over abetting the death by suicide of a college student in the capital’s Gulshan.

Two youths, who sustained bullet injuries in a “gunfight” with the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) late last night, died during treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital yesterday.

A BNP leader was stabbed and the party office was vandalised in an attack by miscreants in Jashore town yesterday.

A Bogura court yesterday sent a ward councillor and his brother to jail, rejecting their bail prayer in connection with a case for attacking a police team during a raid in Sariakandi municipality earlier in the day.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in a case filed with the Pallabi Police Station under the Telecommunication Act.

A local Awami League leader was shot dead and 10 people suffered bullet injuries during a clash between two groups of villagers allegedly over a piece of disputed land at Shikdarpara village under Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar today.

Department of Fisheries seized 5,000 meters of fishing net along 16 kilometer stretch of Halda River today.

The High Court asked the government to explain why it should not be directed to censor the display of any photograph of smoking, and the use of tobacco products, in films and dramas in line with the relevant provisions of law.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Hefajat-e-Islam's former assistant secretary general Monjurul Islam Afendi in seven cases, clearing the way for his release from jail.

After more than three and a half months, the High Court is going to resume hearing and disposing of anticipatory bail petitions from August 22 following health safety rules.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in a case filed with Pallabi Police Station under the Telecommunications Act.

The High Court today (Tuesday) directed the authorities concerned to conduct an inquiry into the corruption allegations against Southeast Bank Chairman Alamgir Kabir.

Two men were killed in a "gunfight" with members of Rab in Dhaka’s Keraniganj area early today.

A no-confidence petition was filed today against the final report clearing Bashundhara Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir from the charges in the case filed over abetting the suicide of a college student.

The High Court yesterday directed the telecom regulator to ban for three months online games PUBG, FreeFire and others that it deemed destructive.

Although law enforcers managed to weaken mainstream JMB after the militant outfit carried out a synchronised bomb attack across the country on this day in 2005, its members have raised their ugly heads on a few occasions after absorbing into like-minded terror groups.

Officials of FAS Finance and Investment who declined to sign off on loan applications to fictitious organisations were punished with no promotion or transferred to remote offices by rogue banker PK Halder’s men.

The High Court yesterday wanted to examine the inquest and post-mortem reports of Minu Akhter -- who had been serving a jail sentence in place of convicted Kulsuma Akhter in connection with a murder case -- along with the confessional statement of Kulsuma.

Rab yesterday arrested three members of a gang, which allegedly trafficked more than 200 girls and women to India, including a mother and daughter.