A motorcyclist died and his pillion rider sustained injuries after their bike collided with a battery-run van on an apparently vacant road in Dhaka’s Paribagh area early today.

Police last night detained a couple from Dhaka’s Topkhana Road area on charge of torturing their house help.

A 14-year-old from the Marma community was allegedly raped by two men in Khagrachhari early today.

A man was hacked to death allegedly by his neighbours over previous enmity at Dokkhin Ramchandrapur village in Pabna Sadar upazila today.

At least 329 women and girls across the country suffered different forms of violence including rape in June, says a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin was discharged from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) after a leaked video of him joining a Zoom meeting from the hospital’s prison cell went viral on social media.

Investigation into the rape and murder of an O-level student in Dhaka's Kalabagan is yet to be completed even over six months after the incident that sparked a huge public outcry.

The High Court is expected to start its hearing soon on the death reference and appeals of the Holey Artisan attack case, as the case paper book has already been prepared by the office concerned of the court.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two separate cases against a deputy director of the Department of Passport and Immigration and his wife on charges of corruption and for concealing information on wealth.

Two people were killed and seven others injured in Rajshahi city’s Daspukur area this afternoon when two groups of land grabbers clashed.

The High Court today directed the government to give Tk 15 lakh each in compensation to the families of 18 victims who died in a boat-capsize at Sandwip channel of Chattogram on April 2, 2017.

The High Court today observed that the Hatirjheel-Begunbari project is the lung of Dhaka city and its protection is imperative.

Three locals, brothers, were hospitalised after being shot and critically injured by a group of armed Rohingyas in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, police said.

A Dhaka court today placed BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury on a one-day remand in a case filed with Ramna Police Station over 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.

Detectives arrested an imam for his alleged involvement in the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat.

The provision to question the character of a rape victim in the court will be removed from the Evidence Act, and the government is working in this regard, Law Minister Anisul Haq told the parliament today.

The High Court today acquitted two death row convicts in a case filed over the rape and murder of a child, Fatima Akhter Eti, in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district in 2014.

Another man, who sustained severe burn injuries in Sunday’s explosion at Dhaka's Moghbazar, died at hospital early this morning, raising the death toll to nine.

Actor Meher Afroz Shaon, wife of celebrated novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed sued two people yesterday over stealing some of his paintings.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked the investigation officer of a case filed over the death of eight people in Sunday’s explosion at Moghbazar to submit a probe report to it by August 10.