A Khulna court yesterday sent a journalist arrested under the Digital Security Act to jail.

Three Hefajat-e-Islam leaders were arrested in connection the cases filed over violence in 2013 and March this year, and four more, including three top Hefajat leaders, were placed on remand yesterday.

A woman was allegedly killed by her husband in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area early today.

Police have arrested 11 more people, including a Jubo Dal activist, in the cases filed over vandalism and arson during a demonstration by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Brahmanbaria on March 26 and 28 centring the visit of Indian PM Narendra Modi, said in a press release sent from the Special Branch of the district police.

Eight people have been jailed for inciting anarchy and violence over the arrest of Hefajat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque in Zakiganj of Sylhet.

Police yesterday arrested a local journalist in Khulna under the Digital Security Act.

Police yesterday arrested a youth in a case filed over gang-raping a female garment worker in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila.

Police today recovered the body of a newly-wed 16-year-old from her in-laws' house in Jorarpur village of Kumarkhali in Kushtia.

Maulana Korban Ali Kasemi, the vice-president of Hefajat-e-Islam’s Dhaka Mahanagar committee, was arrested by Detective Branch of Gulshan Division police from the capital’s Basabo area around 5:30pm today.

A case has been filed against 26 activists of Hefajat-e-Islam and some unknown people in connection with an attack on police at Mollahat in Bagerhat.

Seven more Hefajat-e-Islam supporters have been arrested in connection with the cases filed over vandalism and arson during demonstration by its activists in Brahmanbaria on March 26 and 28 centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in a press release sent from the Special Branch of the district police.

A man allegedly threw acid on five members of his family and himself following an altercation in Dhaka’s Lalbagh area this morning.

Two more cases have been filed against former Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur for “hurting religious sentiments” of Awami League activists and supporters and defaming the party.

Ruhul Amin was released from jail after a court yesterday granted him bail in a case filed under the controversial Digital Security Act.

At least seven policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Mollahat Police Station, were injured as activists of Hefajat-e-Islam, a Qawmi madrasa-based organisation, attacked them yesterday.

A youth was arrested today in connection with the rape of a schoolgirl in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Police arrested two men under Digital Security Act (DSA) in Bandarban over their posts on Facebook.

Three people including the ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami's Narayanganj city unit, were arrested in connection with a case filed by police over the mayhem in the district during the Hafajat-enforced countrywide hartal on March 28.

Five policemen, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Mollahat Police Station, were injured in an attack allegedly by Hefajat-e Islam activists in Bagerhat this morning.

A young man in Khagrachhari landed in jail yesterday in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over his Facebook comments.