Article 19 yesterday sent a statement welcoming the judgement of the Bangladesh court against those involved in the atrocious 2015 murders of blogger Avijit Roy and Faisal Arefin Dipan, but pointed out that a new type of silencing is underway.

Two police personnel were injured after a few men suspected to be illegally extracting sand attacked a mobile court drive at Perachhara area of Khagrachhari.

A teacher of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has been fired for sexually harassing a female student.

Police today arrested an employee of a shoe factory for allegedly raping a female worker in Kacharipara area of Gazipur.

A Panchagarh court sent two policemen to jail in a case filed for trespassing into India without passport.

A case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was yesterday transferred to Dhaka Cyber Tribunal for trial.

Driver of Directorate General of Health Services Abdul Malek alias Badal, who came to the fore for his alleged involvement in illegal recruitments, manipulating transfers and promotions and trading in fake currencies, was found to have amassed about Tk 1.5 crore illegally, according to a case filed by the ACC.

The High Court yesterday expressed disappointment and anger over incidents of corruption and money laundering, saying those who die after embezzling state money, committing corruption and money laundering should be tried posthumously.

Police recovered the body of a youth hanging from a tree inside Rayer Bazar graveyard in Mohammadpur this morning.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld its chamber judge’s order that stayed the High Court bail to Sohel Rana Biswas, suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail, in a money laundering case.

A man was shot to death in Pabna Sadar upazila last night.

A Cox’s Bazar court today placed four persons on a four-day remand each in connection with a case filed over the recovery of 18 lakh Yaba pills and Tk 70 lakh.

A Rab personnel was killed after a truck belonging to suspected drug peddlers ran him over while he was trying to intercept the vehicle for checking in Mymensingh early today.

A woman was allegedly gang-raped by three people in Jashore Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

A madrasa student was found dead today in Pabna Sadar upazila, three days after going missing.

Detectives claimed to have arrested six members of a criminal gang in connection with mugging Tk 35 lakh from Dhaka's Shahbagh area on February 7.

Police arrested a youth on charge of stabbing Hefajat-e-Islam’s central leader Jasim Uddin in Dhaka's Lalbagh area on Tuesday.

Rab claimed to have arrested 96 individuals on charges of taking drugs, engaging in gambling and anti-social activities on a luxury launch on Buriganga River yesterday.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has directed all banks to freeze the accounts of 64 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director Proshanta Kumar Halder for one more month.

A Dhaka court today granted ad interim bail to Ron Haque Sikder, managing director (MD) of Sikder Group, after he was produced before the court in connection with an attempted murder case.