A local Jubo League leader was injured in an attack allegedly by supporters of his rival in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur this evening.

A Gazipur court yesterday sent a man to jail on charge of raping a garment worker, while another man was sent to prison in Dinajpur for sexually harassing a minor.

He was facing at least 27 cases, including 10 for murder, when he fled to India to evade arrest. But he was held in 2008 by the Indian authorities and sentenced to 10 years in prison for passport forgery and intrusion.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation today filed a charge sheet against former Border Security Force Commandant Sathish Kumar and six other persons for their alleged involvement in a cattle smuggling racket operating at border with Bangladesh, officials said.

Six police constables of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) have been arrested in a case filed for allegedly extorting money from a contractor after picking him up from his house in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

A pregnant woman was killed in an attack by her fathers’ rivals in Bogura’s Sonatala upazila today, according to witnesses.

Government organisations and departments are “not serious enough” about curbing corruption, said Iqbal Mahmood, chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission, today.

Two Rohingya drug traders were killed in a gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Ghumdhum bordering area of Naikhangchhari upazila under Bandarban district early today, according to BGB.

A “listed top criminal”, who was absconding in India for years, was arrested from Dhaka’s Pallabi area early today.

Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have arrested a customs officer from Munshiganj in connection with looting 20 kg gold from Benapole Customs House.

The High Court yesterday said that the people of the country want the trial of the gang-rape at Sylhet’s MC College to be finished and justice be ensured quickly.

One person was arrested in Gazipur in a case filed under the pornography act on charge of raping a young woman and filming the crime.

A journalist was injured in an attack by a group of people in Basail upazila of Tangail today.

Robbers took away gold ornaments and cash from a jewellery shop at Rapa Plaza in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area last night.

A group of people allegedly attacked the assistant commissioner (land) when they surrounded the village home of Health Secretary Abdul Mannan at Chandpur village in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj yesterday afternoon.

Unidentified criminals hacked an adolescent boy to death in broad daylight at Bank Colony area in Savar today.

Police today arrested three persons from Chattogram’s Saltgola area for allegedly gang-raping a 30-year-old garment worker at knifepoint in the city’s Customs area last night.

A man today allegedly raped a four-and-a-half year old at a village under Chaugachha upazila in Jashore.

Police have recovered the body of a three-year-old from a house in Roumari upazila of Kurigram last night, hours after he went missing.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has submitted a charge sheet on Thursday against online casino "kingpin" Selim Prodhan in a case filed over amassing Tk 57.79 crore illegally and laundering about Tk 22 crore to Thailand and the US.