Four decades ago, Honours graduate Ainab Ali went abroad in search of his fortune. Ironically, it was when he returned home and

The Supreme Court yesterday asked the attorney general (AG) to submit a concise statement on behalf of the state on convicted war criminal Mir Kashem Ali's appeal against his death sentence to it in two weeks.

A Gazipur court yesterday sentenced a man to death and fined Tk 50,000 for killing his wife for dowry.

A Dhaka court yesterday put three suspected militants on a seven-day remand each in connection with Avijit murder.

Agitating journalists to observe a token hunger strike in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka demanding release of journalist Probir Sikdar.

Days into the arrest of Faridpur journalist Probir Sikdar, police detain journalist Shawkat Mahmud while attending a programme in Dhaka.

The Dhaka Drug Court yesterday handed down three directors and three employees of a now-defunct pharmaceutical company 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and Tk 4 lakh fine each in two cases for producing and marketing toxic paracetamol syrup.

Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) fined four businesses Tk 29 lakh for stealing of 1.5 lakh units of electricity through meter tampering in the capital during a five-day drive until yesterday.

The Supreme Court today will start hearing the appeal filed by war crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty and other sentences given to him for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) yesterday seized 50,000 Yaba tablets from an ambulance and detained two people, including a nurse, from

A Faridpur court yesterday sent journalist Probir Sikdar to jail in a case under Information and Communication Technology Act, for “tarnishing the image” of LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.

The woman physician, convicted of poisoning children's paracetamol, served only 53 days of her sentence after a drug court on July 22 last year had sent her to prison for 10 years.

A Faridpur court sends journalist Probir Sikdar to jail in connection with a case filed against him under the Information and Communication Technology Act.

Former inspector general of police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker has been made the Bangladesh ambassador to Spain.

The district administration in Kushtia cancels licenses of 10 firearms of seven local Awami League (AL) leaders.

The High Court gives split order on Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s legality in holding parliament membership with a conviction in graft case.

Police detain five persons over the attack on Chandpur students by ruling party’s youth front Jubo League.

An alleged trader of contraband yaba was killed early today in what Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said gunfight in Chittagong city.

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing an elderly person in Chandpur district on July 27, 2013.

Detectives yesterday arrested journalist Probir Sikdar from his Indira Road office in Dhaka, hours after a Faridpur Awami League leader filed a case against him under Information and Communication Technology Act.