The High Court today granted bail to Jannati Hossain, a young entrepreneur detained in a murder case after her business partner Mostamsir Ashraf died in a car crash.

The Supreme Court extended a stay on High Court bail order to Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case, till April 1.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday suspended four Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists accused of harassment and assaults on journalists and students at TSC while a crowd was celebrating Bangladesh's victory over England in the Cricket World Cup.

Detective Branch (DB) of Police in separate drives rescued a Saudi expatriate and an employee of Walton Electronics from in the town early yesterday, a day after their abduction.

Members of Raid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an arms trader at Baro Roshia village in Shibganj upazila on Tuesday.

A court yesterday sent to jail three students of Patuakhali Polytechnic Institute, who were arrested the day before on charge of raping a fellow female student and taking video of the scene.

A schoolboy, who was abducted from Puran Bogra in the town on March 3, still remains traceless.

A Jamaat leader, released on bail from Pabna jail yesterday, was arrested again at the jail gate.

Two Habiganj brothers suspected of committing war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War can be interrogated by the International Crimes Tribunals' investigation agency in its Dhanmondi “Safe House” on March 16 for six hours from 10:00am.

Detectives in separate drives arrested two Jamaat leaders in Daulatpur and Saturia upazilas of the district on Sunday afternoon on charges of subversive activities.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two youths along with nine crude bombs in Marjal area under Raipur upazila of the district early yesterday.

Police recovered the beheaded body of an unidentified man, aged about 50, from Gopalpur rail gate area in Jessore Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

A tribunal in Dhaka allows prosecution to interrogate two war crimes suspects of Habiganj at its Dhanmondi safe home in Dhaka for their alleged crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971

Police seized seven bombs from Kajla village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district yesterday afternoon.

Police arrested an alleged smuggler and seized 84 tolas of gold from his possession in Kotchandpur upazila of the district early yesterday.

A Sirajganj court yesterday sentenced four people to life imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district in 2009.

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl in Panchalaish area of the city in 2009.

Supreme Court gives time to both state and defence until March 31 for submitting concise statements on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed till April 1 a High Court order that granted bail to Humayun Sultan, son of former Awami League lawmaker Khan Tipu Sultan, in the murder case of his wife Shamarukh Mahajabin.

A Chittagong court yesterday placed Jamaat-e-Islami Chittagong city unit's acting chief Ahsanullah Chowdhury on a three-day remand in a case filed with Kotwali Police Station on January 16 under special power act, and explosive act for creating violence.