Defence hearing today

Political parties would not have dreamt of an election had there been no mass uprising on August 5, said Nahid Islam, convener of National Citizen Party (NCP).

The fire at the office of the BCS (Administration) Welfare Multipurpose Cooperative Society inside the capital’s BIAM Foundation building was deliberately set to destroy important documents, said the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) yesterday.

A Netrakona court yesterday sentenced three men to death and 10 years' rigorous imprisonment on charges of raping a 15-year-old girl and provoking her to die by suicide.

Members of a group led by Piyas-Nayon reportedly opened fire on Mannan and his three associates, who were aboard an engine-powered trawler

Petitioner plans to approach another bench after High Court drops writ petition

The accused is Anwar Sheikh, 28, of Kalmakanda

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah issued an order in this regard on July 24

At the same time, arrest warrants have been issued against them

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday issued arrest warrants against former Bangladesh Pratidin editor Naem Nizam, its publisher Moynal Hossain Chowdhury and news portal Bangla Insider's Chief Editor Syed Borhan Kabir in a Digital Security Act case over publishing and circulating false, defamatory and offensive information.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed four leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination on seven-day remand in a case filed over extortion from the family of a former Awami League lawmaker in Gulshan.

Govt to speed up probes to ensure justice, he says

The BNP leader stresses unity on national issues

Demanded transparent investigation into death of Siju in Gaibandha while fleeing police

The named accused include five people who were arrested from a flat on Road 83 in Gulshan

A man was hacked to death allegedly over previous enmity in the Dhaka's Gendaria area early today

A Netrakona court yesterday sent a teenage boy to jail over the rape of a four-year-old girl in Barhatta upazila of the district.

Bergman alleged that Khairul Haque had been detained without "any evidence linking him to this killing"

A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals in broad daylight at Rayer Bazar in the capital’s Mohammadpur area yesterday.

The indiscriminate use of the repressive Anti-Terrorism Act, along with arrests and the detention of children, in Gopalganj signals a troubling return of repression, said a group of 11 citizens in a statement yesterday.