Ten witnesses testified before a local court in connection with the case filed over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old child in Magura.

Shahrin Islam Chowdhury Tuhin, former BNP lawmaker from Nilphamari-1, was sent to jail today after his surrender before two separate Dhaka courts in two cases in which he was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

On March 25, the ACC pressed charges against Hasina, Joy and 16 others in the two cases.

The victim is Md Shakil, 31, of the upazila

Police have not found any prior criminal records of the two students shot in a "gunfight" with the Rapid Action Battalion during an anti-narcotics drive in Barishal's Agailjhara upazila on April 21.

Former law minister Anisul Huq was assaulted at the exit of a courtroom in Narayanganj yesterday afternoon allegedly by lawyers.

Three individuals named as witnesses in the case filed over the killing of Mahfuz Alam Shraban during last year’s mass uprising said they were unaware of being listed as witnesses.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to model and Miss Bangladesh Foundation Chairperson Meghna Alam in an extortion case filed with Dhanmondi Police Station.

The deceased had been serving as the imam and khatib of a mosque in Hyderabad area of Gazipur

He also allegedly conducted suspicious transactions worth Tk 2239.16 crore

Over 500 books, allegedly seized by a group of youths from Abhayaranya Library in Tangail, were returned last night.

The investigation agency of ICT is scheduled to submit its probe report today in the cases

A Magura court yesterday started hearing testimonies of the witnesses in a case filed over the rape and murder of a child in Magura.

Family, lighterage workers suspect foul play

The High Court yesterday issued a set of directives in order to save Mogra river in Netrokona from encroachment and pollution.

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 407 others have been sued over the killing of BNP activist Mahfuz Alam Shraban in the capital’s Mirpur during the mass uprising last year.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday acquitted five leaders of the BNP and its front organisations, including Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act over a leaked phone conversation during the 2018 student protests for road safety.

Lamia, a 18-year-old girl and the eldest daughter of a July martyr, vowed to rebuild her family’s life for her grieving mother. Following the death of her father, she would often say, “We will stand again, Ma. I will take care of everything.”

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered authorities to take steps to get an arrest warrant issued through Interpol against Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in connection with charges of irregularities in plot allocation in Purbachal New Town.

The Supreme Court will hear on May 4 the leave to appeal petitions filed by the state challenging the High Court verdict that acquitted BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar and all others earlier convicted in two cases over the August 21 grenade attack in 2004.