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.

A madrasa superintendent in Pakundia was sentenced to seven days of jail and fined Tk 200 today for attempting to leak exam questions during the ongoing Dakhil English First Paper examination

A woman was dragged along a road for several metres by suspected muggers in a private car in the capital's Siddheswari area early yesterday

The market value of the properties stands at Tk 559,48,20,477.

The decision was taken at the 12th meeting of the committee with Law Adviser Asif Nazrul in the chair today

A Barguna court today sentenced a man to death for killing two children while attempting to rape a woman in 2023.

A protester said that they will continue their protest until the demands are met.

Rehana, her daughters Tulip Siddiq, Azmina Siddiq, and her son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby are among the 21 others

The raids, carried out in Cumilla city and Sadar Dakkhin areas, also led to the seizure of firearms, ammunition, narcotics, and other illegal items

A 32-year-old man was sued for attempting to rape a fifth grader in Thakurgaon's Baliadangi upazila last night

The 18-year-old daughter of a July uprising martyr was found dead at her house in Dhaka’s Adabor last night.

Police are yet to identify or arrest anyone involved in the murder

The arrests were made after the victim's mother filed a case with Pakundia Police Station last evening

A chase, counter-chase and clash broke out between the two groups in front of the market in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila last night

A suspected mugger was stabbed to death in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area on Thursday.