The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday started hearing the review petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam challenging his death penalty for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Police are yet to identify the deceased

A young man was killed and two others brutally beaten up on suspicion of being muggers in separate mob-related incidents in Gazipur’s Tongi and Dhaka’s Uttara last night.

However, the official orders did not clarify the reason behind the decision

Intern doctors from all government and private medical colleges will continue their work stoppage for the next 48 hours starting today to press home their five-point demand, including restricting the use of the title “doctor” exclusively to MBBS and BDS degree holders.

Two men were sent to jail yesterday in separate rape cases filed in Shariatpur and Munshiganj.

An accused in a case filed over rape of a physically challenged schoolgirl in Kurigram fled after attacking policemen when they went to arrest him last night

ACC Public Prosecutor Ruhul Islam Khan filed the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.

The High Court today rejected two separate bail petitions filed on behalf of former independent lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman in connection with two murder cases.

On February 9, the same court ordered the seizure of tax files belonging to Nayeemul Islam Khan and his wife over corruption allegations.

The bodies were sent to Jashore General Hospital for autopsy, police said.

The court granted four days remand for him in each of the cases, totalling 12 days.

Rab has intensified its operations to apprehend criminals including thieves, muggers, robbers, and those with illegal firearms.

Muntasir Al Jemy, sentenced to death for the murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad, escaped from prison on August 6 last year, but the authorities kept the information from Abrar’s family until yesterday.

A man was killed and several others were injured in a clash between locals and air force personnel near an under-construction air base beside Cox’s Bazar airport yesterday.

The data come in a stark contrast with home adviser's depiction of the country's law and order situation as "satisfactory".

At least 7 suspected robbers shot a man and robbed him of Tk 1 lakh cash and 160 bhori gold ornaments before fleeing in motorcycles on Sunday

The clash broke out over taking control of a labour-handling office in the Nagarbari port

A local Swechchasebak League leader was taken away from police custody in Cox's Bazar soon after his detention on Sunday evening.

The government yesterday decided to deploy a joint security patrol of police, army, navy, and BGB in areas of the capital where the law and order situation has deteriorated.