Participation in gambling activities, providing assistance, encouragement, or engaging in advertising to promote such activities, will also be treated as criminal conduct.

ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain informed journalists about the decision today.

Doubts are growing as to whether there are subtle efforts within the government to weaken and break the BNP, he also said

A man died yesterday, a day after being beaten and forced to drink a mixture of acid, limestone, and sand, on allegations of cattle theft in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed separate cases against former State Minister of Disaster Management and Relief and ex-lawmaker for Patuakhali-4, Mohibbur Rahman, and his wife, Fatema Akhter, on charges of corruption

The body of a female police constable was found in her home in the Kamalapur area of Kushtia city yesterday evening

A Chandpur court yesterday granted a seven-day remand for Akash Mondal, alias Irfan, in connection with the murders of seven people aboard the fertilizer-laden vessel MV Al-Bakhera on the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila

A bus owner was hacked to death last night allegedly by a driver in the city’s Adabor area following an altercation over the daily rent for the vehicle.

Four journalists, including the editor and managing editor of the Janabani newspaper, were injured in an attack by criminals near their office in the capital's Banglamotor area yesterday afternoon.

Four of the five people arrested over the assault and humiliation of freedom fighter Abdul Hai Kanu were not involved in the incident, the victim said yesterday.

Seventeen houses of the Tripura community in Bandarban were burnt down in an alleged arson attack early yesterday.

The seven crew members of MV Al-Bakhera were killed by a fellow, Akash Mondal, who was alegedly frustrated over unpaid wages and mistreatment, the Rab claimed yesterday after his arrest.

Police today recovered two revolvers, which were looted from Chattogram’s Pahartali Police Station on August 5

The police have filed an unnatural death case.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has written to the Election Commission and the home ministry urging action against 24 former ministers and lawmakers who held foreign citizenship while serving in office.

Five people were arrested yesterday in connection with the assault on freedom fighter Abdul Hai Kanu in Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday sent letters to the Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO), Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Election Commission, and the Department of Immigration and Passports seeking information about deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members to conduct investigations into corruption allegations.

Police today arrested an Awami League leader in connection with several cases filed for attacking protesters during the mass uprising of July-August

Police have identified the three victims who died in a fire broke out at a button factory of M&U Trims Limited in Bhangnahati of Gazipur's Sreepur municipality on Sunday

All of the directors are close associates of former chairman of People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd, Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder.