BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now cleared of all the 37 cases filed during the 2007 caretaker government and the Awami League regime as the court acquitted her in the Niko graft case yesterday.

The incident took place when the victim went to visit a park in Jhenaigati with her friends on February 14

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed two separate cases against former Minister of Housing and Public Works SM Rezaul Karim, and his wife Firoza Parveen on charges of illegally acquiring assets worth nearly Tk 12 crore and suspicious transactions amounting to Tk seven crore

Police in Sirajganj seized a truck loaded with banned polythene and arrested two individuals for transporting the material.

On February 11 this year, Tanvir was arrested from Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi's Sardah.

Kuet students demonstrated earlier today, calling for the vice-chancellor's (VC) resignation. This was one of their five demands.

Two more persons, who allegedly carried out an attack on a couple with sharp weapons in the capital's Uttara on Monday, were arrested early today.

A senior ACC official said that appropriate legal action will be taken based on the findings

Three cases were filed over murder

The recording of the confessional statement of Selim Bhuiyan was not voluntary, court says

Tensions escalated yesterday evening when eight people, including civil committee member Amanullah, visited the park to verify Salauddin’s presence

With this, Khaleda Zia has been acquitted from all the cases filed against her during caretaker government in 2007 and AL government regime

The hour-long clash left at least 50 students injured, most of them with wounds from sharp weapons

Judge Md Rabiul Alam will pronounce the judgment around 11:00am

The Anti-Corruption Commission has discovered additional assets of Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, his wife Sabrina Sobhan, and his brother Safwan Sobhan Tasvir in the UAE, Slovakia, and the UK.

The Rapid Action Battalion will be restructured if necessary, said Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday.

One of the two persons, who were seen in the video carrying out an attack on a couple with sharp weapons in the capital’s Uttara area on Monday night, was arrested from Dhaka’s Abdullahpur area yesterday evening.

The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday extended the deadline for the submission of probe reports in two high-profile cases, including one  against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity during the July uprising.

Activists of Chhatra Dal and Students Against Discrimination faced off at different universities last night, hours after clashes between the groups left over 40 people injured on Kuet campus.

Twenty-five workers, who were abducted from rubber plantations in Bandarban’s Lama upazila on Sunday, were released yesterday after paying a ransom of around Tk 10 lakh, said a plantation owner.