The businessman who was shot dead on his way to the mosque in Raozan upazila of Chattogram on January 24 was murdered over extortion money, police claimed today after arresting two persons with firearms.

The clash broke out at the Adamjee area, escalating into multiple confrontations with gunshots fired

Several divisions of the Bangladesh Army in coordination with other law enforcement agencies, have conducted multiple nationwide drives between February 27 and March 5 to maintain law and order

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to confiscate six houses and eight flats, situated at Dhaka and Purbachal owned by former chairman of EXIM Bank Nazrul Islam Mazumder in connection to a case filed over illegally acquiring wealth worth over Tk 781.31 crore

In the application, the IO said the case is now at the primary stage of investigation

ACC Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir moved the application on behalf of the anti-graft body.

Ruhul Quddus, vice-president of BNP's Sharsha upazila unit in Jashore, and former UP Chairman of Kaiba Union, was expelled from the party for allegedly looting 155 sacks of rice from the food-friendly programme last night

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and his wife, Irin Malbika Munshi, for illegally acquiring assets worth Tk 10.08 crore

The High Court today handed out Tk 4 lakh fines each to the owners of 54 brick kilns in Chattogram Hill Tracts for illegally running operations.

A total of 13 stolen mobile phones were recovered from the suspects

They demanded release of a man arrested for harassing a female student of Dhaka University

Former Awami League lawmaker from Nilphamari-1 (Domar-Dimla) Aftab Uddin Sarkar was arrested early today

Police rescued a 50-year-old man who was injured in a mob attack at the T&T Wireless Tower area in Hatirjheel yesterday.

A scuffle broke out tonight in Bashundhara residential area between associates of Sarjis Alam, a leader of the newly-formed National Citizens Party (NCP), and students from several private universities, who claimed that they were deprived and underappreciated.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 39 bank accounts of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed in connection with corruption allegations against him.

Two persons were arrested yesterday over the attack and robbing of two Iranian nationals during a "mob attack" in Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday.

Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday dismantled more than 50 illegal warehouses for bricks, sand, and stone, along with other unauthorised structures in Gabtali Beribadh area.

Two men were produced before a Gazipur court yesterday on charges of raping and attempting to extort a 19-year-old woman in Gazipur’s Tongi on Tuesday.

Police arrested three people and recovered 697 slaughtered birds including sparrow and weaver from their possessions at Chattogram’s Anwara upazila on Tuesday

Police have arrested former senior secretary of the ICT ministry NM Ziaul Alam from the Panchlaish area of Chattogram in a case filed over the allegation of selling citizens' National ID (NID) information.