Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and 91 others were sued yesterday on charges of making an attempt to kill a female lawyer during the mass uprising on August 4 last year.

The goods smuggled from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 include gold, bronze, sarees, cosmetics, sugar, cigarette, and drugs, said a press release of the BGB

This troubling dynamic has created a deep mistrust that complicates any attempts at meaningful engagement between law enforcement and the communities they serve

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter, Saima Wazed (Putul), have been sued for irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Purbachal New Town project.

In November last year, a contractor secured the work to demolish a building in Dhaka’s Moghbazar for Tk 16.5 lakh. Shortly afterwards, members of a local gang arrived at the site and demanded Tk 3 lakh to allow the work to proceed.

Friday’s attack on two computer traders in the capital’s Elephant Road took place as they refused to pay extortion money to the gang of top criminal Sanjidul Haque Emon, says the case statement.

A doctor at the neurosurgery department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) returned home early yesterday after being released by kidnappers in exchange for Tk 1.3 lakh ransom.

Police have arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in a heist at a jewellery shop in Dhanmondi’s Shimanto Sambhar Shopping Complex.

Forty percent of 2,040 university-level students who participated in a recent survey reported paying bribes or facing harassment while seeking police services, while only 10.5 percent experienced smooth service.

The notice demands the withdrawal of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) personnel currently performing these duties within three days

Govt dairy farm embezzles Tk 10 lakh in name of vehicle repairs, paying salaries

Twenty people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of the Awami League (AL) supporters yesterday in Kashinathpur village in Jhenaidah's Shailkupa upazila, police said today

Two computer shop owners were hacked by a group of around 20 assailants armed with machetes on the capital’s Elephant Road.

During the drive, police recovered illegal drugs and various domestic weapons from their possessions

3 arrested

The interim government yesterday reiterated its zero-tolerance policy towards communal attacks, stressing that the police have been ordered to arrest culprits responsible for these incidents.

The family members of Golam Rabbani Tipu, a former councillor of Khulna City Corporation who was shot dead in Cox’s Bazar last Thursday, said they have been living amid fear and insecurity since the murder.

Police yesterday arrested a Jubo Dal leader in Munshiganj, a day after he was snatched by his supporters from Sreenagar Police Station.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court’s decision to dismiss five labour law cases against Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus.

Four people were killed in a collision between two speedboats on the Meghna in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj around 9:30pm on Friday, said police.