Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accused in five more cases yesterday.

The bodies of two female students, presumed to have been killed after rape, were recovered in Brahmanbaria yesterday, three days after they went missing.

A Dhaka court today rejected the bail petition of SM Nazmul Haque, former chief engineer and ship surveyor of Department of Shipping, and his wife Sahela Nazmul, and sent them to jail in a case filed on charge of acquisition, possession and smuggling of assets beyond disclosed sources of income

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Harun Or Rashid, former chief of detective branch (DB) of police, and his wife Shirin Akhter in connection with a corruption investigation against them

Inu put on 7-day remand, Menon on six-day remand

A petition was filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today seeking review of its verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system in 2011

Three top police officials, including an additional inspector general of police (IGP), were sent into forced retirement from service today

Five police officials, who were sent on forced retirement during Awami League government between 2020 and 2023, have been reinstated in the force

Former PM was also sued in an abduction case in Rajshahi

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a panel to maintain the ongoing anti-corruption operations and support the law enforcement agencies.

Police today sought a 10-day remand for Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and former information minister, in a case filed over the death of Abdul Wadud in the New Market area on July 19 during the quota reform protests.

Two additional inspectors general of police and six deputy inspectors general (DIG) were transferred to new postings today

Twenty-four districts got new superintendents of police (SP) today

Immigration police detained two Awami League leaders -- Syed Shamim Ahmed and Abdur Rahman Jamil -- at Sylhet’s Osmani International Airport last night.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today deferred to September 1 the delivery of its order on a petition that sought stay on the High Court order, which on August 19 suspended Somoy TV broadcast for seven days

Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and former information minister, was arrested at one of his relatives’ house in Uttara yesterday afternoon in connection with a murder case filed with the New Market Police Station on August 21.

A total of 437 Ansar personnel have been named as suspects in four cases that also accuse 11,100 unidentified people over clashes between the members of the force and students outside the Secretariat in Dhaka on Sunday night.

The number of cases filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has risen to 66, with two new cases filed in Gazipur and Rangpur yesterday.

Mufti Jashimu-ddin Rahmani, chief of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail in Gazipur yesterday.

Police last night filed a case against retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik for allegedly attempting to enter India illegally.