A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced SM Nazmul Haque, the former chief engineer and surveyor of the Department of Shipping, to seven years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over taking Tk 5 lakh bribe for approving a ship's design.

Another complaint was filed at the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday over Hefazat-e-Islam’s protest in the capital’s Shapla Chattar area in 2013, accusing more than 50 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday condemned the murder of a lawyer in the port city of Chattogram.

Shahadat Alam Jhunu, organising secretary of Bogura district Awami League, died yesterday evening while in jail custody.

The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, has announced a protest programme following the murder of advocate Saiful Islam Alif

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed met President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban this afternoon and presented the Supreme Court's Annual Report of 2023 to him

Warns of vested interests behind the scenario, assures action

The incident took place on the west side of the rail gate of Izzatpur Bazar after a joint force conducted the drive in Sreepur around 3:00pm.

A Dhaka court today acquitted former BNP Chief Whip Md Zainul Abdin Farooque in a 24-year-old case over his alleged failure to submit a wealth statement within the stipulated time

The government believes that the chaos and vandalism in different parts of the capital that happened in the last two days may be part of a bigger plan.

A Jashore businessman sued 13 policemen, including former superintendent of police Anisur Rahman, on Sunday night for allegedly abducting him, and attempting to kill him in 2014.

A crowd, mostly from outside Dhaka, gathered at Shahbagh intersection between Sunday night and yesterday morning after being promised loans of Tk 1 lakh each by an organisation named Non-Violent People’s Uprising Bangladesh.

The Supreme Court has prepared a draft ordinance incorporating the provision for constituting a Judicial Appointment Council in order to select competent candidates for their appointment as new High Court judges

The throat-slit body of a teenager was found in Purangaon village of Habiganj's Nabiganj upazila on Sunday night

The clashes between students of three colleges continued yesterday, leaving over 100 injured in the capital’s Jatrabari.

Former ISKCON leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, alias Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, was arrested from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.

A group of people attempted to create chaos in front of the Prothom Alo’s head office in the capital’s Karwan Bazar yesterday.

Students Against Discrimination and 18 other student organisations will observe the National Solidarity Week from today to resolve the unrest at educational institutions and prevent the resurgence of the Awami League.

Four more members of the fraud ring were arrested

The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition filed by Md Matiur Rahman, former member of the National Board of Revenue, his wife Laila Kaniz Lucky and their son Ahmed Tawfiqur Rahman Arnab seeking its permission to go abroad and then return to country