Twenty fishermen have been abducted from the Naf river in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar by the Arakan Army, a rebel group in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, said Teknaf UNO

A Rab officer mentioned in a case that he arrested two men with a firearm at the capital’s Madhya Pirerbagh late at night on March 30. 

A female assistant commissioner (land) came under attack while conducting a mobile court drive at a local market in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur yesterday.

The body of a woman was recovered from a house at Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila yesterday afternoon.

The Bangladesh police has asked Malaysian authorities to arrest and extradite two businessmen as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of money laundering, extortion and migrant trafficking against the duo.

A day after police claimed former state minister Monnujan Sufian’s nephew was killed by a mob in Khulna’s Daulatpur, locals and a family member yesterday said there was no incident of mob violence in the area that day.

Police last night took a businessman into safe custody after a mob attacked and vandalised his shop on Hazari Lane in Chattogram over a Facebook post.

A Dhaka court today ordered the authorities concerned to freeze nine bank accounts of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in connection with a graft case

A syndicate in Noakhali had been storing various locally made and foreign weapons, according to a statement from the Police Headquarters (PHQ)

The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against Dr Mohammad Abdus Salam, a writer, and the editor and publisher of Bangla daily Jugantor for "authoring, publishing and disseminating contemptuous statements" in an article

The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against editor, publisher, and a writer of Bangla daily Jugantor for “authoring, publishing and disseminating contemptuous statements” in an article

The local administration today started a drive to remove around 500 structures built illegally on the Kuakata beach in Patuakhali's Kalapara upazila

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Major (retd) Abdul Mannan, former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Financial Company, in connection with a case filed over charges of embezzling Tk 8 crore

Abdul was ambushed and attacked with sharp weapons when he was on his way home following fajr prayers at Dakshinpara Marcus Mosque

The court also ordered the home ministry to dispose of an application filed by the writ petitioners seeking formation of such committee in 10 days

Police have arrested Molla Jalal, former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), in connection with a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act

A Dhaka court today issued a travel ban on Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, and his wife Shirin Taposh in connection with corruption allegations against them.

A Dhaka court today asked the authorities concerned to publish a gazette asking former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu and his four family members to appear before it by January 2, 2025 in a graft case

A nephew of Monnujan Sufian, former state minister for labour and employment, was killed allegedly in a mob beating in Khulna yesterday, said police.

The government will carry out a reinvestigation into the 2009 killings at the Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, said Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.