Mufti Jashimuddin Rahmani, chief of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, was released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail in Gazipur this morning

A Dhaka court today placed Awami League publicity and publications secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap, former head of news at Ekattor Television Shakil Ahmed and its principal correspondent Farzana Rupa on different terms of remand for interrogation in the case over the death of a garment worker Rubel during the mass protest

A Dhaka court today sent 377 Ansars, including 2 female members, to jail in four cases over last night's clashes between the force members and students and people in front of the Secretariat gates in Dhaka

Law Adviser Professor Asif Nazrul today said Ansar members protesting at the secretariat yesterday made the unrealistic demand of having their jobs nationalised through a circular by 10:00pm the same day

Former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu was arrested from Uttara area this afternoon

At least six army officials were injured, one of them critically, last night as agitated Ansar members suddenly attacked the army men deployed for the security of the Secretariat

A businessman in Jashore filed a case against Jashore district Awami League President Shahidul Islam Milan and his son last night, accusing them of leading a violent attack on his home on June 27.

Number of arrestees likely to increase

Twelve firefighting units were working to extinguish the fire since last night but it could not be doused completely even after 15 hours, officials of Fire Service and Civil defence said around noon

Judge Mohammad Iqbal Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-5 of Dhaka also fined them a total of Tk 4.05 crore, which they will have to pay proportionately

The government last night transferred nine senior officials of Ansar and VDP, including a deputy commandant, following a clash with students at the Secretariat.

Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Salahuddin, actors Zayed Khan, Shahriar Nazim Joy and Shazu Khadem and 47 others were sued yesterday on charge of attacking the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Fakirapool intersection in April of 2015

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday asked banks to freeze the accounts of Nazrul Islam Mazumder, the chairman of Exim Bank and Nassa Group, and Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, former chairman of Padma Bank, and their family members.

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accused in 12 more cases filed in Dhaka and elsewhere yesterday.

Former Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and Awami League Central Publicity and Publications Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap were arrested in Dhaka yesterday.

A Dhaka court today placed six people, including former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku and ex-state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over the death of an 11-grader in the capital's Lalbagh area during the quota reform protests on July 18

A case was filed against 77 named Awami League men including some of the party's local leaders and 100-150 unidentified persons on charge of vandalising Pirojpur district BNP office on August 4

A total of 350 Awami League men including 93 named were made accused in two separate cases on charge of vandalising the BNP office of Barguna’s Amtali upazila on August 5

A Dhaka court today placed former Dhaka-13 Awami League lawmaker Sadek Khan on a four-day remand in a case filed for the killing of truck driver Md Sujan, 24, during the student movement on July 20

Repeated instances of mob beatings of political detainees expose govt's failure to provide their safety