There is growing hope for the swift release of the 23 crew members held captive by pirates on board the hijacked ship MV Abdullah.

Five students of Dhaka University have been sued for allegedly assaulting a police official in Shahbagh.

A case has been filed against five students of Dhaka University for allegedly assaulting a police official in Shahbagh area of Dhaka

A Narayanganj court today sentenced six men to life term in a murder case filed with Rupganj Police Station

Panic spread at a village in Jashore's Jhikargacha after residents suspected that miscreants poisoned some of the tube wells in the area

Bangladesh Bar Council has banned five candidates from participating in the advocateship enrollment examination for five years on different charges, including offering Tk 5 lakh to the examiner for passing the written examination held last year

The Supreme Court today issued status quo for eight weeks on the possession and position of a property of Awami League lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy at Gulshan in Dhaka

A Dhaka court today sent former secretary Proshanto Kumar Roy to jail after he surrendered in a case filed for amassing about Tk 1.25 crore beyond his known source of income

Foreign Minister Hasan Hamud said yesterday that the government was trying to rescue the hijacked Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel MV Abdullah and its crew members.

Seven years ago, the nation was shaken by the murder of an eighth grader named Adnan Kabir by a gang of boys about his age in the capital’s Uttara.

Another case has been filed against 11 people including Transcom Group Chief Executive Officer Simeen Rahman.

Five more  have been arrested over the murder of Faisal Russel, a craftsman from Pallabi, in Mirpur on March 16.

The government hopes to rescue the crew of the hijacked ship MV Abdullah soon, said Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today

A Kali temple and its idol were vandalised in Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur today

The European Union’s warships in the Somali piracy-prone region are watching the hijacked Bangladesh-flagged ship.

A ward level Jubo League leader was stabbed to death allegedly by teen gang members in Jashore Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

The personal driver of a business person allegedly masterminded the kidnapping of the latter’s school-going son and then pretended that kidnappers abducted him.

A 60-year-old woman was killed and five others injured in a clash over selling sand lifted from the Brahmaputra river in Mymensingh Sadar yesterday.

With the desire to become a “don” in Dhaka, a youth plotted to murder nine people in a row.

Rab has arrested nine members of a train ticket black market syndicate -- including four employees of Shohoz Synesis Vincen JV -- a Shohoz-led joint venture -- the ticket-selling partner of Bangladesh Railway.