Expressing deep concern, the Editors’ Council yesterday condemned the jailing of a journalist in Sherpur for seeking information.

A journalist from Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila was assaulted allegedly by supporters of a local ward councillor last evening.

A man died at a Chattogram hospital yesterday while being treated for injuries he sustained after being attacked at his home by a local ward councillor’s men, during a dispute over the due rent of a flat in the port city’s Panchlaish area.

A Joypurhat court yesterday sentenced a woman and her accomplice to death for killing her husband over a domestic dispute in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat.

The High Court today ordered the government to form an independent committee led by an additional secretary of the health ministry to probe the allegation of gross negligence that caused the death of Rahib Reza at Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital's Dhanmondi

The council also noted the increasing trend of such actions against media workers which, they fear, is squeezing the space for free and independent journalism

They are Zakir Hossain Masud, Kazi Bashir Ahmed and Shama Akter

Jahangirnagar University authorities yesterday expelled five students, and cancelled academic certificates of two accused including Chhatra League leader Mostafizur Rahman, in connection with gang-raping a woman after holding her husband captive on campus last month

Police recovered the body of a local Swechchhasebak Dal leader at Nizpara village of Mahendranagar union in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this morning

A truck driver was shot in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh area yesterday.

At least 21 people, including two police personnel, were injured in post-polls violence in three districts yesterday and on Saturday night.

Four people, including a local Awami League leader, have been sued for raping a young woman after tying her companion to a tree in Sunamganj’s Dowarabazar upazila.

A man has been hacked to death over a trivial matter in the capital’s Mirpur area yesterday.

The High Court today adjourned hearing till March 14 on the rule that questioned the legality of the Labour Appellate Tribunal’s order, which stayed the conviction and sentences of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and three other top officials of Grameen Telecom in a labour law violation case

A mobile court of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) sealed off an unapproved restaurant on the rooftop of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort during a drive in Dhaka's Khilkhet area today

Police arrested a man for allegedly raping 11-year-old madrasa girl in Brahmanbaria's Bancharampur upazila today

A case has been filed accusing four persons including a local Awami League leader for raping a woman after tying her male companion to a tree in Sunamganj’s Dowarabazar

A Dhaka court today placed pro-BNP lawyer and secretary candidate Ruhul Quddus Kazal on a four-day remand in connection with a case filed over Friday's violence over the Supreme Court Bar Association election

A man was sentenced to death by a Sirajganj court today for killing his mother

A truck driver was shot and injured by unidentified assailants in Dhaka's Sabujbagh area early today