Bank manager abducted, weapons of cops taken

The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two persons on Monday with over Tk 31 lakh of stolen money from Faridpur.

A Narayanganj court yesterday issued arrest warrants against two top officials of Hashem Foods in a case filed over violating labour laws.

Bank manager held hostage

A 37-year-old man was sent to jail this evening in a case filed over killing a seven-year-old minor girl after raping her in Chattogram city’s CRB area yesterday

The High Court today ordered the government to stop cutting hills at Sajek in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati

A fish trader, who was stabbed by his rivals in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore on March 23, succumbed to his injuries early today

A Dhaka court today extended till May 16 the deadline for submitting the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in February 2012

A Dhaka court today accepted the charges pressed against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over misappropriation of about Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers' Profit Participation Fund

Two passengers were detained with gold ornaments, 480 cartons of cigarettes and four mobile phones at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram last night

Two Chinese companies have been barred from a project for a year over “fraudulent practices” in connection with the procurement process of 137 buses for bus rapid transit (BRT) services.

Law enforcers are yet to make any significant progress with the investigation of a case filed over six months ago in connection with the murder of a physically challenged youth in Ujirpur upazila of Barishal.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued seven individuals, including Ron Haque Sikder, the managing director (MD) of Sikder Group, and his brother Rick Haque Sikder, a former director of National Bank Limited (NBL), for money laundering abroad.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against Joynul Abedin, a retired judge of the Appellate Division, and his son Faisal Abedin in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth beyond known sources of income

System analyst at technical education board admits to selling over 5,000 of those in a couple of years

Police have arrested four persons including a woman in a case filed over gang-raping a 23-year-old woman after shackling her in a Mohammadpur flat for 25 days

Police rescued a madrasa student from Cumilla on Saturday night, 22 days after his alleged abduction from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar

A Jashore court yesterday sent 51 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies to jail in sabotage cases filed with several police stations in Jashore

A dumper truck carrying stolen earth from a reserve forest crushed a forest officer to death in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday when the official tried to stop the vehicle.

The government may temporarily block social media platforms, including Facebook and YouTube in Bangladesh if the companies fail to cooperate in efforts to fight cybercrime and the spread of false information.