A Dhaka court yesterday placed Executive Editor of The Daily Star Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker on a four-day police remand for questioning over the death of a teenage house help, who fell from their residential building in the capital’s Mohammadpur last week.

Police are yet to arrest anyone in connection with the rape of a woman in Khulna’s Paikgachha on Monday.

The High Court yesterday directed that Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko will get the custody of the eldest and youngest daughters while their Bangladesh-born US citizen father Imran Sharif will get custody of the middle child.

The Supreme Court today extended till February 25 its order that barred lawyers Mohammad Moshin Rashid and Shah Ahmed Badal from conducting any case before its Appellate and High Court divisions for writing a letter to the chief justice with "some derogatory statements"

A Dhaka court today placed Executive Editor of The Daily Star Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker on a four-day police remand for questioning over the death of a teenage house help, who fell from their residential building in the capital's Mohammadpur last week

The High Court today directed that Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko will get the custody of the eldest and youngest daughter while their Bangladesh-born US citizen father Imran Sharif will get custody of the middle child

Three people including two police personnel were injured as a crude bomb they were tryting to recover exploded in an unused toilet of a house in Barishal's Gournadi municipality this morning.

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Police recovered the body of a young man from a local water body in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila yesterday, 17 days after he went missing.

A woman in Khulna’s Paikgachha upazila was reportedly gang-raped in the early hours of yesterday, by criminals who spread glue on her eyes to prevent her from identifying them.

A 20-year-old man from Dhamrai has been forcibly disappeared since August 29 last year, claimed his family at a press conference yesterday.

Human Rights Forum Bangladesh, a platform of 20 rights and development organisations, yesterday demanded fair and impartial investigation and justice for Preeti Urang, a house help who fell to her death from the eighth-floor flat of The Daily Star executive editor. 

A local Jubo League leader has been stabbed to death in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore.

A Rohingya man was shot dead by criminals at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila on Sunday night.

Rab said yesterday that its members detained 30 robbers during overnight drives in the Bay of Bengal.

A Narsingdi court today sent a police constable to jail in connection with a rape case.

A Rohingya man was shot dead by criminals at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya upazila last night

Police recovered the body of a young man from a local water body in Tangail's Kalihati upazila today, 17 days after he went missing

A woman in Khulna's Paikgachha upazila was reportedly gang-raped early today, by criminals who spread glue on her eyes to prevent her from identifying them

At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured in a clash during an eviction drive in Chattogram's New Market area this afternoon