Law enforcers in a joint drive have arrested a man with 29 sharp weapons in Gopalpur, Tangail.

The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested nine persons from the Airport Railway Station area on suspicion of setting fire to Mohanganj Express that killed four people on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday upheld a High Court order that on Monday directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka to accept, hear and dispose the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine cases.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has introduced a digital wireless operating system to enhance its information services and strengthen the security system of the DMP, aiming to prevent information leaks

A Dhaka University student was attacked by a group of unidentified youths last night

The Supreme Court in the full text of a verdict has issued 12 observations and guidelines for the Anti-Corruption Commission in exercising the powers under the relevant rule, which has empowered the commission to terminate its officials without showing any reason

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to BNP leader Mujibur Rahman Sarwar in a vandalism case, clearing the way for him to walk out of jail

Twenty-one turtles were recovered from a fish shop in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila town last night

A Dhaka court today sentenced 15 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations to six months' imprisonment in a case filed over the 2013 political violence in Dhaka

The Supreme Court chamber judge today upheld a High Court order that on Monday directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka to accept, hear and dispose the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine cases

In separate incidents, two Rohingya men were shot dead early today in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

For months, a young Bangladeshi national has been taking in huge profits by operating a fake work permit renewal syndicate in Malaysia that targeted foreign workers

Police arrested a BNP leader for his alleged involvement in a sabotage of a rail line in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur yesterday

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan yesterday hoped that the culprits, who set fire to Mohanganj Express train in Dhaka on Tuesday, must be identified through a proper probe and be put on trial for punishment.

Moments before the fire was spotted in the coupling between the Ja and Jha carriages of Mohanganj Express on Tuesday morning, two youths were seen acting suspiciously.

An intercity train averted an accident after miscreants removed fishplates and sleepers from a part of rail tracks in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday night.

At least eight people were injured and two campaign offices were vandalised in pre-polls violence in three districts since Tuesday night.

A woman has suffered burns after her ex-husband allegedly threw acid on her in Lalpur upazila of Natore.

The demand for locally-made firearms has risen in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar ahead of the upcoming national election slated for January 7 next year, according to the law enforcers.

A local BNP leader, jailed for political violence, died yesterday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Noagaon.