A total of 154 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order as the 48-hour countrywide blockade enforced by BNP and its allies is underway for the second consecutive day

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed December 10 for holding hearing on 23 appeals regarding fixing the minimum age of freedom fighters during the country’s liberation war in 1971

The body of a madrasa student was found in a septic tank of a mosque in Patuakhali Saturday night.

The Gangamati Reserve Forest in Kuakata, Patuakhali, which acted as a natural shield against Cyclone Sidr in 2007 and other such calamities, is under threat due to tree felling and soil extraction.

A Jubo Dal leader, who had a heart condition, died while a team of Rab was chasing him in Shajahanpur upazila of Bogura yesterday morning, the BNP claims. But his brother said he died of a heart attack, and he was not chased by law enforcers.

A High Court bench today questioned why the Jail Code’s provisions regarding imposition of bar fetters on prisoners were not amended in 52 years of the country’s independence

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to submit a report containing all relevant information about Chinguria Khal (canal) in Patuakhali including the progress of cancelling the lease of its land with private individuals

The High Court will deliver a verdict tomorrow (Monday) on whether former government officials can contest Jatiya Sangsad elections in three years of retirement

Shahidur Rahman alias Dipu used to identify himself as the director general (DG) of the Prime Minister's Office, says DMP addl commissioner

Unidentified criminals set fire to a bus and a pickup in Dhaka and Gazipur tonight, on the first day of BNP's 48-hour blockade.

Another student arrested

Earlier in the day, writ petitioner Advocate Md Eunus Ali Akond told the HC bench that the Election Commission is going to hold the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election hurriedly as there are five months more for holding the polls

The Supreme Court today issued status quo on the demand by 106 former workers of Grameen Kalyan seeking a part of net profit of the company and the HC verdict on it till February 5 next year

A Dhaka court today sentenced 11 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and their front organisations to 30 months' rigorous imprisonment each in a case filed over political violence

Arsonists torched the bus of Victor Classic Paribahan around 2:50pm

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has sought bail from the High Court in a case filed over the vandalism of the chief justice's residence during the BNP-police clash on October 28

The High Court today started hearing on a writ petition that challenged the legality of announcing the schedule for the forthcoming parliamentary election to be held on January 7 next year

Arsonists set fire to a truck on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Kaliakoir area this morning, on the first day of 48-hour blockade called by BNP and its allies

Jasim, Litu and Jummon on a flight of Emirates Airlines from Dubai arrived at the airport around 11:00pm yesterday

A truck helper succumbed to burn injuries today, six days after unidentified arsonists set his vehicle on fire in Guimara upazila of Khagrachari on November 26 during a blockade enforced by BNP