Eight people were killed during a “shootout” between two armed groups at Rowangchhari upazila in Bandarban on Thursday night, said police

An Awami League leader, also elder brother of a ruling party lawmaker in Tangail, has been sued over the rape and torture of a teenager.

A Lakshmipur court yesterday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her three-year-old son in Laharkandi union under the district’s Sadar upazila in 2021.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced one Md Rifat, 21, to life imprisonment and fined him Tk 1 lakh for abducting and subsequently raping a schoolgirl in 2019.

A man accused in 16 cases -- including some centring murder and robbery – was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals in Fatullah, Narayanganj yesterday.

Journalists formed a human chain in Rangpur yesterday, demanding withdrawal of a case filed against one of their fellows under Digital Security Act.

They used to enter buildings in posh areas of Dhaka wearing aprons and masks, carrying identity cards, to pose as doctors and nurses. Unlike actual physicians, their motives were insidious.

Taking a deposit of Tk 3 lakh, he first gave the depositor an appointment for the post of an assistant teacher in a school with a monthly salary of Tk 18,000.

Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid yesterday came down heavily on the finance minister, along with other ministers, for his failure to stop money laundering.

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza, which collapsed in April 2013, claiming at least 1,136 lives.

Police arrested five people while they were allegedly preparing for robbery in Dinajpur Sadar upazila early hours of yesterday.

A Cumilla court sentenced five people to death in the 2017 murder case filed over the killing of an expatriate worker.

None of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh Bank (BB), Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police has submitted any probe report on the alleged loan scams in Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, and First Security Islami Bank to the High Court in the last four months despite its directive

The ruling Awami League-backed lawyers and pro-BNP lawyers locked into a scuffle at the hall of Supreme Court Bar Association this afternoon after both sides arranged iftar programmes there..As the two groups gathered at the hall, pro-BNP members of an ad-hoc committee formed to hold a fre

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today cleared the way for the High Court to hear and dispose of nearly 100 pending writ petitions involving imposition of 15 percent income tax on private universities

The Supreme Court chamber judge today stayed till May 29 a High Court order that granted bail to suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of prisons Bazlur Rashid, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in a case filed for amassing Tk 3.14 crore beyond known sources of income. .

The High Court today granted bail to Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza, which collapsed claiming at least 1,136 lives in April 2013.

A Dhaka court today again ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit by May 21 the report on further investigation into the case filed against Prothom Alo's senior journalist Rozina Islam under the Official Secrets Act.

The High Court today upheld its directive that asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to probe allegations against state-owned medicine manufacturer Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL) of embezzling Tk 477 crore.

A Dhaka court today directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit by June 18 the probe report against former chief justice SK Sinha and his brother in a case filed over buying a house in the US with laundered money