Bangladesh Coast Guard seized seven lakh yaba pills from an engine boat at the Bay near St Martin’s Island at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

A Munshiganj court yesterday sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her husband.

A Natore court yesterday sentenced two people  to life-term  imprisonment for raping a child in  Baraigram  upazila of the district  in 2016.

'She might have committed a heinous crime. But she has the right to get protection and justice. There are rules for regulating the Rab, which is a special force. Can Rab detain any person without any case? Our concern is whether Rab followed relevant procedures in dealing with her'

A Dhaka court today sentenced a former settlement officer and former surveyor of Tejgaon Land Office to different terms of punishment in a graft case..Former settlement officer Md Ashraf Ali Howlader was sentenced to five years in jail and was fined Tk 50,000. He was present in the court.<

An assistant pharmacist of Lalmonirhat District Jail has admitted to smuggling government drugs out of the prison and selling those outside. .He made the admission in the statement of a case he himself lodged with Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station last night..Badiuzzaman, 53, sued one

The Dhaka University authorities today suspended two of its students who were known for their involvement with "Proloy gang", which recently came under the spotlight for different reasons.

Rab today claimed that Sultana Jasmine, who died in custody on March 24, had initially fallen ill while being taken to a police station on March 22

Gulshan police arrested 13 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including two women, from Dhaka’s Shahjadpur area last night.

A Dhaka tribunal today completed recording statement of all prosecution witnesses, including the investigation officer of an arms case filed against Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan

The High Court will deliver on Thursday the verdict on whether Mohammad Zahangir Alam will get back the mayoral post of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC)

The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why the department's decision should not be declared illegal.

Sexual harassment allegations have surfaced against a physician in Cox’s Bazar who, according to a complaint, coerced two nurses into travelling to Saint Martin’s Island so they could “entertain” the district’s civil surgeon.

Sultana Jasmine, a union-level land employee in Naogaon who died in the custody of Rapid Action Battalion on Friday, had suffered a head injury along with brain haemorrhages but what caused it all remains unexplained.   

Police on Sunday evening sued 265 BNP men in two cases field in Netrakona’s Durgapur upazila over alleged attack on police and obstructing police in performing their duties that morning.

A case was filed against a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader in Faridpur yesterday under Digital Security Act for posting a photo on his Facebook page with a pistol-like object in his waist.

The incident of torturing a father and his son in a Faridpur school classroom "over rape" was a teacher’s ploy to get custody of the man’s daughter, said police

A woman, who was allegedly attacked with acid by her husband families over dowry in Fatullah of Narayanganj, died at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka yesterday..Fatema, 31, wife of Arif Hossain in Lallpur area of Fatullah, died yesterday afternoon w

Different rights organisations today expressed anger and grave concern at the death of Sultana Jasmine in Rab custody on March 24.

A day before Sultana Jasmine's death, Enamul Haque, director, local government at the office of Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner, filed a case under DSA with Rajpara Police Station in Rajshahi city