Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif was held after he allegedly went into hiding with his 9-year-old daughter ignoring a court order which granted the child's mother custody.

The Rapid Action Battalion today arrested a fugitive war criminal, who was sentenced to death for committing crimes against humanity in 1971.

An elderly man and his son were killed and three others were injured in a clash between two groups over land dispute in Mymensingh’s Sadar upazila this afternoon..The deceased were identified as Abul Khayer, 60, and his son Farhad Hossain, 20, of the upazila’s Churkhai-Jamtala area, our My

An employee was picked up and his employer went missing after a group of men claiming to be Detective Branch officials raided their printing press in Fakirapool area of the capital yesterday.

The Appellate Division today stayed the High Court proceedings in a contempt of court case against Kushtia DC, SP and three others for six months over their alleged involvement in buying and selling properties worth Tk 123 crore at a price of Tk 15 crore through an auction, violating an HC stay order.

Three people were injured and at least 20 houses were set on fire or ransacked during a clash between two factions of ruling Awami League in Narsingdi's Raipura upazila.

Abu Jafar's family was sure that he had been living in the Maldives for the last three years.

Detectives today said they arrested a member of a gang of motorcycle thieves who was involved in stealing around 1,000 bikes over the last 15 years.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday gave the Jamaat-e-Islami two months to prepare a concise statement of the party’s appeal against a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission.

A seven-year-old girl, who went missing from close to her Rupganj home in Narayanganj on January 25, was found dead in the  Shitalakkhya river in Dhaka’s Demra area.

Members of the Counter Terrorism Division of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday arrested a suspended staff of the Election Commission's Chattogram regional office over forging birth certificates.

The High Court today stayed for six months the trial proceedings of a criminal case that Tureen Afroz, a former prosecutor at the International Crimes Tribunal, filed against her brother for issuing death threats and demeaning her character.

Two death-row fugitives, who were sentenced by the International Crimes Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity in 1971, were arrested from Dhaka's Dakshin Khan and Ashulia area yesterday.

A truck driven by a gang of robbers ran over a woman, killing her, as she .and her son were trying to stop them from stealing her cattle in Poncho Sarutia shoal of Sirjganj’s Sadar upazila early today..Her son was injured in the incident..The deceased was identified as Selina K

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today gave Jamaat-e-Isami two months' time to prepare a concise statement of the party's appeal against a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission..A concise statement contains the points on which the appella

Police arrested four people yesterday in a case filed over the death of two children from "food poisoning" after eating cakes and patties from a bakery in Gazipur city on Sunday. A third child had fallen ill after consuming food from the shop in the same incident.

Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya posed a bigger security threat than any militant outfit ever did, law enforcers said.

A man was shot dead in broad daylight by unidentified criminals in Khulna’s Phultala upazila yesterday morning.

The office of Chittagong University VC Prof Shireen Akhter was ransacked allegedly by a group of Chhatra League men yesterday “for not recruiting a former leader of the student organisation as a teacher”.

A Jordanian-American pilot has died due to the negligence of a reputed private hospital in Dhaka, his sister has alleged.