A Dhaka court yesterday ordered ACC to confiscate six flats and nine shares of different markets owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his wife and brother and their beneficiaries over corruption allegations brought against them.

The post-mortem report of six-year-old Taiba, whose body was found in a septic tank in Shariatpur’s Bhedarganj upazila on September 26, confirms she was sexually assaulted before being strangled to death.

The prosecution yesterday pressed formal charges before the ICT-2 against Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other party leaders in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July uprising.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is set to begin a primary investigation into allegations of crimes against humanity against the Awami League as a political party, Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam said yesterday.

22-year-old arrested after CCTV footage linked him to assault that left eight injured

A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her son following a family dispute in Lalmonirhat’s Sadar upazila early today..The deceased was identified as Sushila Karmakar, 55, wife of late Vello Karmakar of Shibram Palpara village under Barabari union..On information, police have arres

Asked to submit written explanation in 7 days

There are indications that she was raped, police say

At least 54 girls were sexually harassed or abused, and 390 others were raped or gang-raped in the first eight months of this year, according to a report by the National Girl Child Advocacy Forum (NGCAF).

A mob attacked police personnel and snatched away two suspected extortionists after they were caught red-handed in Narsingdi Sadar upazila yesterday.

One person was killed and 16 others injured in a clash between two criminal gangs over territory in the hilly area of Jungle Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

A Jubo League leader who was arrested four months ago died in custody while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday afternoon.

A joint operation by the Bangladesh Coast Guard and Navy rescued 38 people, including women and children, from human traffickers in the remote hills of Baharchhara in Teknaf early yesterday.

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman yesterday said there is no legal barrier to implementing the July Charter in line with the decision of the National Consensus Commission.

A journalist was hacked to death by armed assailants in Bagerhat town last night.

Unidentified miscreants set a bus of Alif Paribahan on fire in Dhaka’s Senpara area yesterday morning.

A portion of the Gohala river in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj has been illegally leased to a businessman by a local mosque committee and influentials, sparking widespread criticism.

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by a neighbour in Monirampur upazila of Jashore on Thursday evening.

Most shops at the Aziz Super Market near the capital’s Shahbagh remained closed since yesterday afternoon due to tension between two factions over the formation of the Shop Owners’ Association Committee.

Four senior Awami League leaders, including former law minister Anisul Huq and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman, may soon be formally charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the July uprising, according to the prosecution.