Name changed. Papers faked. And a deception of 18 years. That is how it was for Mohammad Iqbal Hossain (52).

Police admitted for the first time yesterday that an insurgent group ordered last year’s murder of a respected Rohingya leader, saying they were threatened by his growing popularity.

A member of United People’s Democratic Front (Democratic) was reportedly shot dead in the Punorbashopara area of Bandarban’s Tonkaboti union this afternoon.

A case was filed today against four named persons and five unidentified people for abducting and raping a woman in Cox's Bazar.

Two siblings were set on fire, allegedly by their brother-in-law, at the latter’s house in Dhaka’s Adabar area this morning.

A Dhaka tribunal today asked Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit by May 10 a report on a case filed against seven people, including Bangladesh Pratidin Editor Naem Nizam, over publishing and circulating false, defamatory and offensive information.

The High Court today rejected a writ petition seeking a directive to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegations and counter allegations over the termination of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) official Md Sharif Uddin.

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced two members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to different terms of punishment in a case filed over the bomb blasts at Old Dhaka’s Hussaini Dalan in October 2015.

A Dhaka court today set June 8 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 11 cases, including one filed over sedition.

The High Court yesterday questioned the government’s inaction against Banani Police Station’s officer-in-charge (investigation) on the charge of manipulating the first information report (FIR) filed over the incident of hitting Monoranjan Hajong, father of traffic police Sergeant Mohua Hajong, by car on December 3 last year.

An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbours over a trivial matter in Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj yesterday morning.

A Sylhet court yesterday fixed March 30 for the delivery of the verdict in the blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder case.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced a youth to death for killing an adolescent girl after raping her in Sadar upazila of the district in 2020. Judge Khaleda Yasmin of Tangail Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal gave the order, said court inspector Tanvir Ahmed.

Though a relatively new social media platform, TikTok has already become a preferred tool for criminals to carry out their activities, according to law enforcers.

A man was hacked to death and his brother critically injured when the two were attacked on their way back home after testifying at the trial of a criminal case in Pabna Sadar upazila’s Sadullapur area yesterday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against foreign ministry Administrative Officer Jakir Hossain over illegally amassing about Tk 15.39 crore.

A man was stabbed to death and his elder brother was critically injured in an attack launched on them allegedly by opponents in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila today.

A Naogaon court today sentenced nine people to death and another one to imprisonment unto death in a triple murder case in 2014.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) today arrested two Rohingyas with 7,515 yaba tablets during a raid at Munshiganj's Sreenagar upazila.

Nusrat Shahrin Raka, sister of journalist Kanak Sarwar, today secured bail from the High Court after 160 days in jail in two cases, including one filed under Digital Security Act.