At least 51 brickfields have mushroomed in Luxmikunda union f Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila in last five years encroaching vast shoal of the Padma. Apart from this, mindless sand and earth extraction in the area has been going on in broad daylight.

The government has penalised Ratna Roy, senior superintendent of Kashimpur Central Jail-1, after a probe found proof of her letting an inmate spend time with a visitor inside a prison officer’s room.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) have initiated an inquiry into allegations of corruption against Jahangirnagar University teachers and officials.

Being senior “government officials”, Khandaker Enamul Basir and Mizanur Rahman took and gave bribes, causing serious damage to the image of public servants, a Dhaka court said yesterday while delivering the verdict in a graft case against the duo.

A patient’s attendant was hacked inside a ward at Faridpur General Hospital, allegedly by local Jubo League activists, this evening.

The detective branch of police has arrested three members of a gambling racket from Dhaka who has allegedly siphoned off around Tk 30 crore abroad through virtual betting and gambling.

A Dhaka tribunal today ordered to confiscate moveable and immoveable properties of five Ansar Al Islam members including Syed Ziaul Haque alias Major (sacked) Zia in a case filed over murder of blogger Nazim Uddin Samad in 2016.

At least 14 people were injured -- three with bullets -- in a clash in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila yesterday, centring a protest organised following an attack on a journalist allegedly by the supporters of a local Jubo League leader.

Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission, and Mizanur Rahman, suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police, were sentenced to eight and three years in jail respectively in a Tk 40 lakh bribery case.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking its directive on the authorities to conduct an independent inquiry into the reported allegations and counter allegations over the termination of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) official Sharif Uddin.

The man, whose death has sparked protests in Sunamganj, was brutally tortured in custody at Shantiganj Police Station, said two witnesses.

The High Court yesterday rejected three petitions seeking cancellation of charges framed against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol by a tribunal in three cases filed under the Digital Security Act.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday framed charges against two people, including Rafiqul Islam Madani, widely known as “Shishu Bokta”, in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

Father of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, also father-in-law of former SP Babul Akter, yesterday filed a no-confidence petition with a Chattogram court on the PBI’s final report in the Mitu murder case.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit -- by March 13-- the probe report in a case filed against

Police recovered the bodies of five people from their homes in different areas of Savar yesterday.

At least 818 children were raped and 94 faced rape attempts last year -- during the closure of schools due to the pandemic.

Two persons including a sub-inspector of police of Chattogram district were arrested with 6,000 yaba pills in a checkpost of Border Gaurd of Bangladesh (BGB) at Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said loans involving thousands of crores of taka remain unpaid due to the long delays in disposal of Arthorin (money loan) related cases.

A 30-year-old rickshaw puller reportedly raped a six-year-old girl in Dhaka’s Gulshan Kalachandpur area this afternoon.