A case was filed today over gang-rape of a housewife at gun point in Noakhali’s Sadar upazila on Thursday.

Dead body of a Bangladeshi was recovered from the no man’s land inside the Bangladesh border at Kalairag in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila this afternoon.

Security has been beefed up in Dhaka following a bomb attack threat by Islamic State (IS) over new year celebrations in Muslim majority countries.

Police last night arrested five people on charges of raping a woman in Dhaka’s Uttara area on December 25.

Indian police have deported four Bangladeshi teenage girls, who were jailed in India for two years, through Benapole checkpost last night.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government, if necessary, would amend some sections of the Digital Security Act as the law was being abused in certain cases.

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six members of a gang that has trafficked around 100 young women to India after luring them with various promises on social media.

The Detective Branch of police arrested two more persons in connection with the leak of question papers of recruitment tests for five state-run banks.

At least three people were killed in road accidents across the country yesterday.

Two police constables were withdrawn today after alleged two thieves escaped from their custody while taking treatment at Saturia Upazila Health Complex in Manikganj yesterday.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested six members of a human trafficking gang and rescued a victim during a raid at the Darussalam area in the capital’s Mirpur.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government will amend the Digital Security Act if there is any discontent, as the law has been abused and misused in some cases.

A Dhaka court today sent Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College's Assistant Professor, Dr Salauddin Chowdhury, to jail after rejecting both the remand and bail prayers in a case filed against him on charge of sexually harassing a student.

Detectives have arrested two more persons in connection with leaking question papers of recruitment tests for five state-run banks.

A Dhaka court today sent Shimul Ahmed (27), a constable of Armed Police Battalion (APBn), to jail on completion of his one-day in a case filed against him on charge of raping a 13-year-old girl in Dhaka's Motijheel area.

A case was filed last night in Pabna against defeated chairman candidate, Tariqul Islam Nilu, and 15 of his family members over killing local Awami League leader Shamim Hossain.

Two people were killed in a shootout between two groups of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) and United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF Democratic) in Dui Kilo area of Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila yesterday, said police. 

Acknowledging that the Digital Security Act (DSA) was misused and abused, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said steps were taken to stop this practice.  

A case was filed on Tuesday over a teenager being held hostage and raped for a month in Barguna, while an eighth grader died by suicide on Saturday after being publicly harassed by a group of youths in Kishoreganj.

Customs officials detained a man and seized 44 gold bars from inside two hammers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday night.