A Cox's Bazar court has resumed recording deposition, in the fifth phase, of witnesses in Major (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan murder case.

At least five persons, including two police personnel, were injured in an attack by fishermen during a drive to protect mother hilsa at Machirkandi area by Padma river, under Shariatpur’s Vedorganj upazila.

Unidentified criminals uprooted 3,000 tomato plants, belonging to two farmers, on 45 acres of land in Kamalganj upazila of the district.

Police yesterday arrested a youth on charge of raping a 13-year-old in Narayanganj Sadar upazila on Friday.

The assassination of Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah is an isolated incident, and it should not be an issue in the efforts to repatriate the Rohingya refugees, former diplomats and civil society members told a webinar yesterday.

A madrasa teacher was sent to jail yesterday for cutting hair of six students in Raipur upazila of Lakshmipur.

The authorities of Western Railway Zone of Lalmonirhat division have filed a case against the ticket booking manager of Rangpur’s Kaunia Railway Station over embezzling around Tk 34 lakh from ticket sales.

He used to pose as an additional secretary of an important ministry, rode a luxurious car with the ministry’s sticker and frequented the secretariat with fake ID to lobby for works in government projects, bank loans and jobs.

Even though the rapists who gang-raped the housewife in Noakhali’s Begumganj got life-term for the heinous crime they committed, this is just one case of many, pointed out speakers at a webinar yesterday.

The special tribunal to protect women and children in Dhaka has summoned the investigating officer of the Munia murder case to appear before it in person today to explain the lack of visible progress on four particular points, including why the accused have not been arrested yet.

A mobile court today arrested 21 fishermen for illegally catching mother hilsa in the Padma river in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj.

Two brokers, who allegedly used to help Rohingyas flee Bhasan Char for Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar, were detained from the island under Hatiya upazila of Noakhali this morning.

Police today arrested a youth on charge of raping a 13-year-old in Narayanganj Sadar upazila yesterday.

A naval police team, during a drive today, arrested 26 fishermen along with 55 lakh metres of fishing net, four fishing boats, and two mounds of hilsa fish from Meghna river.

A madrasa teacher was sent to jail for cutting hair of six students in Raipur upazila of Lakshmipur, police said.

Customs Intelligence officials recovered 80 gold bars from a civil aviation employee at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram this morning.

Five alleged Rohingya criminals were arrested last night in an operation by Armed Police Battalion-14 (APBn) at Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Police arrested Humayun Kabir alias RJ Nirob, head of sales (communications and public relations) at controversial e-commerce platform Qcoom, early yesterday after an aggrieved customer sued him and five others, including Qcoom owner, for fraudulence.   

A mobile court came under attack by freshmen yesterday in Barishal while conducting drives to enforce the government’s ban on hilsa fishing.

Police arrested four people on Thursday over the killing of a 24-year-old university student.