A Dhaka court yesterday sent suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of prisons Partha Gopal Banik to jail after he surrendered before it in a case filed over recovering Tk 80 lakh from his home in Dhaka.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why its failure to save Sutang River in Habiganj and its connected Shailajura canal from pollutions should not be declared illegal.

Militant outfit Ansar al Islam, said to be the Bangladesh chapter of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, is now targeting non-Muslims and transgender people to recruit them into militancy, according to the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC).

The extradition of suspended Banani police inspector Sohel Rana, who was held by Indian Border Security Forces for trespassing, is uncertain as Delhi police are yet respond to Dhaka’s call.

A 25-year-old woman accused three men of forcing her to drink alcohol and raping her at a flat in the capital’s Purba Rampura on Sunday night.

Police have arrested five members of a gang of robbers from Faridpur.

Two police personnel of Bogura Sadar Police Station alleged to have harassed visitors at a private park in the district and demanding toll from them have been closed.

A court in Natore today asked police to file a case against criminals who hacked the “imo” accounts of expatriates to embezzle large sums of money.

Three men forced a woman to drink alcohol and raped her at a house in Dhaka’s Rampura area last night.

Police have arrested Atikur Rahman Roni alias “Quarter Roni”, a listed criminal of Tangail, from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.

Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Pabna highway was disrupted for four hours today after locals put barricade at Kashinathpur intersection, protesting an attack on the house of a UP chairman in Pabna’s Bera upazila.

Anti-terrorism Unit of police claimed to have arrested a member of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team during a raid in Dhaka’s Sutrapur area yesterday.

A Dhaka court today fixed October 10 for passing an order on a petition seeking travel ban against Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir in a case filed over the rape and murder of a college student in a flat at the capital's Gulshan.

A Dhaka court today rejected a petition filed by journalist Rozina Islam seeking the return of her passport, two mobile phone sets, and a PID card.

A Dhaka court today sent suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of prisons Partha Gopal Banik to jail after he surrendered before it in a case filed over recovering Tk 80 lakh from his home in Dhaka.

Another case was filed against Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and Chairman Shamima Nasrin on charges of money embezzlement.

Three bodies were recovered from different points of the Cox’s Bazar sea beach over the last two days.

Five people, including four Bangladeshis, have been charged at a Malaysia magistrate’s court with abducting a Bangladeshi male and demanding Tk 1 million (about RM 50,000) ransom in August.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Hefajat leader Mufti Rizwan Rafiqi on a three-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the March 26 violence in Dhaka centring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.

Detectives claimed to have arrested three members of a fraud gang that swindled crores by running an overseas job scam and other methods.