A case was filed on Sunday night against yet to be identified staff members of Chandpur-bound launch Imam Hasan-5 for attempting to kill four children by throwing them into the Meghna river in Munshiganj on Saturday.

At least 20 families have been rendered homeless at Aria-Gohailbari village of Chartarapur union under Pabna Sadar upazila and several hundred have shifted their houses elsewhere as the erosion of Padma has taken a serious turn in the area because of illegal sand lifting by an influential quarter.

Police have arrested a man and are looking to nab three others in a case filed over raping a woman at Dharmapur union of Noakhali Sadar upazila on Sunday.

Rab members arrested 11 members of an organised theft gang on charge of stealing goods from the Metro Rail project in Dhaka.

A seven-year-old child was raped in Bhasan Char Rohingya refugee camp.

The death reference of the case in which six militants were sentenced to death for killing former USAID official Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in April 2016, has reached the High Court for examination of the trial court verdict.

A Rab member died with bullet wounds at the elite force’s headquarters in Dhaka’s Kurmitola area this afternoon.

The High Court today said everyone concerned should be sincere about protecting the private communication of citizens.

A Dhaka tribunal today fixed September 20 to deliver judgment of an arms case filed against Abdul Malek, driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS).

A Pirojpur court today placed Ahsan Group Chairman Mufti Ragib Ahsan and three of his brothers on seven-day remand each in a case filed for embezzling Tk 17,000 crore.

A two-and-a-half-year-old, who was allegedly abused by her stepmother in Gazipur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after fighting for her life for a month.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday accepted the charges against cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and six others in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, allegedly for spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities.

Md Rezaul Chowdhury, a social welfare activist in Natore, submitted an application to the High Court yesterday, saying that Awami League lawmaker Shafiul Islam Shimul and his wife Shamima Sultana Jannati have purchased property, including a luxurious residence, in Canada.

Introducing herself at times as a consular general at Australian immigration services and at times as a ruling party leader aspiring to be an MP in Bangladesh, she would lure people to apply for permanent residency in Australia for Tk 20-25 lakh per visa.

Two alleged drug peddlers were killed in “gunfights” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A suspected robber was beaten to death by a mob after his gang shot and injured five villagers in Golapganj upazila early yesterday.

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, also  chairman of Grameen Telecom, and its three other top officials have been sued on charges of violating labour laws.

Police today arrested a teenager on charge of sexually harassing a seven-year-old boy in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area two days ago.

A case was filed against yet to be identified staff members of Imam Hasan-5 launch for attempting to murder four children by throwing them into the Meghna river in Munshiganj yesterday morning.

The High Court today expressed astonishment at the activities of Rajarbag Darbar Shareef’s ‘Pir’ (holy man) Dillur Rahman for allegedly filing 20 false cases through his disciples against a businessman, Ekramul Ahsan Kanchan, for grabbing his properties.