Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday renewed his commitment to implement meaningful reforms in the judiciary.
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader Mikel Changma yesterday lodged a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with his enforced disappearance.
Police have arrested an alleged mugger in connection with the killing of Md Wazed Semanto, 20, a university student..
The bodies of two Bangladeshi men were recovered from the banks of the Ichamati River in the Panch Bhulot border area of Jashore's Sharsha upazila yesterday..The deceased are Sabu Hossain, 28, of Dighirpar village under Benapole Port Police Station, and Jahangir Hossain, 33, of Dakshin Par
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investi-gation into a complaint that Ziaul Ahsan, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, had amassed illegal wealth.
At least four people were killed and 50 others injured early yesterday in a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat over control of the Ijtema Maidan, an open field in Tongi, where thousands of Muslim devotees congregate every year.
The High Court yesterday acquitted former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and five others, who were sentenced to death by the trial court, in a case filed over the sensational 10-truck arms haul in Chattogram.
An eighth grader who was allegedly abducted, raped, and tortured for over three months, has succumbed to her injuries at her village home in Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila.
The deceased, Md Wazed Semanto, 20, breathed his last around 10:15pm while he was undergoing treatment, said his father Hazi Alom Chan
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, and senior police officers Monirul Islam and Md Harun-Or-Rashid were all involved in enforced disappearances.
Police arrested 12 leaders and activists of Awami League on charges of planning to sabotage Victory Day celebrations.
A man was killed after being allegedly pushed off a bridge by police personnel at Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila on Friday evening.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday criticised recent comments of Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on political reforms, and terming those “misleading” and “incorrect”.
Misbah Uddin Siraj, former organising secretary of Awami League central committee, was abducted, assaulted, and then released allegedly after payment of ransom early Friday in Sylhet.
Three arrestees gave confessional statements before a judicial magistrate in Feni on Friday after the body of a 10-year-old boy was recovered from a ditch on Thursday, police said
A nine-year-old girl was found dead in a field in Poilanpur village of Chatmohar upazila under Pabna today
ACC, NBR, and CID expected to probe S Alam, Beximco, Summit, Bashundhara, Gemcon, Orion, Nabil, Nassa, Sikder and Aramit groups
Siraj is currently under treatment at another hospital
