Students from several private universities demonstrated on the streets yesterday demanding investigations into a string of student deaths that they claim are targeted killings.
Rajuk has decided to demolish illegal structures in the Modhumoti Model Town housing project within the next two weeks.
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, a large field in Tongi where thousands of Muslim devotees congregate every year.
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam yesterday told Rabindra Ghosh, a senior High Court lawyer, to find a lawyer from Chattogram to stand with him to conduct a hearing on behalf of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari.
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday allowed its investigation agency to interrogate former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday stayed a High Court order that granted ad-interim bail to actress Shomi Kaiser, also former president of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), in an attempted murder case.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court July 30, 2012 verdict that scrapped the 10-year and three-year jail sentences against Giasuddin Al Mamun and his wife in a graft case.
Twenty-nine garment factories in the Ashulia industrial area were declared closed following continued demonstrations by workers demanding a 15-percent increase in annual increments.
The Supreme Court chamber judge today stayed a High Court order that granted ad-interim bail to former state minister for civil aviation Md Mahbub Ali in a murder case
After a hearing, the magistrate recorded the complainant's statement, took cognisance of the charges, and instructed the officer-in-charge of Shah Ali Police Station to register the complaint as a First Information Report.
The order of their expulsion was issued last night through a letter signed by JCD Lalmonirhat District unit office secretary Fazle Rabbi Bijoy.
Najme Nowroz, a restaurant owner in Ctg, accused them of embezzling Tk 29 crore
Mahmudur Rahman, former editor of Amar Desh, and senior journalist Shafik Rehman were also sentenced to seven years in the same case
