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.
A Pabna court yesterday sent three people to jail over gang rape of a student of Pabna University of Science and Technology in Sadar upazila.
Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday sought acquittal in the 10-truck arms haul case in Chattogram.
A man was beaten to death by a mob in the presence of police allegedly for killing a seven-year-old girl after raping in Faridpur yesterday.
A Chattogram court yesterday rejected the anticipatory bail appeal filed for ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case filed in connection with disrespecting the national flag of Bangladesh.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Abdul Wahab passed the order after investigation officers produced them before the court and submitted four separate applications in this regard
"If someone doesn't show up, that's their personal issue. I can't force them to come"
He also outlines potential legal steps if extradition is denied
The High Court yesterday granted three months' ad-interim bail to actress Shomi Kaiser, also former president of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), in an attempted murder case.
Families of the victims of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and those martyred and maimed in the July mass uprising yesterday demanded that ousted Sheikh Hasina and her party be brought to book.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sought information on the bank accounts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana.
