Despite the Interpol issuing red-corner alerts against some of the country’s top criminals, the chances of getting them back to Bangladesh to face the law are slim. According to officials of law enforcement agencies, getting back these high-profile criminals from abroad largely depends on the…

A Shillong court in the Indian state of Meghalaya yesterday framed charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed for allegedly trespassing into India. The court of chief judicial magistrate KML Nongbri also fixed July 30 for starting the trial of the case filed under the Foreigners Act. Earlier on June…

A Quran manuscript has been carbon dated to close to the time of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), making it one of the oldest in the world, a British university…

The government has slapped a ban on plying of auto-rickshaws, including CNG-run ones, on national highways to reduce incidence of road accidents. The Roads and Highways Department order on Wednesday comes in the wake of deaths of many auto-rickshaw passengers after being involved in accidents with heavy…

In yet another shocking incident, a schoolgirl was gang-raped by miscreants in the city’s Lalbagh area early yesterday, reports UNB. Police, meanwhile, have arrested a suspected rapist—Saikat Islam Rana—from the area. Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said the victim,…

A total of 155 Bangladeshi trafficking victims, rescued by Myanmar from the sea, were repatriated home yesterday, according to a press release issued by the foreign ministry. The repatriation via Ghundum border point in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban district commenced at 10:30am. Of the rescued…

A Chittagong court yesterday acquitted newly elected Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation AJM Nasir Uddin, ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Feni-2 Nizam Hazari and 16 others in an attempt-to-murder case. The case was filed 22 years ago by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader. According to…