Three days after the murder of an SP’s wife in Chittagong, police yesterday were still clueless about the motive or the group involved in the crime.…

Two officials from the Indian high commission in Dhaka yesterday visited the house of slain Hindu priest Ananda Gopal Ganguly, 70, in Jhenidah sadar upazila and assured the priest’s family of assistance. Political and Information Secretary Rajesh Uike and Third Secretary (Councillor) Ramakant…

The BNP yesterday accused the Awami League (AL)-led government of encouraging extremism and militancy in the country in order to cling to power by any…

Two suspected criminals, including an accused in Bogra Shia mosque attack, were killed in ‘gunfights’ with police in Bogra and Jessore yesterday,…

The Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday sent to the full bench of the apex court an appeal petition, filed by Dhaka-8 lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon and Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, seeking a stay on a High Court (HC) order that has recently declared illegal the rules that allowed…

The government has adopted a hardline against militancy following recent target killings that included the wife of a police officer, foreign nationals, minority people and bloggers. The militant groups involved are the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB), Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami…

Five sales agents of mobile SIM cards have been arrested from Gulshan area of the capital in possession of a huge number of SIMs registered with fake biometric details, police said yesterday. “The five agents were arrested on Tuesday with a huge amount of SIMs registered with fake biometric details.…