The injured worker is Billal Hossain, 40, of the Char area of the upazila

The accused is Mofiz Mollick, 42, a resident of the upazila. He is an imam of a local mosque

Two construction workers injured

Police said the investigation is ongoing

Police did not allow the National Minority Conference to be held in Dhaka yesterday at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh, saying the organisers had not obtained permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for the event.

The only fault of Rabbi, a resident of the capital’s Jafrabad area, was that he questioned two unknown young men loitering near his home late at night on May 15.

Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who was sentenced to life in prison in a case over the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has been released on bail granted by the High Court.

A man’s body was found hanging inside the holding cell of Chakaria Police Station in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

A 15-year-old boy was beaten to death and two others were injured in an attack carried out by a mob of seven or eight people in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila early yesterday.

Journalist Bibhuranjan’s son says after identifying his body

Family members identify the body

Witnesses said a group of seven to eight young men chased the three teenagers, shouting “thieves”

Advocate Ruhul Amin accused of offering Tk 50,000 bribe to judge in gang-rape case

Decision reversed amid protests; fare to remain Tk 50

Police mention family dispute as likely motive

Yesterday morning, three people were killed after a private car overturned on the expressway

The Supreme Court yesterday set September 4 to deliver its verdict on appeals against a High Court ruling that acquitted BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, and others in two cases related to the August 21 grenade attack.

The Patuakhali District Bar Association yesterday suspended Advocate Md Ruhul Amin, Patuakhali's public prosecutor (PP) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, on charges of attempting to bribe a judge.

Family alleges distortion

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday framed charges against 16 people, including former Awami League lawmaker Muhammad Saiful Islam and former Dhaka range deputy inspector general (DIG) Syed Nurul Islam, over the killing of seven people during last year’s uprising in Ashulia.