Inquiry on corruption allegations ongoing

Ramesh Chandra Sen, former Awami League MP from Thakurgaon-1 and  water resources minister, died yesterday morning after falling ill at Dinajpur District Jail.

Riazul Islam Rizul, president of the Purbabirgaon Union Awami League in Sunamganj, was arrested at his home on March 30 last year during Operation Devil Hunt, a joint forces drive launched to maintain law and order across the country.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Mehedi Hasan alias Dipu, a close associate of top criminal Subrata Bain, on a five-day remand after a team of joint forces arrested him and recovered a large cache of firearms and ammunition in the capital’s Middle Badda area on Friday.

Bangladesh Times official says detention unjustified, calls it attack on independent journalism ahead of polls

Court places him on 5-day remand

Police find child’s body after 17 days

Victim’s father files case

A youth was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khulna town early Thursday, police said.

At least five people, including three children and two Rohingya refugees, were injured in a shooting incident during an election campaign for the BNP‑nominated candidate in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, on Thursday night.

At least 70 people were injured yesterday as police and protesters clashed for hours near Hotel InterContinental and the Shahbagh intersection in the capital during demonstrations demanding justice for slain Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman Bin Hadi.

Second round of clashes began around 7:35pm

23 injured, none with gunshot wounds, it says

Police say local man allegedly opened fire while intoxicated

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Bangabhaban employee Sarwar-e-Alam, who was arrested in connection with the alleged hacking of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman’s X (formerly Twitter) account.

The interim government has decided to propose an investigation by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights into the killing of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

Police yesterday recovered the bodies of a couple and their two children from their home at Wapda Bihari Camp in the capital’s Pallabi.

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced six people, including a former lawmaker, to death for the killing of seven people during the July 2024 uprising in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital, where the victims were loaded into a vehicle and set on fire, with at least one still alive.

ICT assistant programmer denies involvement

The police today recovered bodies of a couple and their two minor children from a house in Dhaka’s Pallabi, prompting an investigation into what officers described as a possible family tragedy.