Penniless, scarred for life after perilous passage

Mostakim Sarkar fell victim to traffickers who held him hostage in Libya and left him adrift in the Mediterranean
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Three bullet-hit bodies recovered in Jhenaidah

Police found three bullet-ridden bodies from Ramchandrapur village in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah late last night.
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Wahed Mansion repaired: Victims forgotten

Wahed Mansion in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar has been repainted, plastered, and restored to its former state. The owners have moved on, and it seems the country has too.
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Robbery, sexual assault on bus: What is in the case statement?

Three days after a daring bus robbery on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, a case has been filed with Tangail's Mirzapur Police Station today
21 February 2025, 14:38 PM

Mohammadpur 'gunfight' follows a disturbingly similar script

Instead of dismantling organised crime, the interim government appears to be using law enforcement as another tool for political persecution
21 February 2025, 10:05 AM

2 killed, 1 injured as bus hits three-wheeler in Sirajganj

At least two people were killed and another injured when a speeding bus crashed into a battery-run three-wheeler in Chala of Ullapara sub-district, Sirajganj, last night.
21 February 2025, 07:45 AM

5 Bangladeshis return after Mediterranean ordeal

Around 5:30am, they arrived in Dhaka airport on a Turkish Airlines flight from Algeria.
21 February 2025, 07:42 AM

Two BNP groups clash in Gazipur, 2 injured

Two persons were injured in a clash last night between two BNP factions over a trivial matter in Konabari Housing area under ​​Gazipur City Corporation.
21 February 2025, 07:24 AM

Woman gang-raped in Munshiganj, 3 arrested

A 22-year-old woman was gang-raped by her husband's friend and his associates on Domrakhali Char in the Padma River, Munshiganj, on the evening of February 16
21 February 2025, 05:56 AM

BDR Massacre: Commission records 37 testimonies

The National Independent Investigation Commission, formed to re-investigate the 2009 BDR massacre, has so far recorded the testimonies of 37 individuals in 41 working days since December 24, regarding the incident.
20 February 2025, 21:08 PM

Devil Hunt: 492 more held across the country

The joint forces arrested 492 more people across the country in the last 24 hours till yesterday afternoon as part of the “Operation Devil Hunt”, according to the Police Headquarters.
20 February 2025, 20:37 PM

Man stabbed to death in Khulna

A man was stabbed to death in an attack by miscreants in Khulna’s Sonadanga area yesterday morning.
20 February 2025, 20:35 PM

19 more fishers abducted by Arakan Army

The Myanmar-based armed rebel group Arakan Army yesterday abducted 19 Bangladeshi fishermen along with their four fishing boats from Naf river estuary when they were returning to Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar.
20 February 2025, 19:44 PM

Cancel expulsion order: CU students

Expelled female students of Chittagong University yesterday placed a seven-point demand, including withdrawal of their two-year expulsion order and resignation of the proctor.
20 February 2025, 19:28 PM

141 ex-DCs now in govt crosshairs

The government yesterday forced 22 more officials into retirement, raising the number of disciplined bureaucrats to 67 for their questionable role as deputy commissioners in the 2014 and 2018 sham elections under the Awami League regime.
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM

2 shot dead in ‘gunfight’ with jt forces in city

Two persons were killed allegedly in a gunfight between crime suspects and the joint forces in the capital’s Mohammadpur area early yesterday, marking the first such incident since the fall of the Hasina regime.
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Sylhet MC College student beaten up by ‘Shibir activists’

A student of Sylhet MC College was attacked allegedly by Chhatra Shibir activists at a dormitory in Sylhet early yesterday over a Facebook comment about the recent clash between activists of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and Chhatra Dal at Kuet.
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Jubo League activist beaten to death

A Jubo League activist was beaten to death by unidentified men in the Noapara area of Raozan, Chattogram, on Wednesday night.
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Ex-Rab official raped wife of detainee’

The ICT prosecution yesterday said former Rab officer Alep Uddin raped a university student by threatening to kill her detained husband.
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Woman raped in Munshiganj, three held

A 22-year-old woman has been raped by her husband’s friend and associates on Domrakhali Char in the Padma River, Munshiganj, said police.
20 February 2025, 18:00 PM