Youth held over ‘hurting religious sentiments’ on Facebook

The detainee is a former student of Munshiganj Government Haraganga College
18 August 2025, 18:50 PM

‘They dragged my brother out of a shop and shot him’

The elder brother of 12th grader Imam Hasan Bhuiyan gave a harrowing testimony before International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday, recounting how police dragged his brother out of a tea shop in Jatrabari’s Kajla area during a demonstration on July 20 last year and shot him at close range.
18 August 2025, 18:42 PM

Stone looting: Sylhet DC withdrawn amid flak

Mohammad Sher Mahbub Murad, deputy commissioner of Sylhet, has been removed from his post and attached to the public administration ministry as an officer on special duty (OSD).
18 August 2025, 18:11 PM

2 bodies recovered from footpath in Dhaka's Jurain

One of the deceased has been identified as Monir Hossain, 42. The identity of the other person, approximately 35 years old, is yet to be known
18 August 2025, 18:09 PM

Ex-UP member held over rape in Jamalpur

According to police and locals, the incident took place around 10:30pm last Wednesday
18 August 2025, 10:47 AM

‘Crushed by debt’: Rajshahi farmer ends life in betel field

Family says falling crop prices left him unable to repay mounting loans
18 August 2025, 08:57 AM

‘Use firearms in self-defence’: Cop detained for recording CMP chief's radio message

The detainee will be shown arrested in a case to be filed under the Cyber Security Act, said CMP commissioner
18 August 2025, 06:17 AM

ICT case: Mother tells tribunal about last conversation with her son

A grieving mother told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday that her son had rejected her desperate plea to return home from Ashulia during the August 5 police firing, saying that if he died, she should identify his body with the help of his ID card.
17 August 2025, 18:35 PM

Assaulted on Aug 15: Rickshaw-puller Azizur gets bail

Rickshaw-puller Azizur Rahman, who was assaulted by a mob while trying to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 on August 15 and later sent to jail, secured bail yesterday in an attempted murder case linked to last year’s July uprising.
17 August 2025, 18:10 PM

‘Mob’ beats man to death in Lalbagh

A 26-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by a mob in the Shahidnagar neighbourhood of Lalbagh in Dhaka early yesterday, police said.
17 August 2025, 18:01 PM
17 August 2025, 14:52 PM

Ctg cop attacked with sharp weapon: Prime accused, accomplice nabbed

So far, police have arrested 33 people in this regard
17 August 2025, 14:34 PM

Rajshahi coaching centre raid: 3 placed on 5-day remand

They have been arrested during a special operation conducted by the joint force
17 August 2025, 13:38 PM

Rangpur mob violence victims’ families decry police inaction

Four arrested, some culprits have gone into hiding, local police say
17 August 2025, 13:18 PM

5 sentenced to death, 4 to imprisonment until death for killing NIDCH doctor

The court observed that the prosecution had 'undoubtedly' proved the charges of killing Narayan at his residence
17 August 2025, 11:01 AM

HC defers ex-CJ Khairul Haque’s bail petition hearing by two months

The High Court today deferred for two months the hearing on a bail petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in a murder case.
17 August 2025, 06:32 AM

Burglaries at Khulna bank, Patuakhali ATM booth

Miscreants have stolen around Tk 16 lakh after breaking into the locker of a Krishi Bank branch in Rupsha upazila of Khulna, said police.
16 August 2025, 21:52 PM

Two held over Banani shisha lounge killing

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested two key suspects in the murder of Rahat Hossain Rabbi at a shisha lounge in Banani.
16 August 2025, 20:46 PM