A BNP leader was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Shankarpur of Jashore town yesterday evening.

The cases filed over the attacks on the offices of the country’s two leading newspapers -- The Daily Star and Prothom Alo -- were yesterday transferred to the Cyber and Special Crime Division of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

A businessman who was hacked and set on fire in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila on Wednesday night died yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

Mahdi Hasan, member secretary of Students Against Discrimination’s Habiganj unit, was detained last night, a day after his controversial remarks during a confrontation with the officer-in-charge of Shayestaganj Police Station.

Police are examining a video of Faisal Karim Masud, the prime accused in the murder of Inquilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, which recently surfaced on social media, said Md Sazzat Ali, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Bhatara OC says police working to identify those involved

Police say assailants could not be identified immediately

Family demands immediate arrest of attackers

He is now in critical condition, say police

A vested syndicate has long been engaged in illegal tree felling in the Satchari and Rema-Kalenga reserved forests in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj, putting the biodiversity of the protected areas at serious risk.

Police are preparing to submit the charge sheet this week in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, accusing absconding Faisal Karim Masud, the key accused, and several others.

Attack came following launch of NEIR system

Dismislab examines how the footage of a sexual violence travelled online and how users engaged with it

10,000 yaba pills worth around Tk 50 lakh seized

Sanjay Schism and Mohammad Foysal sent to jail after statements recorded

Three women arrested in connection with the explosion at Ummal Qura International Madrasa in Keraniganj were sent to jail yesterday after the completion of their remand.

A 35-year-old lawyer was beaten to death in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area on Wednesday night following an altercation over a motorcycle-car collision, police and family members said.

Beximco directors and Janata Bank officials are among the accused

Investigation underway, police say

Police rush to the scene following a call received on national emergency helpline