Police have arrested the accused and recovered a knife from him

Rahim strangled Tania to death because of their personal dispute, police said.

Before handing him over to the police, locals — including the victim — gave the mugger a beating.

Abdur Rahim, the former deputy director of BDR who was an accused in the BDR carnage case, died in jail custody on July 29 of that year

Police arrested a woman early today in connection with a case filed for occupying and looting the house of a former Awami League lawmaker in Tangail town

The judge granted a seven-day remand for the main accused and five-day remands for the other three suspects

An attempted robbery in Jhalakathi town yesterday evening, involving the detonation of crude bombs, was foiled by locals.

The arrestee is Humaira Khatun, 20, the stepmother of five-year-old Mahmuda Khatun

Three juveniles aged between 16 and 18 were held over the murder from the upazila early Sunday

Police said the accused, Abad Ullah, allegedly raped the child repeatedly over a span of 10 days before she informed her mother about the incidents

The 10-year-old victim has been admitted to the One Stop Crisis Centre of Chattogram Medical College hospital

After a brief rally, the agitating students moved to the Dairy Gate and blocked the Dhaka- Aricha highway for 35 minutes from 10:55 pm to 11:30pm, disrupting traffic on both sides

Robber hacked a gold trader to death in front of his wife and looted about 25 bhori of gold in Savar last night.

Five individuals, including current and former members of the police and navy, have been arrested for allegedly committing robbery using a Bangladesh Police vehicle.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to freeze shares worth Tk 102.85 crore and confiscate 957 bighas of land worth Tk 46.56 crore owned by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, individuals and organisations associated with him in connection with corruption allegations.

The High Court yesterday expressed its outrage over the rape of an eight-year-old child in Magura, stating that the incident represented the highest level of injustice.

Women took to the streets across the country with demands for justice for rape, stricter punishment for offenders, and resignation of the home affairs adviser.

Reports of rapes and other types of sexual violence against women and girls continued to come yesterday after a barrage of similar incidents were reported on International Women’s Day on Saturday.   

Amid vigorous protests by different quarters demanding women’s safety and the administration’s accountability in handling incidents of sexual assault, the government has promised steps to speed up judicial processes in such cases.

A Bandarban court yesterday sentenced four men to life imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in 2021.