Second such victim in four days: deceased killed in suspected planned attack linked to old enmity

Former judge and reform commission member asked to explain within 15 days over ethics breach

A grieving father, who once shook the nation’s conscience by asking a senior police officer, “How many bullets does it take to kill a boy, sir?”, yesterday alleged that police, under pressure from senior officials, filed a false inquest report over his son’s killing during the July 2024 mass uprising.

Four days after the brutal killing of Pir Abdur Rahman Shamim in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila, police are yet to arrest any of the four named accused, two of whom are affiliated with Jamaat and Chhatra Shibir.

SM Ziaul Haque Zia, a local Awami League leader in Jamalpur, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital on Tuesday night while in jail custody.

The home ministry issued a circular in this regard today

Stolen devices used to pose as victims, lure friends; 13 women fell prey, suspect says

Police have arrested a man on charge of killing his two-month-old daughter in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram within 24 hours of the incident.

A case has been filed over the rape of a 13-year-old girl by a neighbour in Dhaka’s Mirpur.

Suspect on the run since the incident, say police

Accused on the run and efforts underway to arrest him, says Mirpur OC

Incident allegedly follows dispute over money; neighbour detained, probe underway

A case has been filed over the killing of Abdur Rahman, alias Shamim al-Jahangir, a pir based in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila.

Case filed; efforts underway to arrest others, police say

Among those detained were a Rohingya man and an alleged trafficker

Decision taken at family meeting; police say still waiting for case to be filed

Kidney specialist alleges threats, hospital disruption in Shyamoli amid attempted takeover

The masterminds behind the attack and killing of Abdur Rahman, also known as Shamim al-Jahangir -- a pir based in Kushtia -- have been identified, sources in law enforcement agencies have said.

A suspected drug dealer was allegedly beaten to death during a raid by a team from the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in Magura’s Mohammadpur upazila yesterday.

Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday walked out of jail, five days after she landed there in an attempted murder case linked to the July uprising.