Dhaka Metropolitan Police and other law enforcement agencies arrested 167 suspected criminals, including robbers and muggers, during a crackdown in the capital on Saturday, according to a DMP press release.

The Democratic Rights Committee, a platform formed after August 5, has urged the government to take active measures against organised violence, including murder, rape, robbery, extrajudicial killings, sexual harassment, public death threats, and the suppression of creative activities.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has interrogated five people, including a retired judge of the Supreme Court who is now in jail, in the case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

A deputy commissioner of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and another individual were sued today under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Act for allegedly torturing a man while in custody.

This is the 117th extension of the deadline for probe report submission

A three-year-old boy was killed allegedly by his mother at their residence in Narsingdi's Raipura upazila last night, locals said

Jewel Rana, additional deputy commissioner of Mohammadpur zone, said the women were escorted to Mohammadpur Police Station for their safety

Three suspected robbers were killed and four of their associates injured in a mob beating in Shariatpur.

Based on a secret tip-off, they were arrested from Khulna-bound Soudia Paribahan and MR Paribahan buses in Magura

At least 41 people were arrested yesterday in a raid conducted by joint forces in a slum in Gazipur’s Tongi

Two suspected robbers have been killed and their five associates injured in a mass beating in Shariatpur.

Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Md Tajul Islam yesterday said that the investigation report on several cases including those against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected by this month and the trial will start within one to one and a half months after that.

At least three people were injured when a gang of robbers looted a microbus carrying a Bangladeshi expatriate and at least two other vehicles in Pabna’s Santhia upazila early yesterday.

Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd) today asked all concerned to take action considering crime, not party

Around 4:00am, locals rescued the two and started for Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital

The attackers also attempted to snatch his mobile phone, wallet, and wireless radio, police said

The body has not yet been returned by the BSF

A journalist received a death threat allegedly from some sand extractors in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila early yesterday when he took a video of illegal sand extraction from the Teesta river.

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested Md Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station in Faridpur, for allegations of crimes against humanity.

A man was killed and another was injured in a fire at a building in Dhaka’s New Eskaton area early yesterday.