2 women detained in Narayanganj when collecting ransom

Police yesterday arrested Advocate Ashutosh Chakma, joint secretary of Awami League’s Khagrachhari district unit, from the town’s Madhupur area.

Law enforcement agencies have arrested four individuals for their alleged involvement in vandalsing homes, shops, and a temple of the Hindu community in the Dowarabazar area of Sunamganj district earlier this month.

The deceased, Md Wazed Semanto, 20, breathed his last around 10:15pm while he was undergoing treatment, said his father Hazi Alom Chan

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, and senior police officers Monirul Islam and Md Harun-Or-Rashid were all involved in enforced disappearances.

Police arrested 12 leaders and activists of Awami League on charges of planning to sabotage Victory Day celebrations.

A man was killed after being allegedly pushed off a bridge by police personnel at Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila on Friday evening.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday criticised recent comments of Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on political reforms, and terming those “misleading” and “incorrect”.

Misbah Uddin Siraj, former organising secretary of Awami League central committee, was abducted, assaulted, and then released allegedly after payment of ransom early Friday in Sylhet.   

Three arrestees gave confessional statements before a judicial magistrate in Feni on Friday after the body of a 10-year-old boy was recovered from a ditch on Thursday, police said

A nine-year-old girl was found dead in a field in Poilanpur village of Chatmohar upazila under Pabna today

ACC, NBR, and CID expected to probe S Alam, Beximco, Summit, Bashundhara, Gemcon, Orion, Nabil, Nassa, Sikder and Aramit groups

Siraj is currently under treatment at another hospital

A court in Gazipur sent them to jail this afternoon

The incident occurred at Deoghar Government Primary School area in the upazila around 7:30am

Police have arrested two people for allegedly stealing gold ornaments and cash from a 17-year-old girl

Seven idols of deities were vandalised, and gold ornaments stolen from Mahashashan Kali Mata Temple in Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila early yesterday.

Police yesterday arrested five members of an inter-district robbery gang in connection with a robbery of Tk 26.22 lakh from a businessman in Dhaka’s Kakrail area on December 4

Muggers abducted two employees of Dutch-Bangla Bank Agent Banking and snatched Tk 28 lakh from them in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila yesterday evening

Seven idols were vandalised and gold ornaments were stolen from Mahashashan Kali Mata Temple in Jamalpur's Sarishabari upazila early today