A 55-year-old man named Quddus Mia has been detained by locals in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah on allegations of attempting to rape a seven-year-old girl.

At least nine people were killed due to previous enmity and the bodies of two others were recovered in five districts over the last two days.

Suspects strangled her and dumped the body into river in an attempt to conceal the crime, police say

Police intervention saves accused from mob attack

Rights group reports sharp rise in vigilante attacks, with 71 critically injured

Businessman dies intervening in clash in Noakhali Sadar; family alleges murder

Border killings, push-ins, and repatriation of irregular migrants are expected to top the agenda at the director general-level meeting between the border forces of Bangladesh and India on June 8-11, according to diplomatic sources in Dhaka and New Delhi.

The investigation committee formed over the deaths of six newborns at Ad-din Medical College Hospital will submit its full report on June 3, as the statements of the mothers have not yet been collected, Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said yesterday.

Accused absconding since the incident

Victim being treated at Gopalganj Medical College Hospital

Police say an alleged dispute over drugs triggered the violence; additional police deployed in the area

A 45-year-old man was beaten to death and two others injured in a mob attack in Satkania upazila of Chattogram on Thursday night.

One arrested after mob attack in Satkania

Body recovered with hands tied and bullet marks in Naniarchar

Family alleges years of abuse drove woman to take her own life

Chapainawabganj family says they spent around Tk 6 lakh fighting abduction and murder allegations

Additional police personnel have been deployed in the area

Police have arrested a man on charges of attempting to rape a nine-year-old girl in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur.

Probe body formed to investigate the incident

Legal procedures underway, says OC