Barishal District Bar Association President Sadiqur Rahman Linkon was arrested and sent to jail yesterday on charges of vandalising a courtroom and making derogatory remarks about a judge, who granted bail to Awami League leader and former MP Talukder Mohammad Yunus in a criminal case.

A 13-year-old child worker of a jute mill died today after another child worker allegedly forced high-pressure air into his rectum at a jute mill in Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila.

Victim was an eighth grader at Rayerbazar High School

The incident took place in Badurtali Badhghat village under Tiakhali union of the upazila

Police launch investigation to identify parents

Relatives say he was attacked after asking a group not to consume narcotics near his home

Police yet to determine motive behind murder or confirm victim’s political affiliation

Barishal District Bar Association president arrested, sent to jail

Court also fines Tk 20 lakh and orders confiscation of illegally acquired assets

For 13 days, three children waited anxiously to see their mother again, after first enduring the disbelief that she was even alive.

Dhaka University students yesterday staged a protest in front of Shahbagh Police Station, demanding justice for the police assault on a DU student during an anti-narcotic drive at Suhrawardy Udyan.

For 17 years, the killing of 74 people, including 57 of the nation’s top military officers, during a mutiny at the then BDR headquarters in Pilkhana has remained an open wound, clouded by state-led investigations dismissed by critics as a facade of justice.

Three suspects have been held in the case so far

ACC tells Dhaka court they may attempt to flee amid inquiry

23 arrested so far; three witnesses testified and 12 suspects submitted confessions, police say

Two people were arrested yesterday in a case filed over the rape of a woman in Bhola’s Tazumuddin upazila on Sunday night.

Four people, including a father and his son, were hacked to death in a pre-dawn attack in Borkula village under Shingasholpur Union of Narail Sadar upazila yesterday.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has directed police to review cases filed after August 5 in which prominent businesspeople and other well-known members of society were named as accused and are allegedly facing harassment, and to take necessary steps.

Detectives on Sunday night arrested a youth for his alleged involvement in the killing of garment worker Dipu Chandra Das in the Dubaliapara area of Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh.

Tajul says allegations 'completely false', made out of personal malice