At least 195 people have been killed and 11,229 injured in political violence across the country over the past 17 months, according to the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

Three teenagers, arrested on charges of killing a seven-year-old girl in Tangail’s Dhanbari upazila recently, have confessed before magistrates, police said yesterday.

BNP alleges wider conspiracy, Jamaat denies role

Two of them raped the victim before killing her, say police

Investigations ongoing to identify those involved, police say

Police confirm confession; case filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act

ICT-1 takes cognisance of charges and fixes February 19 for next hearing

Temple attacked on the same day last year

Investigation on corruption and money laundering ongoing

No legal bar for Qayyum to contest polls, says his counsel

Cases linked to July uprising, 2016 Gazipur killings

Police yesterday arrested Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Md Shafiqur Rahman and his wife in a case filed over the abuse of an 11-year-old domestic worker.

A special court yesterday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years’ imprisonment and her niece, British MP Tulip Siddiq, to four years in two cases involving the Purbachal plot scam in Dhaka.

A new study has revealed that only 11 cases were filed despite 97 attacks on shrines across the country over a year and a half following the July uprising, with investigations in 10 of the cases showing “no progress”.

At least 600 incidents of political violence, resulting in the deaths of 158 political activists, were reported across the country between August 2024 and December 2025, according to a report by Transparency International Bangladesh.

As Bangladesh’s interim government approaches the end of its tenure, the International Crisis Group has taken stock of its record since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.

The victims were subjected to enforced disappearance and custodial torture at the Joint Interrogation Cell, allegedly operated by the DGFI during the AL regime

Prosecutors cite witness security in enforced disappearance case linked to TFI Cell

Police seek jail custody during investigation; victim under treatment

Police say he was involved in online coordination and plans to damage state property