A 35-year-old man was beaten and hacked to death in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Friday night, reportedly over conflicts linked to the drug trade and local dominance.

A spate of killings linked to deadly gang violence and political clashes in Chattogram over the past year has left residents in the city and adjoining upazilas fearing for their safety, with many describing the situation as living in a state of “constant fear”.

Case filed over one incident; police nab 2 over Oct 8 crude bomb blast in front of Tejgaon church

CID says suspect is part of an international wildlife trafficking ring

Md Akbar, a father of three, was attacked near his home in Halishahar’s Maizpara area

At least 23 people, including three policemen, were injured yesterday in a clash between supporters of two BNP nomination aspirants in Faridpur’s Boalmari upazila.

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the killing of Sarwar Hossain Babla and other crimes in Chattogram.

Charged with breaching the force’s discipline and code of conduct

Detentions linked to murder of Sarwar Babla, auto-rickshaw driver shooting

Operating from overseas, fugitive crime boss Sazzad Ali, alias “Boro Sazzad,” continues to control Chattogram’s underworld. His armed gang collects extortion money, controls their turf, and eliminates rivals on his orders, police say.

Key aides-turned-rivals shot dead in public; gang expands reach across 5 areas

Arrestee allegedly extorted Tk 20 lakh from a Bangladeshi in Libya

Incident takes place in the same area where Sarwar Hossain was shot dead last night

Sarwar's father and brother say rivals threatened him a week ago

Consignment imported by Chattogram-based firm Adib Trading from Pakistan

A youth from Gopalganj, who had been missing for over 18 months, was killed while fighting for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in September.

One person was killed and two others were injured in an attack on a political programme of Ershad Ullah, convener of the Chattogram city unit of the BNP and the party’s nominated candidate for Chattogram-8, in the city’s Purbo Bayezid area yesterday.

CMP investigation suggests Ullah was not the intended target of the shooting

Many of those behind the incident are in jail, he says

Police records show Babla had a long criminal history