Mob attacks on leading media outlets and cultural centres in the country are deeply alarming and must be promptly and effectively investigated, with perpetrators brought to justice without delay, UN expert Irene Khan said yesterday.

Returning officers and field-level police officials yesterday expressed concerns over major challenges such as illegal arms, social media rumours, indiscriminate bail of listed criminals, and weak border security.

At least five people were shot dead, and another was injured in a clash between two groups over the occupation of shoal land in Hatia upazila of Noakhali yesterday.

Police recovered the body of a businessman from a microbus in Adamdighi of Bogura early yesterday, hours after he was abducted at gunpoint from the district’s Dupchanchia upazila on Monday night.

When the gates of Chhayanaut opened yesterday afternoon, there was no usual chirping of children or the familiar strains of music drifting through its

Sharif Omar Hadi, brother of slain Inqilab Moncho spokesperson and July frontliner Sharif Osman Hadi, yesterday alleged that a vested quarter within the government orchestrated the killing to derail the upcoming national election.

Nine sent to jail in connection with the case

2 more land in jail in Prothom Alo attack case

Several injured in the clash, say police

28 arrested over the arson, vandalism, looting so far

10 army officials plead 'not guilty' before the tribunal

Two detained for interrogation, police say

Fifteen suspects were sent to jail

With the latest arrests, the number of arrestees has risen to 26

Charges include inciting riot, looting, vandalism, and arson with intent to kill

Inqilab Moncho yesterday demanded the immediate resignation of the Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul and CA’s Special Assistant on Home Affairs Khoda Baksh Chowdhury, holding them accountable for the murder of the platform’s spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul yesterday said the murder case of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and a frontline activist of the July uprising, will be tried under the Speedy Trial Tribunal to ensure swift justice.

The arrests were made after analysing video footage of the incidents, and further arrests would follow

The Daily Star yesterday filed a case accusing 350-400 people of vandalism, arson, and looting at its Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue office early Friday.

The divisional convener of Sramik Shakti, the labour wing of the National Citizen Party, was shot in Khulna yesterday.