The family members of a girl set a woman on fire after her son eloped with their daughter at Mymensingh city’s Char Ishwardia area yesterday (June 28, 2022).

Police yesterday (June 28, 2022) recovered a throat-slit body of a woman and a hanging body of a man from a house in Dhaka’s Demra area.

A student who assaulted a teacher with a cricket stump was yet to be arrested more than three days after the attack and a day after the teacher’s death.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to form a commission in 30 days in order to identify those who made up stories about corruption involving the Padma Bridge project.

Police filed a case accusing 170 to 180 people on charges of forcing acting principal of Mirzapur United College to wear a garland of shoes around his neck, setting a motorcycle on fire, and barring government work in the area.

The High Court yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to examine whether Bangladesh Bank breached the rules by allowing an alleged money launderer to reschedule a defaulted loan of Tk 199 crore taken through forged documents.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a woman, allegedly murdered by her husband in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila.

A young man’s wrists were cut off by his neighbour’s relatives in Narsingdi’s Polash upazila yesterday.

A Barguna court yesterday sent a man to jail for allegedly throwing acid on a woman’s face in Sadar upazila the day before.

Seventeen eminent citizens have expressed grave concern over murder and humiliation of teachers in Ashulia and Narail, and urged the government to strictly address the incidents.In a statement sent to the media yesterday, they said they have come to know from media sources that a teacher named Utpal Kumar Sarkar was beaten to death by a student in Ashulia, for protesting sexual harassment by the latter.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Iftekhar Abedin in a case filed over the death of Dhaka University student Elma Chowdhury Meghla in December last year.

The National Human Rights Commission today (June 28, 2022) asked authorities concerned to take legal steps against the policemen, who played silent role during the incident of putting garlands of shoes around the neck of a college teacher in Narail on June 17.

Police filed a case with Narail Sadar Police Station accusing 170 to 180 people on charges of forcing acting principal of Mirzapur United College to wear a garland of shoes around his neck, setting a motorcycle on fire, and barring government work in the area.

“What did you do when my son was murdered? My son buy medicines for me. Fifteen days ago, he came to see me. My son loved me very much. I’m losing my mind... Please do something… Ensure justice for my son,” wailed 80-year-old Gita Bala Sarker, mother of school teacher Utpal Kumar Sarker, who died after a student hit him with a cricket stump on June 25.

The story of Matiar Rahman, who was arrested by Saudi police for “begging” in Madinah, has already gone viral on social media. While investigating Matiar’s background, a great deal of information has come to light.

Police last night arrested a 50-year-old man on charge of raping a minor girl in the port city's Bayazid Bostami area.

The trial against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed for acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 1.69 crore began at a Dhaka court with deposition of the complainant yesterday.

Even though there is a law allowing victims of custodial torture to prosecute their torturers, it lies unused. That is how normalised physical violence and torture have become as part of the investigation and interrogation processes, speakers said yesterday.

A teacher who was beaten up with a cricket stump by a student two days ago died from injuries at a local hospital early yesterday.

A Chhatra League (BCL) leader and four of his associates were arrested on Sunday on charges of extortion and abduction in Pabna’s Santhia upazila.