A culture of impunity is the main reason behind recurrent attacks on Hindus in the country, observed leaders of Hindu organisations yesterday.

The UNHCR, has urged Bangladesh to take immediate measures to improve security in the Rohingya camps, saying that it is “extremely concerned” by another violent attack there.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said one incident after one is being planned in the Rohingya camps to hold back repatriation.

A motorcyclist was killed when a Dhaka-bound covered van hit a motorcycle on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Munshiganj's Gazaria upazila.

Begumganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Muhammad Kamruzzaman Sikder has been withdrawn over the recent communal attacks on Hindu temples, idols and properties during the Durga Puja celebrations at Choumohani in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila.

Iqbal Hossain, who was arrested from Cox's Bazar beach last night, has been brought to Cumilla Police Lines.

A man who suffered injuries during an attack on temples in Cumilla, after the reported incident of placing the Holy Quran at a puja mandap, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early today.

At least seven persons were killed and seven others injured in clashes between two groups at the Balukhali Rohingya Camp-18 in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar early today.

In a drive last night, police arrested three leaders of Chhatra Jubo Odhikar Parishad’s Chattogram unit in a case filed over attacking the JM Sen Hall puja mandap on October 15 in the port city's Andarkillah area.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Md Kamal Uddin Abbasi has given a confessional statement before a court over his involvement in the vandalism at puja mandaps and clash with police in Chandpur's Hajiganj.

Police last night arrested the man who they said put the Holy Quran inside Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla city in the early hours of October 13.

Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Alliance yesterday demanded a judicial probe into the recent communal violence in the country.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Ruma Sarkar, assistant professor of Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College, on a two-day remand for interrogation, hours after a case was filed against her on the charge of spreading provocative speeches and false videos on Facebook.

A college student was stabbed to death allegedly by one of a neighbouring youth at Sultanpur in Sadar upazila on Wednesday evening.

Iqbal Hossain, the man who was seen placing the Holy Quran at the Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla city on October 13, was arrested tonight from Cox’s Bazar.

Nineteen Bangladeshi teenage girls returned home tonight through Benapole check-post after two years in an Indian prison.

A Sylhet court today acquitted all 11 accused, including a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), in the murder case of Kazi Habibur Rahman, who was stabbed to death on January 19, 2016.

A total of 37 accused were placed on a three-day remand each over vandalism and setting fire to Hindu homes, shops and businesses and for arson attacks on Hindu temples and looting their valuables at Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila on October 17 over a reported incident of ‘demeaning of Holy Quran’ at Cumilla during the Durga Puja.

Criminal Investigation Department of police arrested an Islamic speaker from Dhaka’s South Keraniganj area on charge of hate speech following the Cumilla incident on October 13.

A Dhaka tribunal today set November 8 for hearing on charge framing against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in three cases filed under the Digital Security Act.