An Awami League-nominated chairman candidate was shot dead at his house in Rangamati’s Kaptai upazila early yesterday.

A court yesterday sent a man to jail for his alleged involvement in the rape of a teenage girl in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila.

A youth died by jumping off a two-storey building in Chattogram’s Chandgaon area early yesterday.

A case has been filed against over 215 people in connection with killing two people and over communal attacks on Hindu temples, idols and properties during the Durga Puja celebrations in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila following the recent incident in Cumilla.

Two men, who were arrested with 5kg crystal meth, worth an estimated Tk 12.5 crore in Dhaka yesterday, were placed on a nine-day remand in narcotics and arms cases today.

Detectives arrested three members of a robbery gang, which targets and robs expatriate Bangladeshis outside the Dhaka airport following their arrival in the country.

A legal notice has been served to the government seeking resumption of Brahmanbaria Rail Station services which was suspended on March 27 of this year following the Hefajat mayhem.

Police recovered the body of a doctor from a flat in Dhaka’s Nikunja area last night.

Rab officers yesterday seized 5kg of crystal meth, worth an estimated Tk 12.5 crore in Dhaka, in the biggest haul of the drug in the country, said a spokesperson of the force.

Family members of the RS Jute Processing Mill rape victim were allegedly beaten up on Friday for refusing Tk 70,000 from the perpetrator and her hand in marriage to settle the issue.

Police have arrested two youths in connection with a case filed over gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl in Gaibandha’s Fulchari upazila today.

A case has been registered against three persons in connection with the gang-rape of a woman in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila.

Police have arrested seven persons in three separate cases, filed accusing eight named and 2,950 unidentified people, over attacks and vandalism at two temples in Chandpur on October 13.

A three-member probe body has been formed over the murder of two people, vandalising puja mandaps and carrying out attacks on temples in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila during the celebration of Durga Puja.

A case has been filed over vandalising six idols in Daniapara Maha Shoshan Kali Mandir at Rashunia union in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj.

Police today recovered hanging body of a woman and detained her husband from Hotel Bilash in Bagerhat’s Rahater Mor area.

Three separate cases have been lodged against 84 identified and over 1,000 unidentified people in connection with attacking and vandalising temple and puja mandaps in Chattogram city’s Andarkillah and areas in Banshkhali upazila.

A group of people today attacked the house of a teenager, who allegedly killed another teenager at a village in Manikganj’s Singair upazila.

Miscreants today vandalised six idols of the Daniapara Maha Shoshan Kali Mandir at Rashunia union in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have seized 5kg crystal meth also known as “ice” from Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.