We welcome the decision to mount police vigil on highways to prevent extortion by lawmen and transport organisations during the rush Eid season.

Bangladesh Water Transport Workers’ Union go for an indefinite strike from today, protesting rampant extortion and attacks on its workers.

IGP AKM Shahidul Haque says immediate action will be taken if any attempt of extortion is found on the highways during Ramadan.

Police detained six people from Dhaka's Badda area who are said to have been involved with extortion identifying themselves as law enforcers.

A group of armed men shot an elderly man in the leg in Dhaka.