Sylhet
Minister urges speedy trial of Rajon killing
State minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki today urged to try the killers of 13-year-old Rajon in a speedy trial tribunal.
15 July 2015, 09:37 AM
Protesters demand Rajon killers to hang
Protestors across Bangladesh demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounts over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
14 July 2015, 11:51 AM
Suspect Ismail remanded over Rajon killing
A Sylhet court gives police five days to grill in custody Ismail Hossain – a suspect in the murder of 13-year-old boy Rajon.
14 July 2015, 06:27 AM
This is how Kamrul was held in Jedda (video)
Videos surface on social media showing Bangladeshi community in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia catching Kamrul Islam – the man who beat the life out of 13-year-old Rajon.
14 July 2015, 06:15 AM
Rajon murder accused held in Jeddah
Saudi police detain one Bangladeshi expatriate in connection with the sensational killing of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon.
13 July 2015, 15:10 PM
Opinion: When beasts are unleashed in humans
What kind of perversion of the mind turns a person into an inhuman beast? What kind of society have we created that we allow such horrible things to happen to children, to women, to the physically or mentally disabled, to anyone who is in a position of powerlessness?
13 July 2015, 11:17 AM
Mushfiq’s protest against Rajon murder
With the whole nation spilling in outrage and protest over the incident, star cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim joined in and voiced his denounce in the social networking platform Facebook.
13 July 2015, 09:40 AM
#JusticeforRajon
Thousands of posts have flooded different social media platforms in a protest against the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet.
13 July 2015, 06:48 AM
64 injury marks found on Rajon's body: Autopsy
Autopsy report of Md Samiul Alam Rajon, who was brutally tortured to death in Sylhet, says the victim died due to brain haemorrhage.
13 July 2015, 06:27 AM
Brutal!
A thirteen-year-old boy is beaten to death for his alleged involvement in theft in Sylhet's Kumargaon.
12 July 2015, 10:53 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet-Ctg train services resume after 10 hours
Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet resume after 10 hours of suspension due to derailment of five oil tankers of a freight train.
5 July 2015, 08:41 AM
Sust teachers confine VC soon after he returns from 2-month leave
A group of teachers confines Vice-Chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) to his office after he returns from a two-month leave.
22 June 2015, 06:35 AM
Speedy tribunal to try Kibria murder case
The case filed over the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria has been shifted to Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet.
11 June 2015, 15:23 PM
Analysis: Ban, an answer to Ansarullah?
Government’s ban on Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Islamist outfit blamed for the killings of two free-thinkers and bloggers in Dhaka and one in Sylhet in a span of only 75 days, came on the heel of utter failure of law enforcing agencies.
26 May 2015, 10:25 AM
Derailment halts Ctg rail link for 5hrs
Chittagong's rail link with rest of the country remains snapped for over five hours after a Dhaka-bound train derailed in Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria.
21 May 2015, 05:43 AM
UN experts condemn recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh
Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.
13 May 2015, 17:26 PM
Case filed over Ananta murder
Case filed accusing four anonymous assailants over brutal killing of writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy. No one arrested until now.
13 May 2015, 05:20 AM
Killing of blogger Ananta blow to free speech: HRW
The killing of secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is part of an alarming trend of violent intolerance toward freedom of religion and speech in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch says.
13 May 2015, 03:47 AM
UK, EU condemn blogger Ananta murder
United Kingdom and European Union have strongly condemned the brutal murder of Ananta Bijoy Das, blogger and organiser of local Gonojagoron Mancha in Sylhet.
12 May 2015, 13:03 PM
Gonojagaran Mancha calls 6-hr hartal in Sylhet
Gonojagaran Mancha calls a six-hour hartal in Sylhet division tomorrow, protesting the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.
12 May 2015, 11:14 AM