Senior police officers later rescued the OC and SI about an hour

Relatives say punishment falls short, fear threats after convicts’ release

ICT-1 jails five other former police officials to varying terms

Army, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), and the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has been deployed across the tribunal premises

An estimated 82 lakh people in Bangladesh currently use one or more illicit drugs, accounting for about 4.88 percent of the total population, according to a nationwide survey conducted by Bangladesh Medical University (BMU).

As the national election approaches, social media platforms have been flooded with misleading content, including fake photocards and old videos circulated with false claims.

The wife of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader and their nine-month-old child were laid to rest in Bagerhat early yesterday.

At least 40 people were injured yesterday in clashes involving activists of BNP, its rebel candidates, and Jamaat-e-Islami over election campaigning in Mymensingh, Lalmonirhat, and Chuadanga.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is scheduled to deliver its verdict today in a case over the killing of six people in the capital’s Chankharpul area during the 2024 mass uprising.

Life inside a secret detention facility was filled with screams from adjoining rooms and constant threats of “crossfire”, former Lt Col Hasinur Rahman, a survivor of enforced disappearance, told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.

The body of a research and development coordinator at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) was found three days after he went missing.

Detectives on Saturday arrested a person from Nagor Haula area in Gazipur over his alleged involvement in the killing of garment worker Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh.

The implications of commencing trials before defence review rights are exercised

Second prosecution witness alleges illegal detention and torture at DGFI-run JIC

Nearly 5% of population uses illicit substances, with most users starting before age 25, study finds

The petition filed on charge of violating HC order over registration of Krishak Sramik Janata Party

Omar Bin Hadi, elder brother of slain Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Osman Sharif Bin Hadi, has filed a general diary with Shahbagh Police Station seeking security for himself and Hadi’s son, citing threats and fears of posible attacks.

A regular afternoon turned into a family’s worst nightmare, as a man died after a piece of iron rod fell from above and hit him on the head in Gulshan on Thursday.

A dispute over extortion in the capital’s Karwan Bazar area led to the killing of Swechchhasebak Dal leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir, allegedly on the instructions of underworld criminal Dilip alias Binash, police said yesterday.

As evening fell yesterday, an ambulance stopped at the gate of Jashore Central Jail, carrying the bodies of a young woman and her nine-month-old child.