Killed by unidentified gunmen, say police

Police suspect killing might have stemmed from business-related dispute

Victims say they are craftsmen and were transporting the gold

Internal probe found officers involved in siphoning around one lakh yaba pills seized at a CMP checkpost

Nearly 10,000 drives across eight districts resulted in arrests, case filings, major drug seizures, says Department of Narcotics Control

University officials seized the liquor during a night raid and questioned a student

Traffic in several key areas of the capital came to a near halt yesterday as separate protest programmes blocked major intersections, causing severe congestion and suffering for commuters.

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-1 that former Rab official Ziaul Ahsan allegedly changed the force’s methods of disposing of bodies after the Narayanganj seven-murder victims were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river.

Police have detained five people after a video showing a woman tied to an electric pole and having cold water poured on her in the capital went viral on social media.

 A 35-year-old man was killed in a gun attack that also left his wife and daughter injured in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested three people in connection with the murder of Khokon Chandra Das, 50, a businessman and a mobile banking agent, who was stabbed and set on fire in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila.

Man set houses ablaze in Raozan and Rangunia to settle personal grudges and disrupt communal harmony, DB says

Mobile banking agent Khokon Chandra Das succumbed to his injuries yesterday

One was seen taking photos of the residence and nearby vehicles

Sufficient evidence found, Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam says

His wife and daughter were injured in gun attack, undergoing treatment

Law enforcers launch joint operation as ransom demanded

He has been accused of obstructing government duties, misbehaving with police officers

The cases filed over the attacks on the offices of the country’s two leading newspapers -- The Daily Star and Prothom Alo -- were yesterday transferred to the Cyber and Special Crime Division of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

A businessman who was hacked and set on fire in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila on Wednesday night died yesterday morning while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.