A Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict today in the rape and murder case of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter, just 19 days after the crime that sparked nationwide outrage and prompted the government to pledge swift justice.

The Coast Guard has rescued 50 people from a fishing trawler bound for Malaysia. Among the rescued victims were 39 Bangladeshis and 11 Rohingyas.

Police detained 27-year-old Selim Sheikh after a case was filed; victim sent for medical examination

Attack stemmed from a social feud, victim’s elder brother alleges

Suspect detained immediately and handed over to police

Joint drive conducted from Thursday night until 8:00pm Friday

A BNP leader in Netrokona’s Mohanganj upazila has been accused of assaulting a three-month-pregnant woman, who later suffered a miscarriage.

Incidents of violence against women and children, including rape and child abuse, increased in May compared to the previous month, according to rights organisation Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

A case was filed yesterday against a man for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila.

Police say the accused neighbour is absconding and a drive is underway to arrest him

Two constables injured during altercation at a bus stand; case filed

Police arrest accused hours after incident; victim transferred to SOMCH burn unit

A former Jubo Dal leader was found dead in Tangail’s Ghatail upazila on Wednesday night, three days after he reportedly went missing.

A special tribunal in Dhaka yesterday set June 7 for delivering the verdict in a case filed over the rape and murder of eight-year-old schoolgirl Ramisa Akter.

The local administration yesterday imposed Section 144 in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh after a clash between two groups over a disputed piece of land.

Police recovered the partially decomposed body of a woman from her apartment in Dhaka’s Pallabi area early Wednesday, with preliminary findings suggesting she had died several days earlier.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested 658 extortionists, 971 muggers, criminals and robbers, and 1,215 drug dealers during special drives in the capital over the past month, said DMP Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed at a press briefing yesterday.

Authorities deployed hundreds of police personnel

Police say the 45-year-old rickshaw-puller was accused in a case filed by the girl’s mother before he died at a local hospital

DNA tests and other evidence led investigators to charge the lone accused