Accused sent to jail after being produced before court

Samrat Mondol was arrested in Mymensingh less than 24 hours after fleeing from Gazipur court police lock-up, says Rab

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged the Bangladesh government to comply with a High Court order directing an investigation into the alleged enforced disappearance of 30-year-old fisherman Miraj Sheikh, warning that the case could be the country’s first known enforced disappearance in two years.

Major (retd) Md Muzaffar Hossain, who was recently arrested in connection with the 1981 assassination of former president Ziaur Rahman, has been handed over to the Bangladesh Army and is expected to face trial through a general court martial under military law, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

The government has revoked the licences of 49 recruiting agencies over their alleged involvement in a syndicate that controlled Bangladesh’s labour market for Malaysia between 2022 and 2024.

The body of a local BNP leader was recovered from Kaptai Lake in Rangamati yesterday, two days after he went missing while travelling by boat.

Police have arrested the principal of a madrasa in Lakshmipur’s Chandraganj upazila on allegations of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old student.

A Magura court yesterday sentenced a man to death for attempting to rape and murdering a 12-year-old in Sreepur upazila in 2022.

Police say the child refused to return to the madrasa after disclosing the alleged abuse

The court found Hasan Sheikh guilty based on DNA evidence and testimony from 11 witnesses

Officers seize heroin and yaba tablets during the operation

Home minister says retired army major has been handed over to army for trial under military law

Court also fines convict Tk 2,000; prosecution says tribunal found charges proved beyond reasonable doubt

Police say he was taken into custody from ECB Chattar

Commission says assets found at the property are being documented as part of an ongoing inquiry

An Awami League leader was found dead in Santhia upazila of Pabna yesterday, with police saying preliminary findings suggest he was strangled to death.

A Thakurgaon court yesterday sentenced three men to imprisonment until death and three others to life imprisonment for the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in 2011.

A 25-year-old suspect in the murder of a CNG-run autorickshaw driver died in the custody of the Detective Branch of police in Bogura yesterday.

The prosecution is expected to submit formal charges tomorrow against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former BGB chief Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed, former inspector general of police Hassan Mahmood Khandker and others over the killings linked to Hefazat-e-Islam’s 2013 Shapla Chattar rally.

The government is formally seeking India’s cooperation to secure the extradition of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who has been sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising in 2024.