Syndicate collected money by promising transfers and promotions using names of ministries, say police

Locals confine suspect before police takes accused into custody

Legal action to follow after receiving DNA report, says investigating officer

He is a fugitive accused in 17 cases, including that of murder, extortion

A man was killed in a mob attack in Jhalakathi’s Kathalia upazila early yesterday.

Tension flared in Chattogram city’s Bakalia area last night after hundreds of locals clashed with police and tried to snatch from their custody a man accused of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.

Public outrage over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in Pallabi continued to mount in the capital and across the country yesterday, with protesters demanding the highest punishment for those responsible and a speedy trial through a special tribunal for the third consecutive day.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a madrasa student on a five-day remand in a case filed over the alleged rape and provocation to the suicide of a 10-year-old boy in the capital’s Banasree area.

Bangladesh’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) drained about Tk 88,200 crore from the national exchequer in a single year, emerging as one of the country’s biggest fiscal risks, according to a World Bank study.

Chattogram Money Loan Court handed down five-month jail terms

Sources at PMO confirmed visit

Police say hundreds gathered after a four-year-old girl’s family accused a local shop worker of sexually abusing her

Victim’s distant granduncle lured the child, strangled and raped her on February 28, 2024

Arrestee made confessional statement before a magistrate, say police

Police say the accused was arrested in Pabna after fleeing the Dhaka madrasa

"The responsibility of judgement lies with the court," Salahuddin Ahmed says

Locals claimed he was caught while trying to steal parts from a transformer; police say he was accused in at least eight cases

Petitioner says he will appeal after High Court summarily dismisses challenge

Police detain four for questioning

Ministry says steps will be taken to ensure speedy trial in rape and murder case