At least 75 journalists faced harassment and abuse in 40 incidents across the country in April, according to the monthly report of Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

Police yesterday arrested a man in a case filed for raping a 17-year-old girl and recording the video of the incident in Jhenaidah.

Different political and student organisations observed the 13th anniversary of the killings during a Hefajat-e-Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in the capital’s Motijheel on May 5, 2013, through discussions, photo exhibitions, and human chains yesterday.

An ambulance carrying a man shot in Khulna came under gunfire while transporting him to Dhaka early yesterday.

Detained former Awami League ministers Md Nurul Islam Sujan and Asaduzzaman Noor were granted bail in three separate cases and one case, respectively, by the High Court yesterday.

At least three Rab members were injured in an attack in Narayanganj city yesterday, while assailants attacked police personnel and snatched away an arrestee, a Jubo Dal leader, in Rupganj.

Investigators have identified 58 killings linked to the crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islam’s Shapla Chattar rally in Dhaka and four districts on May 5–6, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal’s (ICT) chief prosecutor Md Aminul Islam said yesterday.

Despite nearly two weeks having passed, police are yet to arrest madrasa teacher Amanullah Mahmudi Sagor, the prime accused in a case over the rape and impregnation of an 11-year-old student in Netrokona’s Madan upazila.

Filing murder cases against journalists over the atrocities during the July uprising was a wrong move, Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s adviser on information and broadcasting, said yesterday.

Police say the 19-year-old was found in a WhatsApp group associated with the Pakistani militant group

Three Rab members were injured during an anti-narcotics drive in Masdair, while assailants freed an arrestee from police custody in Rupganj

Police yesterday arrested four men in connection with the alleged rape of a woman in Chandina upazila of Cumilla.

Accused detained following a complaint filed by the victim’s father

Primary inquiry found that a High Court bail rejection order was tampered with, enabling the prime accused to walk out of jail

Police say no evidence found amid protests and transport disruption

A 90-year-old man was murdered allegedly by a drug addict during Fazr prayers at a mosque in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar early yesterday.

Khadiza Begum and her husband Badrul Zaman boarded a pickup with other labourers from Sylhet city’s Amberkhana yesterday morning to travel to their construction site.

Supporters blocked buses and three-wheelers for around three and a half hours

58 listed extortionists among those arrested as crackdown targets crime across capital

Bristy’s repatriation process underway