Rabiul fell to the ground and lost consciousness after a policeman kicked him in the crotch around 10:00pm on Thursday night, said a man who claimed to be among those standing close to the scene.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against Mohammad Shahed, chairman of Regent Group, in a case filed against him on the charge of acquiring illegal wealth of Tk 1.69 crore.

A man was shot dead in what Rab said was a gunfight between officers and armed gang members in Golabari area of Cumilla early yesterday.

Despite a court order, Kumarkhali police failed to submit a probe report in a case filed over the kidnapping and gang rape of a 24-year-old woman.

Police recovered the body of a union parishad member at Gabtoli in Mymensingh’s Muktagachha upazila yesterday.

Police rescued a teenage domestic help from a flat beside Station Road in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila.

An activist of the ruling Awami League was killed in a clash between two factions of the party over a trivial matter in Jhenidah’s Harinakundu upazila yesterday.

BNP’s Sylhet district unit yesterday demanded that its former organising secretary Ilias Ali be brought back, who went missing from Dhaka on April 17, 2012.

Police toady arrested a man in a case filed for allegedly raping a domestic help over the last one and a half years and torturing her in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar.

A Dhaka tribunal today rejected the bail petition of Ashish Roy Chowdhury, the prime accused in a case filed over the murder of popular film actor Sohel Chowdhury in December, 1998.

Anti Terrorism Unit of Police arrested a member of the banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, who was sentenced to death, from Naogaon’s Patnitala upazila yesterday.

The Canadian girl, who had allegedly been confined by her parents in Dhaka for around 10 months against her wishes, was handed over to the Canadian high commission today.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against Shahed Karim, chairman of Regent Group, in a case filed against him on charge of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 1.69 crore.

The main accused in the murder of Mohiuddin Sarkar – who was shot dead by drug dealers in Cumilla's Burichang upazila on April 13 – was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab early today. This is the first "gunfight" death since the US sanction on Rab about four months ago.

Police have rescued a domestic help, aged around 17, with her hands and legs tied, from a flat at Station Road area under Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar.

Two people were killed and two others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

“We, the family members of the victims of enforced disappearance, have been leading a miserable life.

A family called 999 for police help, but three of its members were beaten up by the law enforcers instead. Another member of the family has been behind bars for a week in a case filed by those accused of attacking the family.

The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested four members of a human trafficking syndicate, including the ring leader, from the capital’s Rampura and Hatirjheel area with 27 passports, 100 forged visas and 125 air tickets.

A drugstore owner was hacked to death in Tulatla area of Patuakhali’s Sadar upazila on Friday.