Mufti Shafiqur Rahman, a fugitive death row convict in the 2001 Ramna Batamul blast case, was hiding in a remote char area in Narsingdi with a new name and identity.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested a businessman and his associate from Dhaka’s Uttara on charges of attempted murder.

An accused of 13 cases including four filed for murder, was killed in Lohagara upazila of Narail early today.

A man has died in police custody in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila last night after he was detained from a Baishakhi fair on charge of gambling, said police.

Rapid Action Battalion today arrested Mufti Shafiqur Rahman, a death row convict in the bomb blasts during Pahela Baishakh celebrations  21 years ago at Ramna Batamul in 2001.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have arrested six accused in connection with a case filed over stabbing a sub-inspector (SI) of Khaserhat Police Station in Madaripur’s Kalkini upazila.

A man raped a physically challenged tenth grader while four of a gang were mugging a rickshaw-van passengers at Kachupara area of Puthia upazila in Rajshahi last night (April 13, 2022).

Although the brutal attack on writer Humayun Azad was an act of extremist militancy, soon after the incident police tried to frame the political opponents of the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government in the case.

Law enforcers have no clue about the whereabouts of top JMB militant Salahuddin Ahmed alias Salehin, a fugitive death row convict of Prof Humayun Azad murder case.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested a man on charge of circulating inciting and extremist content against Pahela Baishakh celebration.

A man was shot dead allegedly by drug dealers in Cumilla's Burichang upazila, adjacent to the Charnal Hyderabad's Zero Point area at the Indian border last night (April 13, 2022).

A three-year-old girl, who was in her father's lap, was shot dead and her father sustained bullets wounds in an attack at the Begumganj upazila in Noakhali yesterday (April 13, 2022).

Four members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were sentenced to death yesterday for killing Prof Humayun Azad 18 years ago.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday banned 10 members of Sikder family and  two officials of Sikder Group from using international credit cards for two years as they took loans from National Bank Ltd beyond their credit card limit grossly violating the banking rules.

The Bangladesh government has taken a few measures to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption, abuse and killing by security forces, said the US State Department in its annual human rights report.

Two Rohingyas were shot after allegedly a group of “Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army” supporters attacked them in Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night.

Hriday Chandra Mondal, maths teacher of Binodpur Ramkumar High School in Munshiganj Sadar, said he would not be able to continue the job if the government did not ensure his security.

Twenty years have passed since two bombs blasted during Bangla New Year celebrations at Dhaka’s Ramna Batamul on this day in 2001, but the final justice is yet to be delivered. Appeals and death reference in connection with the case are still pending with the High Court.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed July 24 for hearing the leave to appeal petition filed by internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam against a High Court verdict on him in a case filed under a controversial section. 

Police tonight (April 13, 2022) recovered the body of a woman from a flat in Manikganj.