With edible oil fast vanishing from retailers’ shelves in the wake of a supply crunch, a retired government official turned out to be on the list of hoarders after stockpiling 512 litres of soybean oil.

At least 12 buses of South Line Paribahan were burned to ashes in police custody in Faridpur town’s Goalchamat area yesterday.

A bomb exploded in front of the house of a journalist, vocal about justice for Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, in the city’s Alam Khan area around 3:00am yesterday. 

A family planning official strangled his nine-year-old daughter to death and then died by suicide in their home in Bangala union of Sirajganj’s Ullapara yesterday morning, OC Humayun Kabir of Ullapara Police Station said, quoting the victims’ family members.

Police were trying to arrest a 50-year-old man who allegedly raped a third-grader of a madrasa in Kurigram’s Rowmari upazila.

A college student, who was stabbed in Narayanganj on Friday night, died at a clinic in the capital yesterday.

Two people have been arrested in a case filed in connection with stabbing Rajshahi University (RU) student Saffat Nayeem Nafi.

An explosive went off at the house of Advocate Mahbubur Rahman Masum, editor of Narayanganj based Daily Khabarer Paata early today.

A family planning inspector died by suicide after allegedly killing his nine-year-old daughter in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila today, said police quoting family members.

Rab has arrested Munshi Iqbal Ahmed (62), one of the organisers of the banned militant group, Ansar al-Islam, from Rajashan area of Savar. He is the brother of Mufti Hannan, head of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (Huji-B).

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Tamim Ahmed Khan Swapan, the accused of a case filed in connection with the death of a schoolgirl who died by suicide in Jamalpur’s Melandah upazila on Thursday after she was raped.

Taking advantage of the edible oil crisis in the market, a former official of the Department of Agricultural Extension Layekuzzaman illegally stored 512 litres of oil with a hope of making a hefty profit during Ramadan.

At least 12 buses were burnt in a fire at a terminal of Faridpur district town early today.

A 16-year-old girl died by suicide on Thursday evening hours after she was allegedly raped by a man in Melandah, Jamalpur.

Three policemen, including one inspector, have been closed for allegedly beating an on-duty nurse at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

Anti Terrorism Unit of Police arrested a leader of  Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh, a fugitive sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in jail. 

Two persons, including a student of Chittagong University (CU), were arrested today as they appeared in a written examination as proxy for candidates vying for the post of office assistant at Chattogram District Administration Revenue Unit.

A man was stabbed to death while trying to settle a quarrel between members of two families over a love affair in Kurigram Sadar upazila.

Three police personnel have been closed over the incident of beating up a staff nurse of Barishal's Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) yesterday.

Rab yesterday arrested a 58-year-old madrasa teacher in Natore’s Lalpur upazila where he had been hiding since March 6 after a case was filed against him for attempting to rape one of his students.