Police yesterday arrested a man in connection with the death of a nine-year-old girl, whose body was recovered in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila, a day after she went missing.

The plan to kill Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah was made at a meeting on September 27 night at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, police officials said.

A local Chhatra League leader, along with his accomplices, instigated the mob to burn down homes and shops of the Hindu community in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila on October 17.  

A man was killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between supporters of the Awami League and its rebel candidates for the chairman post of Jadunandi Union Parishad in Faridpur’s Saltha upazila yesterday.

Rab today arrested a man in Jashore for posting 'religiously provocative' posts on his Facebook profile.

Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, an accused in Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case, confessed his involvement in the murder before a Chattogram court today.

Rab has arrested a man, who swindled job-seekers out of huge sums of money as part of a recruitment scam, during a raid in Dhaka’s Banasree area this morning.

Miscreants had planned to kill Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah on September 27, two days before he was murdered, Armed Police Battalion (APB) said today. 

Two idols of Hindu Goddess Kali were vandalised by unidentified criminals at a temple in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj last night.

The body of a newborn was found on a road in Bagerhat Sadar upazila this morning.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested two people, including one of the masterminds behind the attack on Hindu houses and shops in Rangpur's Pirganj upazila.

Mohammad Fayez, charged under the Digital Security Act for going live on social media from Cumilla's Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap on October 13, gave his confessional statement before a magistrate yesterday.

Forty-seven eminent citizens yesterday said the recurrence of communal attacks in the country was due to a prevailing culture of impunity.

Hours after his arrest, Iqbal Hossain confessed to putting the Holy Quran inside Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla but the motive behind it still remains unknown, police said.

The upzila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Shariatpur Sadar filed a general diary as he received multiple life threats from unidentified people.

The backlog of war crimes cases and related appeals at the International Crimes Tribunal and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is growing as their proceedings remain halted for about 20 months due to the pandemic and other reasons.

The probe body formed to investigate into the incident of forcefully cutting students’ hair at Sirajganj’s Rabindra University has submitted its report on Thursday afternoon, though its findings are yet to be revealed.

A culture of impunity is the main reason behind recurrent attacks on Hindus in the country, observed leaders of Hindu organisations yesterday.

The UNHCR, has urged Bangladesh to take immediate measures to improve security in the Rohingya camps, saying that it is “extremely concerned” by another violent attack there.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said one incident after one is being planned in the Rohingya camps to hold back repatriation.