The government yesterday said the US human rights (HR) country report “heavily underplayed” Bangladesh’s existing system of accountability over law enforcement agencies while Dhaka remains “intensely engaged” with the UN mechanism and US recommendations to protect human rights.

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.

More than 20 Israelis and Palestinians were wounded yesterday in several incidents in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, two days after major violence at the site.

Weeks after the first blow of early flash flood, another flood started inundating crops in a haor in Sunamganj yesterday.

Hundreds of farmers in the northeastern region of the country continued to suffer immensely because of the flash flood.

Doctors successfully implanted a device inside the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s disease.

The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and people’s basic rights, experts said yesterday.

Nepal is asking citizens living abroad to deposit funds in domestic banks as part of efforts to ensure the financial system has enough liquidity and to preserve foreign exchange reserves, finance finister Janardan Sharma said yesterday.

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.

A schoolboy was stabbed to death while another was injured by another teenager in Chattogram’s Eidgaon early yesterday.

Police rescued a child, who was abducted from the port city’s Roufabad area on April 13, and arrested three people from Chandpur early yesterday in this regard.

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

Today is the 51st death anniversary of valiant freedom fighter and intellectual Lt Col Muhammad Abdul Qadir.

Today is the 22nd death anniversary of Shabnam Huq, wife of Arham Masudul Huq, chief executive officer of Dhaka Bank Foundation, said a press release. Her relatives, friends and admirers are requested to pray for the salvation of the departed soul.

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.

Private bus operators yesterday started selling tickets to those who would go to their hometowns for the Eid.

Pakistan’s powerful military has dismissed ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence.

The government has established a dedicated centre for migrant workers to reduce the hassles they face while migrating abroad and returning home.