At least 25 trees, including several century-old teak trees, have been felled inside the protected Satchari National Park in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj over the past few days, alleged locals.

Police said the suspects were arrested in separate incidents in Hajipara and Mandatila

Attackers led by local drug dealer allegedly used weapons

Police said the 19-year-old was lured from Dhaka with promises of marriage and a better job

Police said the accused was sent to jail after the child’s mother filed a case

The decision followed an internal investigation into allegations that the teacher sexually abused male students on the madrasa campus

The attacker later fled into a nearby house and took a child hostage before police arrested him

Four detained over attack on law enforcers, say police

Hundreds gathered in Pallabi and blocked Mirpur-10, demanding speedy trial and justice for the eight-year-old

They were preparing for a procession in the area, say police

An eight-year-old was murdered. Then her photos were sexualised online. What more must happen before we admit how deeply we have failed our children?

Syndicate collected money by promising transfers and promotions using names of ministries, say police

Locals confine suspect before police takes accused into custody

Legal action to follow after receiving DNA report, says investigating officer

He is a fugitive accused in 17 cases, including that of murder, extortion

A man was killed in a mob attack in Jhalakathi’s Kathalia upazila early yesterday.

Tension flared in Chattogram city’s Bakalia area last night after hundreds of locals clashed with police and tried to snatch from their custody a man accused of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.

Public outrage over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in Pallabi continued to mount in the capital and across the country yesterday, with protesters demanding the highest punishment for those responsible and a speedy trial through a special tribunal for the third consecutive day.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a madrasa student on a five-day remand in a case filed over the alleged rape and provocation to the suicide of a 10-year-old boy in the capital’s Banasree area.

Bangladesh’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) drained about Tk 88,200 crore from the national exchequer in a single year, emerging as one of the country’s biggest fiscal risks, according to a World Bank study.