The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, seeking to enhance the life sentences of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to capital punishment.

Speakers at an all-party resistance rally yesterday expressed outrage over the shooting of Dhaka-8 independent aspirant Sharif Osman Hadi, terming it part of a broader conspiracy to destabilise the country.

The shooting of Sharif Osman Hadi was part of a broader conspiracy to disrupt the upcoming national election, create division among political parties, and undermine candidates’ morale, according to a case filed with Paltan Police Station in this regard.

Around 4,000 litres of illegal homemade liquor were intercepted and destroyed by locals in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila on Sunday night.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young man from near the rail tracks in Nathpara area under Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) yesterday fined Tk 12 lakh to One Plus cable company in Sadarghat area of Chattogram city for manufacturing substandard electric cables without a BSTI license.

Police reviewing CCTV footage to identify assailants

Complaint also names actress Shaon, 2 others

Several others remain unnamed

The prosecution has filed an appeal on eight grounds, challenging the tribunal’s verdict

Exchange of fire took place in Kalenga Reserve Forest; 10 named, 40–50 unidentified accused

Concern is growing over the law-and-order situation in Rangpur, where 13 murders and at least 37 rape cases were reported over the last three months.

Sharif Osman Hadi, an independent MP aspirant for Dhaka-8 who was shot in broad daylight in the capital’s Paltan area on Friday, will be flown to Singapore today by air ambulance for advanced treatment.

Journalist Anis Alamgir was taken into custody by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch yesterday evening.

Three persons were arrested yesterday in connection with the killing of a tea vendor in Chattogram city on November 28.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) personnel yesterday busted an illegal factory that had been manufacturing adulterated soap inside a rickshaw garage in Shikalbaha area of Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram.

No casualties were reported, say police

Detentions were made in separate raids across Dhaka and Narayanganj

Hadi shooting suspects’ passports blocked, no sign of border escape, DMP says

Drives are ongoing to arrest other accused