Police have arrested two individuals in separate rape cases involving minor girls in Patuakhali and Kushtia.

At least 39 inmates died in prisons across the country in the first three months of this year, according to a quarterly human rights monitoring report by the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

A pir was beaten and hacked to death by a mob at his darbar in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia yesterday over allegations of hurting religious sentiments.

A procession was led by Bangladesh Chhatra Union, Bangladesh Chhatra Front, and Biplobi Chhatra Moitree

Victims in Patuakhali and Kushtia undergoing treatment as police investigate

110 named as top extortionists in Narayanganj, according to Rab

Aim to curb crime and maintain law and order in capital

Mobile court seizes four trucks during drive

An 11-year-old girl was rescued in an unconscious state from a school classroom in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Thursday night, with doctors suspecting sexual assault.

Unidentified individuals have allegedly vandalised an idol and stolen gold ornaments from a Hindu temple in Rangunia upazila in Chattogram, while another nearby temple has also been reportedly attacked.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested the lone accused in a rape case filed in Faridpur over luring a widow with the promise of a “family card.”

A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by members of the Indian Khasi community in a border area of Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila, said BGB.

At least four people were assaulted by a crowd rallying under the banner of “Azadi Andolon” in the capital’s Shahbagh last night.

A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Zonkizizwe Township of Katlehong, Johannesburg, on Thursday night.

Victims say attackers were rallying under the banner of ‘Azadi Andolon’

Dispute over unpaid money led to killing, say police

Police inspected both temples, says Rangunia OC

The girl was rescued from a classroom after her family and locals searched the school building late at night

Of the total killings, eight took place in Khulna metropolitan area

When Abu Sayed stood with his arms outstretched, he thought the humans standing before him would not shoot him, not realising they were “no longer human”, a tribunal observed yesterday while sentencing two to death, three to life imprisonment, and 25 others to varying jail terms.