Miscreants vandalised two idols of the Hindu goddess at a Kali temple in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj yesterday.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has strongly condemned the rape of a 12-year-old schoolgirl in Khagrachhari, calling for the swift arrest and trial of those involved.

A case was filed yesterday over the incident of forcibly shaving the hair of 70-year-old Halim Uddin Akand in Kodalia Kashiganj village of Mymensingh’s Tarakanda upazila.

Kamal Majumder too was arrested in Gulshan area in October, last year

An event honouring legendary Lalon singer Farida Parveen in Mymensingh yesterday turned into a cultural protest against recent attacks on Baul culture and practices.

A 26-year-old accused died while undergoing treatment at Bagerhat District Hospital yesterday after being remanded at a police station.

Thirteen years after the killing of Abdul Khaleq, then general secretary of Jubo Dal’s Putkhali union unit in Benapole, his family has finally filed a murder case in a Jashore court.

Two named, one unidentified in case

The victim, Md Nazrul, 43, was a cashier at a bank's branch in Imamganj, said police

The body of a six-year-old girl, missing for two days, was recovered from a neighbour’s septic tank in Vedarganj upazila of Shariatpur yesterday.

A protest march and rally were held yesterday on Dhaka University campus, demanding the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in the gang rape of an eighth-grade Jumma student in Khagrachhari, and protesting the arrest and assault of an indigenous student leader.

Suspect flees

Police say KM Mamunur Rashid was unwell when traced in 300-Feet area

Deceased was accused in multiple theft cases

BNP Standing Committee member AZM Zahid Hossain yesterday said Tarique Rahman, the party's acting chairman, will return to Bangladesh within weeks to lead BNP's election process and the "final stage of restoring democracy".

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to issue a red alert through Interpol against S Alam Group Chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam and his two brothers in a case filed over acquiring Tk 104.20 crore by corrupt means.

A man was allegedly killed by a mob in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore early yesterday on suspicion of "stealing fish".

Assistant teacher also hurt; police say probe underway into possible managing committee dispute

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday pressed formal charges against Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu for alleged crimes against humanity, including murder, committed during last year’s July uprising.

Essential goods like rice, fertiliser, and medicines are being quietly smuggled into Myanmar by a syndicate working with the Arakan Army (AA). In return, yaba, crystal meth, and other narcotics pour into Bangladesh, according to BGB and home ministry sources.