Sylhet

2 more remanded over Rajon murder

A Sylhet court places two more suspects in the much-talked-about killing of 13-year old boy Rajon on a seven-day remand.
16 July 2015

New clip shows further tales of Rajon’s torture

Further details on how 13-year-old Rajon was tortured were revealed as another video clip surfaced on social media.
16 July 2015

Jeddah gets Interpol letter to repatriate Kamrul

Jeddah police receive letter from Interpol Dhaka office to start the procedure of sending back expatriate Bangladeshi Kamrul Islam, who appears to be the main culprit responsible for beating dead 13-year-old Rajon.
15 July 2015

Moyna remanded over Rajon murder

A Sylhet court orders police to hand over the case filed over the much-talked about killing of 13-year-old Rajon to detectives for investigation.
15 July 2015

Minister urges speedy trial of Rajon killing

State minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki today urged to try the killers of 13-year-old Rajon in a speedy trial tribunal.
15 July 2015

Protesters demand Rajon killers to hang

Protestors across Bangladesh demand the death penalty for the killers of a 13-year-old boy as anger mounts over the sickening lynching which was captured on video and then went viral.
14 July 2015

Suspect Ismail remanded over Rajon killing

A Sylhet court gives police five days to grill in custody Ismail Hossain – a suspect in the murder of 13-year-old boy Rajon.
14 July 2015

This is how Kamrul was held in Jedda (video)

Videos surface on social media showing Bangladeshi community in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia catching Kamrul Islam – the man who beat the life out of 13-year-old Rajon.
14 July 2015

Rajon murder accused held in Jeddah

Saudi police detain one Bangladeshi expatriate in connection with the sensational killing of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon.
13 July 2015

Opinion: When beasts are unleashed in humans

What kind of perversion of the mind turns a person into an inhuman beast? What kind of society have we created that we allow such horrible things to happen to children, to women, to the physically or mentally disabled, to anyone who is in a position of powerlessness?
13 July 2015

Mushfiq’s protest against Rajon murder

With the whole nation spilling in outrage and protest over the incident, star cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim joined in and voiced his denounce in the social networking platform Facebook.
13 July 2015

#JusticeforRajon

Thousands of posts have flooded different social media platforms in a protest against the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajon in Sylhet.
13 July 2015

64 injury marks found on Rajon's body: Autopsy

Autopsy report of Md Samiul Alam Rajon, who was brutally tortured to death in Sylhet, says the victim died due to brain haemorrhage.
13 July 2015

Brutal!

A thirteen-year-old boy is beaten to death for his alleged involvement in theft in Sylhet's Kumargaon.
12 July 2015

Dhaka-Sylhet-Ctg train services resume after 10 hours

Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet resume after 10 hours of suspension due to derailment of five oil tankers of a freight train.
5 July 2015

Sust teachers confine VC soon after he returns from 2-month leave

A group of teachers confines Vice-Chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) to his office after he returns from a two-month leave.
22 June 2015

Speedy tribunal to try Kibria murder case

The case filed over the murder of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria has been shifted to Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet.
11 June 2015

Analysis: Ban, an answer to Ansarullah?

Government’s ban on Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Islamist outfit blamed for the killings of two free-thinkers and bloggers in Dhaka and one in Sylhet in a span of only 75 days, came on the heel of utter failure of law enforcing agencies.
26 May 2015

Derailment halts Ctg rail link for 5hrs

Chittagong's rail link with rest of the country remains snapped for over five hours after a Dhaka-bound train derailed in Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria.
21 May 2015

UN experts condemn recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh

Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.
13 May 2015