Six ethnic men were detained by army personnel from different villages of Manikchhari and Ramgarh upazila on Monday night.  Sources said they have been arrested for allegedly instigating a conflict between Bangali and ethnic communities over disputed land. District United Peoples Democratic front…

Awami League senior leader Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said law-enforcing agencies have crossed the line marking failure, over arresting the killers involving in repeated murder of bloggers, reports UNB. “Bloggers are being killed one after another. Failures of the law-enforcement agencies have…

Netrakona: A court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his minor child over trifling matter at Minakikanna village in Durgapur upazila in 2008, reports UNB. The convict was identified as Abu Hanif, 37, an inhabitant of the village. According to the prosecution, Ayesha Khatun, wife of Abu…

Police arrested two accused of crimes against humanity from Phulbaria upazila of the district yesterday afternoon. They are Amjad Ali, 88, of Keshoreganj village and Reaz Uddin Fakir, 65, hailing from Bhalukjan village in Phulbaria upazila. Rifat Khan Rajib, officer-in-charge of Phulbaria police station,…

Police rescued four men while they were being trafficked to India through Chanchra check post in Jessore on Monday night. The victims have been identified as Lalan, 27, Rubel, 26, Rubel Khan, 27, and Safiqul Islam, 26. Police said two alleged human traffickers -- Akram and Abdul Khaleque -- took the…

An accused in an extortion case died in the district jail on Monday night. The prisoner has been identified as Nurul Islam Akon, 48, hailing from Soto Soula village under Mathbaria upazila of the district. Jailor of the district jail AG Mahmud told this correspondent that Nurul was sent to Pirojpur…

Police have arrested four people from the capital in connection with the killing of a bus driver in Saidabad Bus Terminal on Monday night. The arrestees, all passengers of a Shyamoli Paribahan bus, were identified as Rajon Miah, 32, Reazaul Karim, 30, Md Shohel 30 and Kamrul Islam, 26. DMP Additional…

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday directed the authorities concerned of Cox’s Bazar unit Red Crescent to hand over the 17 teenage boys among 159 Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were brought back home from Myanmar on Monday, to their respective family members, reports UNB. Cox’s Bazar…