The High Court on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the Ramna Batamul bombing cases filed over two decades ago...
Three individuals, including leaders of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Basad in short, and Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, were arrested during a rally in Chattogram on Tuesday, protesting at the ongoing crackdown on battery-run rickshaws and alleged police harassment...
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Ejaz on Saturday said that a joint operation would be conducted to shut down illegal battery-run auto-rickshaw workshops and charging stations in the capital.
The Rapid Action Battalion arrested three accused, including the main accused, of a sensational killing case of Kutupalong under Ukhia in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, at Patabari area in the upazila early Saturday...
The police and the members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday arrested two more accused in Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez murder case at separate places in Gaibandha and Chattogram...
Former England star Andrew Flintoff has revealed the extent of the mental health struggles he has endured since his horrific car crash on the set of television programme Top Gear...
Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited鈥檚 board of directors has recommended 105 per cent final dividend for 2024, in addition to interim dividend of 340 per cent already declared, totalling to a cash dividend of 445 per cent for the year 2024, said a press release...
NO TANGIBLE progress in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their rented flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in the capital on February 11, 2012, is worrying given that the government task force has sought more time to complete the investigation. In September 2024, the High Court, considering the failure of the Rapid Action Battalion...
Battery-run rickshaw drivers clashed with pedal rickshaw-pullers and local people on Monday morning, while protesting at a ban on battery-run rickshaws at Banani in the capital.
Battery-run rickshaw pullers blocked the Gulshan-1 crossing on Friday morning for about 10-12 minutes protesting at a joint drive by the Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Gulshan Society.
THE government鈥檚 stance on banning three-wheelers, considered technically flawed and, therefore, more prone to accidents, from national and regional highways appears confusing. There have so far been a number of government and court orders that have banned CNG-run auto-rickshaws, battery-run rickshaws and vans, 鈥榚asy bikes鈥� and improvised motorised and...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion during a drive have arrested five kidnappers and rescued the abducted man at Keraniganj in Dhaka...
Maternal mortality rates have dropped dramatically in the past quarter of a century, but the UN on Monday warned that progress had stalled, risking major backsliding amid unprecedented global aid cuts...
Thousands of pilgrims from home and abroad joined Mahatirtha Snanotsabh, a traditional holy bath of Hindus, at Brahmaputra River at three kilometre-long holy pilgrimage site of Langalband in Narayanganj early hours of Saturday...
At least six people were arrested till Thursday afternoon allegedly for robbing a house in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi area early Wednesday impersonating members of the Rapid Action Battalion.
Rapid Action Battalion-11 arrested 10 Rohingya people, including Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army鈥檚 top leader Abu Ammar Jununi alias Ataullah, from Narayanganj and Mymensingh districts in two separate drives on Monday and Tuesday.
The police dispersed a section of teachers of non-government primary schools on Wednesday using water cannon and charging batons on them in the capital as they tried to go to the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence Jamuna...
Swedish electric car battery maker Northvolt has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden after failing to secure financing to enable it to continue operations, the struggling company said Wednesday...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested two youths allegedly engaged in drug dealing for attack on police in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city on Thursday...
The police, joint forces, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Armed Police Battalion intensified patrolling and setting up more checkpoints across the country on Wednesday to curb crimes...
International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal that the investigators had found primary evidence of enforced disappearances and torture against two detained former Rapid Action Battalion officials...
Two days of fighting between Sudanese rivals have forced an estimated 10,000 families to flee a famine-hit displacement camp in the Darfur region, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday...
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti on Saturday celebrated its 53rd founding anniversary renewing the call to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord as hill people鈥檚 fate remained unchanged even after signing of the accord in 1997.
British American Tobacco shares slumped on Thursday as it warned of tougher regulatory headwinds in Australia and Bangladesh after a sizeable writedown in Canada dampened its return to profit...
THE unresolved murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in Dhaka on February 11, 2012, is one of the many cases that have created a public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League regime. As the investigation agency failed to submit the...
Police charged batons, and fired sound grenades and teargas shells and sprayed water through canons on protesting recommended primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, to disperse them from a Dhaka city road Monday afternoon...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of former director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, Harun Ur Rashid, in a case over killing people shooting聽 from...
The Rapid Action Battalion said on Saturday that it had arrested 10 suspected muggers along with sharp weapons in Dhaka鈥檚 Mohammadpur and Adabar areas...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives have arrested 10 suspected muggers along with sharp weapons from Dhaka鈥檚 Mohammadpur and Adabor areas....
THE recent decision to change the uniforms of the Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar reflects a misguided effort to erase the stains of past abuses. While new uniforms might provide an outward sense of change, they do little to solve the underlying problems of institutional inefficiency, corruption and public distrust. Reform that tackles...