The police today find themselves in a peculiar bind 鈥� damned if they act, damned if they do not. They are, on the one hand, accused of inaction, negligence and, even, complicity when citizens face mob attacks, kidnapping, or daylight robberies. They are, on the other hand, condemned for excessive force, partisanship and brutality whenever protests are suppressed...
At least 12 Bangladeshi fishermen were kidnapped and taken to Myanmar from the Bay of Bengal, and more than 60 Rohingyas were prevented from entering Bangladesh through the Naf River in the past two days.
A case has been filed with Muradnagar police station over the recent attack on journalists during a political clash at Muradnagar in Cumilla...
A proposal has been submitted to the committee of the council of advisers on economic affairs, seeking approval for the handover of around 55 acres of land of closed Jalil Textile Mills in Chattogram to the Bangladesh Army for establishing an ordnance factory...
The forensic DNA laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday disclosed identities of five charred bodies found in a building of Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into it on July 21.
The High Court on Tuesday summoned the Cumilla district superintendent of police to appear before it on August 12 for failing to comply with its earlier order to submit a progress report on the investigation into the rape of a housewife in Muradnagar...
A food inspector was rescued from Azgora BRB High School in Terokhada upazila early Monday after five and a half hours of being kidnapped from Khulna city...
The Rapid Action Battalion rescued a kidnapped female college student and arrested the main suspect, Md Rizvi, 24, at a residential hotel of Payra Chatwar in Rangpur on Monday...
A Cumilla court on Thursday granted a three-day remand for four individuals arrested in a case filed under the Pornography Control Act over the filming and circulating video footage of a rape victim at Muradnagar upazila in Cumilla...
Three Indians working in Mali were kidnapped from a cement factory during a spate of militant attacks this week in the troubled west African nation, New Delhi鈥檚 foreign ministry said...
A woman and her son and daughter were beaten to death in Cumilla鈥檚 Muradnagar upazila on Thursday morning, allegedly for their involvement in drug dealing...
Women leaders at a protest rally in Dhaka on Wednesday called on the interim government to take immediate steps to arrest the rapist responsible for the rape of the woman at Muradnagar in Cumilla...
The Muradnagar police in Cumilla on Monday produced the four people arrested under the Pornography Control Act over the rape of a Hindu woman and circulation of the video of the crime, asking for a seven-day remand for each...
More than three days after giving a DNA sample, Imtiyaz Ali is enduring an anguished wait to receive the remains of his brother who died in the Air India crash.
PRECISION medicine represents a fundamental shift in how we think about health care. Rather than relying solely on generalised treatment protocols, it incorporates individual genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors to deliver more accurate and effective interventions. At its core, precision medicine seeks to avoid the pitfalls of trial-and-error prescribing by guiding...
Bangladeshi filmmaker Adnan Al Rajeev and his team have brought home the country鈥檚 first-ever award from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Mention for their short film 鈥楢li鈥�.
A separatist militant group in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday claimed an attack on a prison van in which five police officers were taken hostage...
The police have arrested two individuals for their alleged involvement in the abduction of a man from the Uttara area of the capital city and seized a private car from their possession...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion during a drive have arrested five kidnappers and rescued the abducted man at Keraniganj in Dhaka...
The Brazilian football federation unanimously returned Ednaldo Rodrigues to the role of president on Monday, confirming his re-election as the sole candidate after star ex-striker Ronaldo had already pulled out of the race.
Twenty-six workers who were reportedly kidnapped from remote rubber plantations at Lama upazila in Bandarban were released in the early hours of Tuesday....
An unidentified armed group reportedly kidnapped 26 workers from remote rubber plantations in Murungjhiri area of Lama upazila in Bandarban district in early hours of Sunday.
A forensic report confirmed that dismembered body parts recovered during West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department鈥檚 investigation into the murder of former Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, belonged to...
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the reburial of Harris Chowdhury, a former political secretary to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, at his preferred site with full honours as a freedom fighter...
The High Court on Thursday issued an order to exhume the body of Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, for a DNA test to ensure his identity.
Voting in 87 upazilas for the third phase of the sixth Upazila Parishad Election began on Wednesday morning...
LEAVE alone prime minister Modi鈥檚 mindless rant for a moment 鈥� and the needlessly craven apology by the Congress party spokesman 鈥� over Sam Pitroda鈥檚 scientifically-spirited but lazily presented comment that Indians comprised a range of races...