Extrajudicial killing on
The incidents of extrajudicial killing increased in the country in the past one year of the Professor Muhammad Yunus led-interim government compared to the previous year of the authoritarian regime.
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3 arrested over killing man at Adabar
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in the Balur Math area at Adabar in Dhaka...
BURNING BODIES AT ASHULIA:聽Trial of ex-MP Saiful, 15 cops begins聽
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday began the trial of former independent lawmaker for Dhaka-19, Muhammad Saiful Islam, along with 15 former police personnel, over the killing of nine protesters at Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka during the July 2024 mass uprising.
BSF repeats promise to end border killing in talks with BGB
The Indian Border Security Force has once again promised to bring down the border killing to zero by adopting extra precautionary measures while the Border Guard Bangladesh has renewed its call for an end to such violence against Bangladeshi nationals on the frontier.
No election without reforms, trial, PR system, says IAB
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday warned that no election could be held without implementing the promised reforms, visible trial of the July mass killings, legal recognition of the July Charter and the introduction of a proportional representation system in the general election...
Mujib killing day passes off unceremoniously
Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front bodies did not pay tributes to the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 50th death anniversary...
ICT sets Aug 21 to decide whether to charge 16
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday set August 21 to decide whether it will frame charges of crimes against humanity against 16 accused in the Ashulia killings case...
Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife in Faridpur
A Faridpur court on Monday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment for burning his wife to death in sadar upazila in 2011...
2 arrested for killing, dismembering body at Tongi
The Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested two suspects over the killing of a bus helper named Oli Mia, whose dismembered body was recovered from Gazipur鈥檚 Tongi on Friday...
JOURNALIST TUHIN MURDER:聽8 arrested, 7 of them remanded
At least eight people, including the prime suspect, were arrested and seven of them were remanded in police custody in the case of the August 7 killing of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin in Gazipur city.
Police officer arrested over killing of MIST student during July Uprising
Police have arrested assistant sub-inspector Mohammad Ali in connection with the killing of Shaikh Ashabul Yamin, a student of the Military Institute of Science and Technology, during last year鈥檚 July Uprising...
Bodies of 2 Bangladeshis found in Padma River
The disfigured bodies two Bangladeshis, reportedly burned with acid, were recovered from the Padma River along the Masudpur border in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Saturday, triggering fresh outrage over...
Continued extrajudicial killing, custodial death disparaging
THE continuation of extrajudicial killing and custodial death during the tenure of the interim government, which was installed after a political changeover that promised meaningful changes in governance, is worrying. Right group Odhikar in its latest report, published on July 24, says that at least 29 people were extrajudicially killed between August 9, 2024 and this June 30...
Border killing on as Dhaka remains weak, Delhi unwilling
THE death of Bangladeshis continues at the hands of India鈥檚 Border Security Force, with at least 34 having died, after being shot or tortured by the Indian guards, during one year of the interim government. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra says that 15 died in firing and from torture by the Indian guards in January鈥揓une. Two were killed in January, one in February, three in...
29 extrajudicial killings in 11 months
At least 29 people fell victim to extrajudicial killings from August 9, 2024, to June 30, 2025, under the interim government, with eight people encountering such killings between April and June.
Syria launches probes into extrajudicial killings in Druze
Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country鈥檚 Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed...
Taher killing day observed
Colonel Taher killing day was observed on Monday by different factions of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, commemorating the 49th anniversary of Colonel Abu Taher鈥檚 death...
4 AL bodies鈥� strike gets no response
Bangladesh Awami League鈥檚 four front organisations, including banned student front Bangladesh Chhatra League, youth front Bangladesh Awami Juba League, volunteer front Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League and worker front Jatiya Sramik League, on Sunday failed to impose its countrywide strike, protesting at what they said 鈥楪opalganj mass killing鈥�...
Colonel Taher killing day today
The 49th anniversary of the execution of Colonel Abu Taher Bir Uttam will be observed today...
AL front bodies call countrywide strike for today
Four front organisations of the Awami League, including banned student body Bangladesh Chhatra League called countrywide dawn to dusk general strike for today protesting at 鈥楪opalganj mass killing鈥�, and demanding the cancellation of 鈥榠llegal tribunal鈥� and ouster of 鈥榝ascist Yunus government鈥�...
Trial of July killings to be completed during current govt鈥檚 tenure: adviser
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said that the trial of the July killings will be completed during the tenure of the incumbent government.
Chankharpool killing during uprising:聽ICT charges ex-DMP chief, 7 others
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday charged former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven of his subordinates with crimes against humanity for the murder of six protesters at Chankharpool in Dhaka during the...
Ganosamhati urges govt to take border killings to UN
Ganosamhati Andolan leaders on Saturday called on the interim government to raise the issue of killing of unarmed Bangladesh nationals in the border areas by the Indian Border Security Force...
Abu Sayeed murder deliberate extrajudicial killing
The murder of Abu Sayeed, a student at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, during the 2024 mass uprising was a deliberate extrajudicial killing by the police, according to a counter-forensic investigation jointly conducted by Drik Picture Library and Forensic Architecture, a London-based research agency...
Man held for killing wife in Ctg, dismembering body
The Rapid Action Battalion has detained a man accused of brutally killing his wife and attempting to dispose her dismembered body in Bayezid area of Chattogram city...
Father arrested for killing son in Dhaka
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Sunday night arrested a man at Konabari flyover area in Gazipur for his alleged involvement in the killing of his son in Hazaribagh area in the capital...
Husband held in Brahmanbaria for killing wife
The police on Monday arrested an individual in Brahmanbaria for his suspected involvement in killing his wife in their rented house at Bhatara in Dhaka on Saturday...
NCP urges nat鈥檒 unity for justice, reform, new constitution
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Monday called upon all sections of society to unite to demand justice for the July mass killing, fundamental state reforms, and the adoption of a new constitution...
BSF yet to hand over Bangladeshi youth鈥檚 body
The Border Security Force of India is yet to hand over the body of the Bangladeshi youth more than two days after he was shot dead inside India along the Sultanpur border under Darshana upazila in Chuadanga district.
Charge hearing ends, order on July 14
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday set July 14 to give a decision whether charges of crimes against humanity would be framed against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven of his subordinate officials in the case of killing six protesters during the July-August mass uprising at Chankharpool in Dhaka...
