Man accused in 23 cases hacked to death
A 40-year-old man was hacked to death by a group of miscreants on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Gouripur bus stand under Daudkandi upazila in Cumilla Friday night...
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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...
Death toll in BAF jet crash reaches 34
The death toll in Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area reached 34 as two more victims died on Thursday...
SC verdict on Mobarak鈥檚 appeal set for July 30
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set July 30 to deliver its verdict on the appeal filed by Mobarak Hossain, a former Jamaat-e-Islami member and an expelled Awami League leader, challenging his death sentence for committing war crimes during the country鈥檚 liberation war...
Trader hacked to death in Khulna
Unidentified assailants hacked a trader to death in the Nirala area under Sadar police station in Khulna city Monday night...
Making concentration camp Gaza
THE odious idea of a camp within a camp. The Gaza Strip, with an even greater concentration of Palestinian civilian life within an ever-shrinking stretch of territory. These are the proposals ventured by the Israeli government even as the official Palestinian death toll marches upwards to 60,000. They envisage the placement of some 600,000 displaced and houseless...
IU issues public notice for aid in student鈥檚 death probe
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia issued a public notice seeking information to aid the continual investigation into the death of a student, Sajid Abdullah, of the Al-Quran and Islamic studies department...
Study blames lack of land ownership
A recent study has revealed that women鈥檚 death registration in the country remains low, primarily due to their lack of land ownership...
17th death anniv of Najah Zayaan today
Today is the 17th anniversary of the death of Najah Zayaan, daughter of the TV talk show presenter Zillur Rahman, says a press release.
5th death anniversary of Shajahan Siraj today
Today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Shajahan Siraj, one of the key organisers of Bangladesh鈥檚 War of Independence...
Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll tops 120
Texas authorities faced mounting scrutiny Thursday over the response to flash flooding that has left more than 120 people dead, as details surfaced about reported delays of early alerts that could have saved lives...
Youth stabbed to death over VGF card dispute
A young man was stabbed to death in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, following a dispute over the government鈥檚 Vulnerable Group Feeding welfare cards Wednesday night...
SSC examinee stabbed to death in Habiganj
An SSC examinee was stabbed to death by a thief in the Chowdhury Bazar area of Habiganj district town early Thursday...
Abdul Hakim Bikrampuri鈥檚 39th death anniv today
Today is the 39th death anniversary of Abdul Hakim Bikrampuri, member of the then Bengal Legislative Assembly, East Bengal Provincial Assembly and the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan...
Hotel Agrabad to observe Sabder Ali鈥檚 53rd death anniv
Hotel Agrabad is set to observe the 53rd anniversary of death of Sabder Ali, founding managing director and a pioneer in Bangladesh鈥檚 hospitality industry, through a series of commemorative events this week...
One hacked to death at Mohammadpur, 2 arrested
A person died at a hospital on Tuesday morning after he was attacked with a sharp weapon on Tajmahal Road at Mohammadpur in the capital on Monday...
Man with 8 cases shot, hacked to death
A group of assailants hacked and shot a cable television operator in the Purba Brahmandi area in Narsingdi district town Monday night...
Arsenic researcher Shibtosh Roy鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 24th anniversary of death of internationally acclaimed arsenic researcher Shibtosh Roy...
No appeal yet against HC verdict commuting death sentences
Nine years have passed since the harrowing extremist attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka鈥檚 Gulshan on July 1, 2016, that left 22 people鈥�17 of them foreign nationals鈥攄ead, but no appeal has yet been filed, challenging the High Court verdict that commuted the death sentences of seven convicts to imprisonment until death...
Worker tortured to death at RMG factory
The police arrested a 28-year-old man at a location in Gazipur city Sunday night for his alleged involvement in Saturday鈥檚 beating a readymade garment worker to death at his workplace on Kashimpur road under Konabari police station in the city...
Youth beaten to death in Gaibandha
A youth was beaten to death at Palupara under Gobindaganj in Gaibandha allegedly for raping a six-year-old child...
One arrested for death threats against CA, CJ, army chief
The police on Saturday arrested a man for issuing death threats against the chief adviser of the interim government, the chief justice and the army chief through a video posted on social media...
Poet Abul Hussain鈥檚 death anniv today
The 11th anniversary of death of poet Abul Hussain will be observed today, said a press release...
Shafiur Rahman鈥檚 14th death anniv today
Today is the 14th anniversary of death of classical music connoisseur and founding general secretary of the 鈥楽huddha Sangeet Prasar Goshthi鈥�, Shafiur Rahman...
Shot to death before dying of hunger
SAMI, Khatem, Halima, Mousa, Abdel, Maha, Laila, Hatem, Hana all and others aged 7鈥�14, with rustled hair and in soiled, torn dresses stood in a serpentine queue with contorted faces and deformed tin plates and bowls of different sizes and colours dangling loosely from their stretched out, long waiting skinny hands due to lack of sufficient grips. Their eyeballs...
HC asks for explanation over infant death in Ctg drain
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain why compensation should not be provided to the mother of a six-month-old infant who drowned after falling into an open drain in Chattogram鈥檚 Kapasgola area...
Youth beaten to death on theft suspicion
Police on Sunday recovered the body of a youth who was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of theft in Gazipur...
BMU observes Zia鈥檚 44th death anniversary
Bangladesh Medical University observed the 44th anniversary of death of Bangladesh Nationalist Party founder Ziaur Rahman, also a former president of the country, at the basement of BMU鈥檚 Super Specialised Hospital in Dhaka...
BNP factional clash in programme marking Zia鈥檚 death anniv
Two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party locked in a clash on Saturday noon in the capital鈥檚 Uttara at a programme marking the death anniversary of the BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, also a former president of the country...
Man beaten to death over land dispute in Jhenaidah
An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by his rivals in village Maliat under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah on Wednesday.