Floating bodies of four minor boys were recovered from a pond in Randhunimura village in Hajiganj municipality of Chandpur on Tuesday, a day after they went missing, UNB reports. The deceased were identified as Rahul, Shamim, Raihan and Liyon. The age of the deceased is around eight to eleven years. Jabedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Hajiganj Police Station, said the minors went missing on Monday evening while they were playing beside ...details

A court here yesterday sentenced a young man to death and two others to life imprisonment for killing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Shahrukh Khan Piyas in Kushtia town in 2015. The death penalty awardee is Tutul Hossain, 25, son of late Kashem Ali, while the lifers are Ashraful Islam, 30, son of Abdul Hamid, and Mosharraf Hossain, 30, son of Muntaz Pramanik, of different areas in the town. After examining ...details

So far, over 115 people, mostly alleged drug peddlers, have been killed across Bangladesh since law enforcement agencies launched an aggressive countrywide anti-narcotics drive mid-May At least two suspected drug peddlers have been killed in separate incidents of “gunfights” in two districts. In Comilla, suspected drug peddler Saddam Hossain, 36, was killed in a reported gunfight with police near Koroibon road of Chauddagram upazila early Saturday. Chauddagram police station Officer-in-Charge ...details

Four people have been killed and at least 15 others injured after a road accident between a Shyamoli Paribahan bus and a covered van in Sirajganj. The accident occurred as the bus was trying to overtake the van, police said. The bus was headed from Dhaka to Gaibandha, said Bangabandhu Bridge West Police OC Syed Shahid Alam. The bus was involved in a crash early on Saturday morning in the Sadar Upazila’s Saidabad ...details

Tofayel Ahmed Joseph, one of the top criminals in the police list of the 1990s, has been “secretly” freed from jail after a presidential clemency that cut short his life sentence for murder. Joseph, brother of a former director general of Border Guard Bangladesh, on Sunday left Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where he was “being treated”. “The president pardoned him. We released him upon receiving the order,” Jahangir Kabir, senior jail superintendent ...details

The Police Bureau of Investigation is looking into various irregularities which have enabled militants to be granted bail. To arrest just one militant, law enforcers have to deal with tremendous challenges, but have also found it difficult to keep militants in jail. Many militants have gotten out on bail by exploiting loopholes in the law and absconded. There is now evidence that incorrect information is provided on bail petitions ...details

More than 2,300 arrested in drives since Tuesday At least six people were killed in separate ‘gunfight ‘incidents with law enforcement on Sunday during an aggressive campaign against the surging narcotics trade. The incidents took place in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Jashore, Dinajpur, and Tangail districts. Law enforcement agencies have also arrested 2,300 suspected drug traffickers and users in raids since early May, according to a statement by Rapid Action battalion, ...details

Five people were gunned down and eight others received bullet in an attack by some miscreants at Betchari in Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati on Friday. They came under the gun attack while going to the funeral programme of slain Naniarchar upazila chairman Shaktiman Chakma. Two of the deceased were identified as Md Sajib and Setu Lal Chakma. Md Alamgir Kabir, superintendent of Rangamati police, said a group of unknown miscreants ...details

The Anti-Corruption Commission has interrogated Deputy Inspector General Mizanur Rahman over allegations of accumulating wealth illegally. Rahman came under scrutiny after he was accused of abducting a woman and later marrying her by force. Rahman arrived at the ACC around 9am on Thursday responding to the commission’s notice, ACC's spokesman Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told. ACC Deputy Director Farid Ahmed Patowary has begun quizzing him. On Jan 9, he was withdrawn from his position due ...details

A truck driver was killed in a head-on collision between two trucks in Agran area of Baraigram upazila in Natore on Tuesday night. GM Shamsun Nur, officer-in-charge of Baraigram Police Station, said the accident took place around 8 pm as two trucks had collided head-on, leaving Belal Hossain, a truck driver, injured. The victim was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead, police ...details