The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to take “urgent action” to release four journalists imprisoned in Bangladesh, saying the charges against them appear retaliatory and unsupported by credible evidence.

The prime suspect in Monday’s double murder is still at large with law enforcers struggling to trace her as she left almost no digital footprint.

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Chief Prosecutor Tajul says arguments based on the Court of Inquiry report irrelevant at this stage

Killed following a dispute on Monday night

Alleges intimidation and pressure used to silence them

CCTV shows house help leaving the apartment in school uniform

Lack of digital footprint add to challenges in solving the murders

Husband files case as police, Rab, DB hunt suspect who worked only four days

A woman and her teenage daughter were stabbed to death at their residence in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday, allegedly by their part-time house help hired only four days ago.

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Police cite ‘public outrage’ over victim’s criminal record, family claims he was targeted due to old rivalry

‘Didn’t recognise her in a school uniform’: Building manager recounts moment suspect walked out

House help who joined four days ago caught on CCTV leaving the apartment in school uniform

At least eight people were injured and ten motorcycles were set on fire after a clash broke out between rival BNP factions in the Rakhaliachala area of Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila yesterday evening.

Police arrested Shaukat Mahmood, a senior journalist and secretary general of Janata Party Bangladesh, in Dhaka’s Malibagh yesterday in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Police yesterday recovered six locally-made firearms from a grave in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila following a call to the national emergency service 999.

Police yesterday recovered the bloodied bodies of a freedom fighter and his wife in Rangpur’s Taraganj upazila.

‘This was a planned murder,’ says Brahmanbaria PBI SP

No information suggesting the couple had disputes with anyone, local OC says