A serving police officer told a tribunal yesterday that a former superintendent of police of Barishal brought in two assistant sub-inspectors from a nearby police station to stage the 2015 “crossfire” killing of two BNP-linked local leaders after officers of Agailjhara Police Station refused to carry out the order.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case filed over the rape of a four-year-old girl in the port city’s Bakalia area.

Four arrested as police investigate killing

Authorities asked to explain why Tk 5 crore should not be awarded

Missing phone and limited information about the slain “top criminal’s” contacts have stalled the investigation

Police say the suspect told the court he acted out of revenge and that his parents helped bury the body in a maize field

Miscreants allegedly broke into the victim’s home, tied up her husband

Chattogram court says the dismemberment and desecration of the child’s body aggravated the gravity of the 2022 crime

All accused are teenagers, including one minor

He had alleged torture by seniors in complaint with school; family says he was beaten to death

Arrest made shortly after case was filed, police say

Family claims he was murdered in Brahmanbaria clash on Sunday night

Police launch hunt for unidentified assailants

Police say dispute over alleged spitting in a dishwashing area escalated into a fatal attack

Landlord says she was a nurse; man identifying as her husband absconding

Two people were killed and several were injured as two rival groups clashed in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila early yesterday.

Jubo Dal leader Masudul Haque Masud, who was shot dead in broad daylight at a market in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila on Saturday, had met several Rab-7 members at a local restaurant shortly before the killing.

Angry locals yesterday attacked a police team in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila while attempting to snatch two rape-murder suspects from custody and beat them up, leaving several officers injured.

Two police officers and four suspected gangsters were injured during a drive in response to a daring daylight robbery incident in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur yesterday.

Four people were sued yesterday for abuse and negligence leading to the death of a physician in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on June 4 and for later destroying evidence.