Those responsible must pay for their crime
Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others
US sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion “worked like a tonic”, rights activists said yesterday as the number of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances dropped significantly in the last year.
Extrajudicial killings is appealing to people who feel their justice system will fail them.
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
Government must allow impartial investigation into rights abuse allegations
It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.
Law enforcers must be more careful so that extrajudicial killings do not take place, the High Court warned yesterday. “Everyone must be given the legal protection provided by the law,” it said.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday defended crossfire deaths saying the law enforcement agencies opened fire during the anti-narcotics drives only in self-defence.
An alleged robber has been killed in police custody in what cops say gunfight in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari district early today.
An alleged drug peddler killed in “gunfight” with members of Rab in Chittagong Sadar upazila.
Three people killed in separate “gunfights” with elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka and Rangpur.
Alleged outlaw of the Gono Mukti Fouz killed in a shootout with police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia
Alleged chief of a forest bandit racket of the Sundarbans killed in 'gunfight' with police in Koyra upazila of Khulna.
ON February 24 morning, the nation woke up to the news that bullet-ridden bodies of three boys were found in the city's Shewrapara area of Mirpur.