Travel ban issued on Obaidul Quader, 13 ex-secretaries

Judge sends a copy of the order to SB for next course of action
6 January 2026

Hadi killed on the instructions of ex-DNCC councillor Bappi: DB

DB official says prime accused Faisal linked to banned BCL, killing was driven by political vengeance
6 January 2026

Grocery shop owner hacked to death in Narsingdi

Local traders, community hold demonstration in protest
6 January 2026

Consumer rights body fines molasses producer for adulteration in Manikganj

Authorities say the factory was demolished after evidence of adulterated date molasses was found
6 January 2026

Widow alleges rape, torture

A woman has been allegedly raped and brutally tortured in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj upazila.
5 January 2026

Enforced disappearances: Rab complicit in 25% cases

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has recommended extensive institutional and legal reforms to end enforced disappearances and human rights abuses, including disbanding the Rapid Action Battalion, the worst offender.
5 January 2026

Justice for Hadi within interim govt tenure

Justice will be ensured for the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth leader of last year’s July uprising, within the tenure of the interim government, Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said yesterday.
5 January 2026

2 shipbreaking workers found dead in Sitakunda

The body of a shipbreaking worker and severed parts of another were recovered from the coast near a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda yesterday.
5 January 2026
5 January 2026

Jubo Dal leader shot dead in Chattogram's Raozan

Killed by unidentified gunmen, say police
5 January 2026

Ice factory owner and journalist shot dead in Jashore

Police suspect killing might have stemmed from business-related dispute
5 January 2026

35 gold bars worth Tk 7cr snatched by men posing as ‘DB police’ in Ctg

Victims say they are craftsmen and were transporting the gold
5 January 2026

Ten Ctg and Cox's Bazar cops suspended over embezzlement of seized yaba

Internal probe found officers involved in siphoning around one lakh yaba pills seized at a CMP checkpost
5 January 2026

3,100 arrested in anti-narcotics drives across Rangpur division in a year

Nearly 10,000 drives across eight districts resulted in arrests, case filings, major drug seizures, says Department of Narcotics Control
5 January 2026

21 bottles of foreign liquor recovered from JU hall

University officials seized the liquor during a night raid and questioned a student
5 January 2026

Multiple protests halt traffic in capital

Traffic in several key areas of the capital came to a near halt yesterday as separate protest programmes blocked major intersections, causing severe congestion and suffering for commuters.
4 January 2026

Ziaul changed Rab tactics post N’ganj 7-murder

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-1 that former Rab official Ziaul Ahsan allegedly changed the force’s methods of disposing of bodies after the Narayanganj seven-murder victims were found floating in the Shitalakkhya river.
4 January 2026

5 held for tying woman to pole, pouring cold water on her

Police have detained five people after a video showing a woman tied to an electric pole and having cold water poured on her in the capital went viral on social media.
4 January 2026

Assailants storm home, kill man, injure wife, child

 A 35-year-old man was killed in a gun attack that also left his wife and daughter injured in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi yesterday.
4 January 2026

Three suspects arrested: Rab

Rapid Action Battalion has arrested three people in connection with the murder of Khokon Chandra Das, 50, a businessman and a mobile banking agent, who was stabbed and set on fire in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila.
4 January 2026