Two people were injured, one with bullet wounds, after unidentified assailants opened fire inside a mosque in Khulna city during Fajr prayers yesterday.

Border Guard Bangladesh foiled three attempts by India’s Border Security Force to push people across the border in three districts yesterday.

Former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, once among the most powerful law enforcement figures under the ousted Awami League government, has been arrested in Dubai following an Interpol Red Notice sought by Bangladesh.

A Cumilla court yesterday ordered the collection of the victim’s swab samples for DNA profiling in a case filed against expelled Chhatra Shibir leader Jisan Mia Pradhan, 28, over the alleged rape of a woman and forcing her to undergo an abortion, said IO Imam Uddin.

Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Khatun, who were sentenced to death by a trial court in the Ramisa Akter rape and murder case, have filed jail appeals with the High Court.

Police say perpetrators snatched victim’s cash, smartphone, also transferred Tk 10,000 from his bKash account

Police say the attack in Rampura stemmed from a rivalry over control of the area

Court asks Kalimullah to surrender his passport as a condition for bail

Death references and appeals to be heard together after procedural formalities

The arrest was made with assistance from Interpol in corruption case, says home minister

CCTV footage shows two suspects after open firing inside mosque

Devotees find damaged idols during rituals; police await formal complaint

Financial dispute suspected behind double murder, say police

Nayeem alleged he was assaulted by policemen in the Lalkhan Bazar area

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the ruling BNP’s youth front, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Chattogram’s Raozan upazila yesterday.

Bangladesh’s cricket community was left stunned after national team off-spinner Nayeem Hasan allegedly became the victim of police assault and harassment in Chattogram on Friday night, triggering widespread condemnation and swift action from the authorities.

A rape victim was arrested in a human trafficking case on Wednesday and is undergoing treatment under police custody in Bogura.

A man was beaten to death by a mob after he allegedly hacked a union parishad panel chairman for opposing drug trafficking in Barguna’s Sadar upazila on Friday.

Police have arrested four people, including a leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir, in a case filed over the rape of a woman and allegedly forcing her to undergo an abortion in Cumilla.

Survivor fears returning home; police say efforts on to arrest remaining suspect