A Bangladeshi businessman was shot dead by armed robbers in South Africa on Thursday night (Bangladesh time). The incident occurred around 9pm in Vepener, a town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The deceased was identified as Kamrul Islam, 33, son of the late Abdul Mannan Miah of the Ozi
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Interim govt condemns any form of custodial torture, murder: Statement
The interim government has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of Touhidul Islam, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said on Saturday. Police took Touhidul to a hospital in Cumilla late Friday night with injuries allegedly caused by security forces after they arrested him from his house
Why the Munia murder case should be reinvestigated
AL leader held over murder during mass upsurge
Momen slams Bangladeshi expat’s killing in US
Nearly 1,700 journalists killed over past 20 years: RSF
Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were "especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform", said
Joy testifies before court in case over plot to kill him
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy appeared and testified before the court on Sunday, in connection with a case filed over plotting to "abduct and kill" him. Mohammad Asaduzzaman Nur, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, recorded his statement. Sajeeb Wazed is the 10th witness
Sagar-Runi murder report deferred for 92nd time
A Dhaka court has extended the deadline for the submission of an investigation report on the 2012 murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi for the 92nd time. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary on Monday fixed Oct 31 for the submission of the report in response to investigation
Ex-Rohingya leader assassinated in Cox’s Bazar
4 accused remanded in Shahjahanpur double murder case
A Dhaka court Sunday placed four accused, who were arrested recently, on two-day remand each in a case lodged over sensational murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital's Shahjahanpur area on March 24. The four accused are-- Mahbubur Rahman Titu, Juber