Bangladesh’s cabinet on Monday approved a draft law that would give Armed Police Battalions (APBn) authority to investigate criminal offenses and expand its role against terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking, rape, enforced disappearance, cybercrime, kidnapping, and crimes against humanity.
Human Rights Watch called on Bangladesh authorities Monday to end prolonged pretrial detention of politicians and others linked to deposed Awami League government, saying hundreds remain jailed without charge after mass arrests following Sheikh Hasina’s ouster in August 2024.
Bangladesh and India are considering reopening closed border haats, restoring land ports to full capacity, and lifting restrictions on yarn imports through land routes as part of efforts to revive bilateral trade.
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered Nassa Group chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder shown arrested in an attempted murder case stemming from the 2024 July Uprising.
A 65-year-old businessman was hacked to death in Sylhet’s Shahporan area early Monday, police said.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigators have sought a seven-day remand of actor Ashraful Haque Don in a murder case involving legendary film star Salman Shah.
Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP) on Monday accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government of failing to deliver on key promises during its first 180 days, citing problems in the economy, energy, law and order, healthcare, and state institutions.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Monday ordered journalists Shyamal Dutta, Mozammel Babu, and Farzana Rupa jailed after showing them arrested in a crimes against humanity case linked to July Uprising.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 sent Bangladesh Air Force wing commander Saifur Rahman Saif to jail after rejecting his bail request in a crimes against humanity case over the 2012 enforced disappearance of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader M. Ilias Ali.
Severe gas and raw material shortages have halted production at five of Bangladesh’s seven fertilizer factories, deepening reliance on imports and fueling panic among farmers.
