Forest crime cases in Bangladesh’s Hazarikhil Wildlife Sanctuary nearly quadrupled in one year as tree felling and land encroachment threatened a habitat rich in wildlife, Forest Department records show. Authorities recorded 26 cases in fiscal 2025-26, up from seven the previous year and six in 2023-24. The 2,900-hectare sanctuary in Chattogram is home to 123 […]
Bangladesh police have arrested three men accused of demanding Tk 50 lakh (approximately $40,600) a month from Gulshan Society, which manages household waste collection in part of Dhaka. Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Akhtar Hossain said Sunday that Anwar, 30, Md Nazmul, 25, and Zidan Mia, 19, were arrested near Ashian Medical College Hospital in […]
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-2 framed charges Sunday against 26 people over the killings of Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho and 10 others during the July 2024 uprising, The Financial Express reported, citing bdnews24.com. The tribunal ordered the trial to proceed and scheduled prosecutors’ opening statement and the start of witness testimony for Nov. 4. Eight detained […]
Police in Bangladesh said Sunday they had arrested four people on sedition charges after an alleged attempt to deface a portrait of Rabindranath Tagore outside Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka.
Police detained three suspects after a crude bomb exploded near an entrance to Agargaon Bypass Road, opposite the boundary wall of the prime minister’s office, early Saturday.
Two motorcycle riders threw two crude bombs outside Bangladesh’s prime minister’s office just after midnight, before fleeing, police said, according to local media.
Two crude bombs exploded Saturday in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi neighborhood after a flash procession marking ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s birthday, police said.
Police have submitted charge sheets against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 62 others in two cases involving a murder and an attempted murder during unrest in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area in July 2024.
A Bangladesh lawmaker on Tuesday demanded government action after actress Azmeri Haque Badhon alleged she was physically and verbally assaulted in Italy by pro-Awami League activists.
United Nations (UN) high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk called Monday for a strong, independent national body to oversee Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies, renewing a recommendation tied to accountability and institutional reform.
