Judges of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, prosecutors and defense lawyers inspected a secret detention facility Saturday where the tribunal’s chief prosecutor said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was once held and tortured.
At least 30 people were injured Saturday when supporters of two rival groups clashed in a village in eastern Bangladesh, police said.
A major fire damaged at least five shops and a nearby home in Netrokona’s Boro Bazar, injuring five people as firefighters battled the blaze with 10 units, according to an Ekattor TV report.
Windows were smashed and petrol bombs were thrown at former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan’s ancestral home in Magura after he joined ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s first public media event since her 2024 removal from power.
Families of people killed during Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising say they are struggling financially and remain frustrated by delays in prosecuting those accused of the deaths.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal aims to complete investigations and trials tied to the 2024 July mass uprising by the end of this year, chief prosecutor Md Aminul Islam said Tuesday.
At least 17 people were killed and 51 injured in mob violence across Bangladesh in July, while political clashes left six dead and 164 injured, according to a Human Rights Support Society report released Monday.
Three members of a family were critically injured Monday in a suspected crude bomb explosion outside a house in southern Bangladesh, police said.
Police arrested five people in three separate operations in Bangladesh’s Chattogram region and recovered two foreign-made pistols, a magazine, 11 rounds of ammunition and two sharp weapons, authorities said Monday.
Dhaka police arrested four alleged members of an international cyber fraud ring, including three Chinese nationals, during a raid in the capital’s Bashundhara area, authorities said.
