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Landowner’s son killed over dispute with developer
A landowner’s son was beaten to death allegedly by several staffers of a property developer and its hired goons over a dispute about handing over flats in the capital’s Hatirjheel area yesterday.
6 Rohingyas ‘killed’ in Maungdaw, ‘buried’ in Ukhiya
Locals in Ukhiya have buried six Rohingya people, allegedly shot dead by Myanmar security force in the bordering Tombazar village of Maungdaw in Rakhine state.
1 cop killed in Florida shootings
One police officer has been killed and three wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers are responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, say police.
5 killed as train crashes into auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur
Five people are killed and three others injured as a train crashed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur town.
PM slams British govt for giving ‘shelter’ to Tarique
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina comes down hard on the British government for giving shelter to BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, saying he has link to killings in Bangladesh and giving threat to British MP Tulip Siddiq.
Editorial / Don't shoot
The killing of three people in Pabna, Brahmanbaria and Jessore in police 'shootouts', speaks of abuse of power.
Extortion on in pretext of crackdown: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that extortion is going on across the country in the name of ongoing crackdown on militants.
Govt itself trying to destabilise country: BNP
BNP alleges that the government itself is trying to destabilise the country by using the repeated incidents of secret killings only to stay in power.
Jhenidah Hindu priest killed, ‘IS claims murder’
A veteran Hindu priest was hacked to death in Jhenidah Sadar in a manner similar to previous suspected militant killings. Islamic State reportedly claimed responsibility of the murder.
US, UK mourn latest killings, urges united fight on terror
US envoy to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat and UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire mourn over the recent killings, that of a police official’s wife and a grocer, and urge for a united global fight against terrorism.
Wife of police super shot dead in Ctg
Motorbike riding assailants reportedly stab and shoot dead wife of a police officer in Chittagong city, police say. Law enforcers are probing link of militants with the murder.
War crimes charges pressed against 4 Moulvibazar men
The prosecution presses two charges against four Moulvibazar men for their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
Villages in ashes after deadly Indonesia volcano eruption
Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors in scorched villages and devastated farmlands after a volcano erupted in clouds of searing ash and gas, killing seven and leaving others fighting life-threatening burns.
Taliban chief killed in US drone attack: Afghan spy agency
Afghanistan's spy agency says Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is killed in a US bombing raid, the first confirmation from regional officials of his death, which marks a potential blow to the resurgent militant movement.
Cops link major killings to hanging of war criminals
Police say they see a link between some major murders with the execution of some convicted war criminals. Blames have been put on a group "who were of anti-liberation spirit and are against the war trials."
Mahmudur sent to jail after remand
A court in Dhaka sends Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to 'abduct and kill' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
Pir hacked to death in Rajshahi
A Pir (spiritual leader) has been hacked to death in Rajshahi’s Tanor upazila in a fashion that bears the hallmark of previous murders of bloggers and secular activists. This killing is the latest in the spate of grisly murders that has been haunting the north since last year.
US mother accidentally shot dead by two-year-old son
A two-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his mother in the US city of Milwaukee after finding a gun in the back of their car.
Culture of impunity led to more killings: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that increased incidents of killings have arisen out of a prevailing culture of impunity in Bangladesh.