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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.
Muezzin killed inside Old Dhaka mosque
Unknown assailants have stabbed dead a muezzin inside a mosque in Old Dhaka’s Islampur area. Police recovered the body from the stairs of the mosque. However, any motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.
Chhatra Union rally demands trial of rapes, murders
Bangladesh Chhatra Union brings out a stick procession demanding trial of the incidents of murder and rape including the recent murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu.
No headway
Investigators are yet to make any headway in the gruesome killing of Christian convert Hossain Ali in Kurigram although two days have passed.
12 to die for double murder in Noakhali
A Noakhali court yesterday sentenced 12 people to death for killing two brothers in the district nine years ago.
Jhenidah Shia preacher stabbed to death
A Shia community preacher has been stabbed to death in Jhenidah’s Kaliganj upazila. Islamic State has allegedly claimed responsibility of the killing.
HC bins Tareque Sayeed’s plea to scrap 7-murder trial
The High Court has rejected a plea filed by sacked Rab official Lt Col (retd) Tareque Sayeed Mohammad for scrapping the trial against him in Narayanganj seven-murder case.
6 to die for killing Ctg schoolboy
A Chittagong court sentences six persons to death in a case filed for killing a schoolboy after his abduction five years ago.
War trial: Mir Quasem’s appeal verdict tomorrow
All eyes are on the Supreme Court, which is set to deliver the verdict tomorrow on the appeal filed by war criminal Mir Quasem Ali challenging his death penalty amid comments from different persons including two ministers on the chief justice.
24 killed in attacks on minorities in 2015: report
At least 262 incidents of repression on minorities take place across the country last year affecting 1,562 families, according to a report of Bangladesh Hindu- Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad.
Indigenous woman found dead in Gulshan
Police recover a body of a indigenous woman in Gulshan of Dhaka. The body of the woman, aged around 28, is found with injury marks on her chest, neck and other parts, cops say.