Farmer killed in elephant attack in Rangamati
A farmer was killed in an attack by a wild elephant at Kaitakpara village under Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati district Thursday morning...
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2 arrested for attack on police
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested two youths allegedly engaged in drug dealing for attack on police in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city on Thursday...
BEA expresses concern about attacks on its office
The interim committee of the Bangladesh Economic Association expressed concern over a wave of attacks on its office...
KUET ATTACK: Students give memo to CA
A group of students from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday offered a memorandum to chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus demanding the arrest of attackers on KUET students on its campus on February 18 and the resignation of the university鈥檚 vice-chancellor...
Firm govt action needed against attacks on women
A SERIES of attacks on and harassment of women and the government鈥檚 failure to attend to the issues are a worrying sign. A significant number of women, especially players, athletes, celebrities and sex workers, have been attacked by people and groups with Islamist bent, weaving a pattern of the right wing rearing its head in the absence of deterrent government action...
Attack on bookstall: Revisiting the Taslima Nasrin affair
IN 2009-2010, I was on research leave from the University of Dhaka to do a postdoctoral stint at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. I was going to work on a project titled 鈥楩rom Rokeya to Taslima: Trends in Muslim Feminism in South Asia鈥� 鈥� a topic related to my doctoral research completed at the University of Portsmouth, UK, in 2007 under the supervision of...
All gang members arrested over attacking couple in Uttara
The entire gang involved in the machete attack on a couple in Uttara has been arrested, according to the deputy police commissioner of the Uttara Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Rownak Jahan...
Bangladesh Bank officials protest at attack on Nagad administrator
Bangladesh Bank officials on Thursday strongly condemned attack on Muhammad Badiuzzaman Didar, administrator of Nagad...
BISWANATHPUR POLICE STATION ATTACK: 2,500 unnamed people sued
Police filed a case against 2,500 unidentified people on charges of arson, vandalism, looting of government weapons and ammunition and attacking policemen of Bishwanathpur police station in Sylhet on August 5 after the fall of the fascist amid the student-led mass uprising...
EX-MINISTER HOUSE ATTACK: Students hold coffin procession as injured fellow dies
A student who was injured in a counter attack by local people allegedly over attacking on the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on February 7 night, died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Wednesday afternoon...
Policewoman injured as Sirajdikhan police station attacked
At least a female constable was injured as aggrieved students and relatives of a missing teenager allegedly attacked the Sirajdikhan police station in Munshiganj on Wednesday...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Security increased after mob attack
The police on Tuesday tightened security at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 after a mob attack on a stall at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on Monday...
Attack, arson on AL offices, houses go on
The vandalism of and arson attacks on the Awami League leaders鈥� homes by agitating students and people continued for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday.
3 journalists injured by BNP activists at SC
At least three journalists were injured in an attack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists on the Supreme Court premises...
Attacks on police show public order failure
A SERIES of mob attacks on the police and their stations centring on attempts at snatching away the detained that have taken place recently, the latest having happened in Dhaka at night on February 4, are deplorable on a couple of counts. Such incidents taking place one after another harm law enforcement and the public perception about law enforcement. The...
Bangladesh mission in India's Agartala resumes visa, consular services after attack聽
The Bangladesh mission in Agartala of India is going to resume visa and consular services today on a limited scale amid enhanced security over two months after an attack on its premises by a group of Indian protesters during a violent demonstration in the capital of Tripura state...
Russian missile kills five in east Ukraine
A Russian missile attack Tuesday on the Ukrainian city of Izyum, briefly occupied by Russia in 2022, killed five people and wounded more than four dozen others, officials said...
46 held for attacking protesters during uprising
Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested 46 leaders and activists of Awami League, Chattra League, and Juba League for attacking protesters during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...
Uttara West police station attacked to snatch detainees
The Uttara West police station came under attack by miscreants on Tuesday evening following the detaining of three students facing extortion allegations.
455 AL activists sued for attacking police in Gopalganj
The police on Monday filed a case against 455 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations with Tungipara Police Station in Gopalganj for Sunday鈥檚 attack on police personnel and their vehicle...
Attacks on the police suggest fragile law and order
ATTACKS on the police and police stations in different parts of the country in the past few weeks suggest a worrying law and order situation. The attacks were perpetrated by activists of different political parties, including the ousted Awami League. In a recent incident, activists of the Awami League attacked a police vehicle at Sujanagar in Pabna on February 2 and...
End to sectarian attacks across Bangladesh, withdrawal of cases demanded
Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Thursday urged the interim government to take action against ongoing attacks on religious minorities across Bangladesh...
Govt expresses concern attack over women鈥檚 football matches
Referring to the Tuesday鈥檚 attacks over women鈥檚 football matches in Jaipurhat and Dinajpur districts, the interim government on Thursday expressed its deep concern by reports of incidents of women being prevented from engaging in recreational activities...
ATTACK ON DOE DIRECTOR: Punishment for attackers demanded
Eminent environment and human rights activists in a statement on Wednesday demanded punishment for attackers who injured Department of Environment director Md Sawqat Ali....
Environment drives should be adequately supported
THE violent attack on a Department of Environment director during a drive against illegal polythene production at Chawkbazar in Dhaka is worrying as it indicates a weak enforcement mechanism. The director was assaulted on January 26 and had a fractured nose after he had sealed off a factory illegally producing polythene bags. A similar violent attack took...
27 Nigerian soldiers killed in suicide attack
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist suicide attack in the northeast, two army sources said on Sunday....
Elephant attack kills worker in Bandarban
A worker was killed as a wild elephant attack him in Lama upazila of Bandarban district early Saturday...
Attack on police station warrants tough action
THE attack on the New Market police station by activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to snatch a detained leader is alarming and deplorable. About 50鈥�100 people attacked the station house about 4:10 am with brick chips, iron rods and hockey sticks after the police had brought...
30 killed in drone attack on hospital in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur
A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region killed 30 people and injured dozens, a medical source said Saturday....
Global Sufi Organisation presents 4-point demand
Global Sufi Organisation on Thursday made a four-point charter of demands including security for Sufi institutions and a judicial investigation into recent attacks on shrines...