Rafiul Islam

The National Human Rights Commission will seek prime minister's interference if the second autopsy on Sohagi Jahan Tonu turns out to be as shoddy as the first one, its chairman said.

The first autopsy found no sign of rape on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu and also failed to ascertain the cause of her death.

A section of cops are getting involved in criminal offences despite repeated warnings of stern action from the police high-ups.

A Christian priest in the capital received a death threat for a second time yesterday, barely three days before

The sheet on Abdul Quddus' bed at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital was not white. The colour had faded. There were splodges of mucus and pus from his burnt leg. Marks of the ointment put on his leg were all over the sheet. It reeked. It was a filthy bed sheet.

A mob, brought together by a call over loudspeakers from mosques, beat eight robbers to death when they were taking away rice sacks at Araihazar of Narayanganj early yesterday, police and locals said.

Customs officials could not believe their eyes when they were handling merely a packet of blanket.

When the elderly man was found abandoned on the street near Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a policeman got him

A deep sense of insecurity has gripped Christian priests in the country.

Field-level officers of Dhaka Metropolitan Police have been instructed to ensure security to people who are under threat.

A brief stint in prison, and unscrupulous foreigners can prolong their stay and run illegal businesses in Bangladesh.

If you look wealthy or solvent enough to give a tip, there is no dearth of trolley carriers at the emergency unit of the country's premier

An alleged letter from a death row Huji leader in Kashimpur jail shows that militants are changing tactics, using code languages and

The probe body formed following the sexual assault on women during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations has recommended taking action against three police officers for duty negligence and failing assess the “situation” during the incident.

Supporters of Awami League-backed mayoral and councilor candidates stuffed ballot boxes indiscriminately driving out poling agents of BNP-backed candidates from a polling booth at Kamalapur Sher-e Bangla Railway High School Centre-1 today.

Four-year-old Hamim held on to the collar of his father Mainul's shirt tight as the father was giving him to his mother sitting on a

It was a Sunday afternoon. Two on-duty policemen were sitting on a bench on the sidewalk of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital's Karwan Bazar area.