Rafiul Islam

Mohammad Ishak, who has been teaching at a madrasa in Sylhet for over 34 years, draws a monthly salary of only Tk 26,980 -- hardly enough to support his family and cover the educational expenses of his three children.

Despite the home ministry’s announcement of significant rewards 10 days ago, no actionable information has been provided to the police regarding the firearms looted during last year’s July uprising.

Bodies of a woman and a child were recovered from the Buriganga River on August 23. Autopsies initially found that they had been strangled before their bodies were dumped. A murder case was filed with Sadarghat River Police Station in this regard.

A Guyanese national was arrested with around 8.6kg of cocaine at Dhaka airport yesterday, and officials said the drug was not meant for local use.

Two men found dead inside a car parked in the basement of a private hospital in Dhaka on Monday had earlier told the car owner that they would sleep in the vehicle.

The group led by former Students Against Discrimination leader Abdur  Razzak Riyad, arrested for allegedly extorting a former Awami League  lawmaker’s family in Gulshan, had targeted another ex-AL MP, Abdul Kalam  Azad, a month earlier, said police.

The government has launched a combing operation “to root out crime and restore public order” amid a spate of criminal activities across the country.

Launched for the first time, the initiative aims to foster a more disciplined, smart, and health-conscious prison force through exercise and dietary regulation, prisons officials said.