Rafiul Islam

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is going to launch a state-of-the-art forensic laboratory in Rajshahi for examining evidences, detecting crimes and identifying criminals in Rajshahi and Rangpur regions.

The Criminal Investigation Department is going to launch a sophisticated forensic laboratory in Rajshahi for crimes committed in Rajshahi and Rangpur regions.

So, someone can be deliberately killed in “crossfire”! The “crossfire” killings, understood to be a blatant violation of all human rights laws, have been termed by an MP an “instant action” when it comes to dealing with criminals.

The number of rape victims in Bangladesh has doubled in 2019 than that of the previous year, said Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday.

All Abu Zafor Sikder wanted was justice for his son killed in a 2014 “shootout”. The 60-year-old owner of a small pharmacy in the capital’s Dania fought a strenuous legal battle for nearly five long years.

“We are trapped by the flames. We can’t go downstairs. Please help!” These were the words of Uttam Kumar Das as he called his cousin Ranajit after the fire broke out at an electric fan factory in Gazipur Sunday afternoon.

It did not look like a factory or a workplace; rather, it looked like a large compound for confinement. The fire-ravaged plastic factory in Keraniganj, with around 15,000 sqft floor space, had a single gate for entry and exit and no emergency exits whatsoever. It had six large rooms inside, but everyone there had to use that one gate to get out.

The prisons and the police authorities apparently traded blame over how two death row convicts in the Holey Artisan attack case managed to wear prayers caps emblazoned with IS logo.

Unable to hear the judge clearly, accused Mizanur Rahman, 63, thought he had been given the death penalty. From the dock, he let out “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the greatest) and called for the destruction of all “infidels”.

Badiuzzaman became landless nearly 15 years ago, when all his 20 bighas of arable land in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila eroded into mighty Jamuna.

Walking on Dhaka streets is no easy task.

The government has finally decided to deport around 11,000 foreigners staying illegally in Bangladesh without valid documents.

As the new Road Transport Act imposes tougher penalties on traffic rule violators, a huge number of people are thronging the Mirpur office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) every day to have the documents of their vehicles renewed and keep those up to date.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked all banks to freeze the accounts of Aziz Mohammad Bhai for 30 days.

The gruesome murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad has touched off widespread outrage with students of different public universities taking to the streets demanding punishment to the killers.

With a meagre income from his small grocery store in Bogura, Rafiqul Islam was the sole breadwinner of his family of five.

His passport records say he went to India on July 3 last year through the Benapole Land Port and flew back home on July 19.

The Police Headquarters recently instructed its members not to talk to the media about any cases under investigation and special or sensitive drives to avoid controversy.

If you go by the documents of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Gopalganj, over 68 percent work to build a concrete Shaheed Minar on the campus has been completed.

They cut the lower parts of the gas cylinders in round shape, concealed five kilograms of cannabis inside each of it, shut those with screws, and finally painted the cylinders to make those appear untouched, in a bid to dodge the eyes of law enforcers.