Four Awami League leaders have died in Bogura jail custody in the 28 days till yesterday.

Custodial torture must cease to exist.

Such sinister and premeditated actions raise grave concerns about whether our law enforcers are scrupulous enough to serve citizens.

Justice continues to elude the family members of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Mirpur, whose custodial torture and death in 2014 sparked outrage and led to  the country’s sole case filed under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013.

Now it must be ensured that the order is followed through.

Those responsible must pay for their crime

Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.

Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others

An employee of a Naogaon union land office who stood accused in a case under the Digital Security Act died in the custody of Rab-5 after suffering haemorrhages of the brain

It is imperative to bring the police under a system of accountability that earns public confidence.

UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.

Over the years, there has been rising concern about the 'systemic nature' of custodial torture and deaths in Bangladesh.

Despite strong laws, why is torture still their go-to practice?

Judgement in the case filed against former sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station Jahidur Rahman Khan and four others over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Ahmed Jonny in 2014 will be delivered on September 9.

A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League has died two hours after he was picked up by Damurhuda police in Chuadanga.

Family members of Yasmin Begum, who died in the custody of Gazipur police early Wednesday, demand a judicial probe into the death.

A woman has died in the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of police hours after being picked up in Gazipur last night.

A man dies in police custody three hours after his detention in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered judicial enquiry into the death of teenage boy Rakib Halwader allegedly in the custody of Wari police.

A line that read Majharul Islam, who died in the custody of Rapid Action Battalion in Naogaon, had injury marks on the head has been crossed out in the police inquest report.