Dhaka’s Government Madrasah-e-Alia area witnessed clashes, attacks and repeated chases between activists of the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal on Tuesday, leaving several people reportedly injured and disrupting traffic along a busy road. The violence began in the afternoon and continued intermittently, with tensions escalating in several phases. Witnesses said […]

Three Bangladeshi nationals have been killed and another seriously injured following an alleged clash among co-workers in Taman Linggi, in Malaysia’s Port Dickson district, Negri Sembilan state. Police have detained a 40-year-old Bangladeshi man in connection with the incident. Negri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said officers from the Linggi police station went to […]

A madrasa headteacher has been arrested in Chattogram’s Banshkhali over allegations that he sexually abused an eight-year-old student, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The accused, identified as 31-year-old Mohammad Ramiz Uddin, was arrested by a team of RAB-7 during an operation in the Bairag area of China Road, near the Karnaphuli Tunnel in […]

Police in Chandanaish, Chattogram, have arrested two individuals over alleged involvement in recent flash processions and suspected plans to carry out acts of sabotage around 5 August, observed as July Mass Uprising Day. The arrested men have been identified as Jamshed, 22, son of Jahangir Alam, and Mehedi Hasan Shifat, 23, son of Kamal Uddin. […]