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Enforced disappearances: Yunus pledges full support to probe body
Commission receives 1,600 complaints so far
NYT report on Aynaghar details physical, psychological torture of captives
Titled "Alone in the Dark: The Nightmare of Bangladesh's Secret Underground Prison", Mujib Mashal and Shayeza Walid's piece for the NYT touches upon the stories of those unlawfully detained and kept captive by Hasina's security forces
Bangladesh should probe allegations of enforced disappearances, torture: HRW
The Human Rights Watch has called upon Bangladesh to investigate recent allegations of enforced disappearances and torture including by the Detective Branch of police.
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2022 / Where do the ‘disappeared’ disappear to?
While their families search every alleyway, survivors say that they lived right around the corner in the capital city.
Flashing Guns at PWD Office: Two pro-AL contractors surrender arms
Following reports that pro-Awami League contractors wielded guns during their showdown at the Public Works Department office in Pabna, two contractors handed over their firearms to police yesterday.
Nine years gone, still no word on Ilias Ali
Nine years have passed since former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali and his driver Ansar disappeared from the capital, but their families are still waiting anxiously for their return home.
Pre-Polls Violence: Clash kills one in Madaripur
A man was killed and five people were injured in a clash between supporters of two union parishad chairman candidates in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila.
Gaibandha Trader’s Death: Call for justice as locals form human chain
Business owners and general public in Gaibandha yesterday participated in a human chain protesting the death of a shoe store owner at the house of a now-suspended Awami League leader.
Militants doing business from inside the jail
Leaders and operatives of four local militant outfits are now operating an online business from behind bars to collect funds, say police investigators.
Temples, Hindu houses attacked in several dists
Multiple Hindu temples and homes have come under attack since Sunday in different districts.
Fear, despair grip them
“They took away all of my savings and the gold jewellery we had for my daughter’s wedding. We managed to flee minutes before they attacked,” 55-year-old Jhorna Rani Das said, describing the attack on her house.
Probe if he’s the right one jailed
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to launch a judicial enquiry into the allegation that an innocent man has been in jail instead of a convict in a drugs case.
Ensure justice for Mushtaq, abolish DSA
Sixty-six writers of Bangladesh have issued a statement demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in jail custody, and the abolition of the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Ctg Central Jail: Jail super, 4 others sued for torturing prisoner
Five people, including Chattogram Central Jail’s superintendent, were sued yesterday for torturing a prisoner with electric shocks and drug injections.
25 hurt as workers, cops clash in 2 districts
At least 25 people were injured in separate clashes between workers and police in Kushtia and Narayanganj yesterday.
‘Murdered Girl’ Found Alive Cops tortured 3 for fake confessions
A judicial probe committee yesterday submitted its report to the High Court saying officials of Narayanganj Sadar Police Station tortured and forced three people to give confessional statements to magistrates about raping and killing a minor girl who later turned out to be alive after 49 days last year.
Death in Jail Custody: Court asks PBI to probe alleged torture
The family of the apprentice lawyer, who died in a prison cell of a hospital after alleged torture by members of Detective Branch of police, was able to file a murder case yesterday with a Barishal court that ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the incident.
Death of Apprentice Lawyer: Police refuse to record case against DB men
Relatives of apprentice lawyer Rejaul Karim Reja, who died in a prison cell of a Barishal hospital, yesterday alleged that Kotwali police did not record a murder case against three members of Detective Brach of police.