Police in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila have arrested two suspects following an incident in which two sisters were targeted in an attempted sexual assault on a public road, and their relative was severely beaten after stepping in to defend them. The victims—a 22-year-old undergraduate student and her 24-year-old elder sister—were returning home by auto-rickshaw when they […]

Police in Lakshmipur have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of unlawfully entering a residence and assaulting a 13-year-old girl. The accused, identified as Md Faisal, a resident of Gopinathpur in the Dakshin Hamchadi Union, was presented before the court on Tuesday afternoon, 8 September, where the presiding magistrate ordered him to be remanded to judicial […]

Law enforcement officers across Bangladesh are facing an alarming surge in violent attacks whilst discharging their official duties. From physical assaults and armed ambushes during arrest raids to organized attempts to snatch suspects from custody, police personnel are increasingly exposed to severe hazards. The escalating violence recently took a fatal turn in Savar, on the […]