Detention

Police detained 19 AL-backed UP members from a secret meeting in Cox's Bazar on 9 November. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Police detain 19 'AL-backed' UP members from late-night meeting in Cox's Bazar

The detainees, among over a hundred union parishad chairmen and members, participated in a discussion meeting on the role of public representatives in state reform at the ballroom of Uni Resort at...

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Bangladesh

Five more held over torching police, army vehicles in Mirpur

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Bangladesh

Conversation between president, adviser: Youth arrested for creating fake recordings

Former BCL leader Mohsin Alam Khan. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Police detain central BCL leader from Cumilla

Former Awami League lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Monsur. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

DB detains ex-MP Sultan Mohammad Monsur from airport

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Bangladesh

Former textiles minister Golam Dastagir Gazi arrested

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RMG

US national apparel trade association urges Bangladesh to stop detention of RMG workers

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in March while on a reporting trip and charged with espionage, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Europe

Russian court extends pre-trial detention for WSJ reporter Gershkovich -Ifax

Logo of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Photo: OHCHR
Bangladesh

UN rights body expresses concern at excessive use of force by the state

FILE PHOTO: Graves of people who died during a Russian occupation are seen at the city’s cemetery after Russia's retreat Kherson, Ukraine November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Europe

Scale of alleged torture, detentions by Russian forces in Kherson emerges

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic practices on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, January 11, 2022. Photo :Reuters
Sports

Djokovic faces another night in Australia detention before court hearing

Agonising days in custody, jail for failing to pay CID men to get himself free
Crime

Agonising days in custody, jail for failing to pay CID men to get himself free

US journalist Nathan Maung released from detention in Myanmar - lawyer
World+Biz

US journalist Nathan Maung released from detention in Myanmar - lawyer