A severe compressed natural gas (CNG) crisis has severely disrupted daily life and public transport services in Chattogram, forcing commercial drivers to spend the majority of their working hours in excruciatingly long queues at filling stations. The acute shortage has drastically curtailed driver earnings, diminished the availability of public conveyances, and triggered widespread hardship for […]

A long-standing murder investigation in Lakshmipur has taken a pivotal turn after a former local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami surrendered to the court, over a year after allegedly orchestrating the contract killing of his former wife. The accused, identified as Abu Bakkar Siddique, previously served as a Rukn (a voting member) of the Char Kalkini Union […]

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a five-day nationwide atmospheric forecast, warning of prolonged spell of precipitation, localized squalls, and heavy rainfall driven by an unusually active summer monsoon system spanning the South Asian subcontinent. According to the official 120-hour synoptic assessment published by the national meteorological authority, the main axis of the monsoon […]

A twenty-one-year-old college student has died in mysterious circumstances in Netrokona after allegedly attempting to flee from Detective Branch (DB) police officers during an anti-narcotics operation. The deceased, identified as Sabbir Mia, was a second-year undergraduate student at Netrokona Government College. He was the son of Nazim Uddin, a local betel leaf and cigarette vendor […]

Police have recovered the gruesome, dismembered remains of a customs official from a pond in the Fulbaria upazila of Mymensingh, ten days after he mysteriously vanished. The deceased, identified as 40-year-old Abu Raihan Talukdar (also known locally as Rakib Raihan Talukdar), was employed as a sepoy in the Customs Security Branch at Kamalapur in Dhaka. […]

At least three members of a family sustained severe burn injuries following the sudden explosion of a bomb-like object in the Bakerganj sub-district of Barishal district early on Monday morning. The incident took place at around 6:00 am at the residential homestead of local resident Shah Alam Howlader, located in Dudhalmow village within the Bharpasha […]