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 […]

A significant shift in weather patterns is set to sweep across Bangladesh as a partially active rain spell moves into the region. According to forecasts issued by the private meteorological monitoring organisation, the Bangladesh Weather Observation Team (BWOT), heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is anticipated across various parts of the country from 3 August through […]