A court in the north-eastern district of Sunamganj has consigned a 30-year-old mosque imam to judicial custody after his arrest in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a local college student under the false promise of marriage. The accused, identified as Humayun Ahmed, was produced before Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Emdad at the Cognisance […]

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 […]