A former union council member who was the prime accused in a rape and murder case has been shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pabna’s Atgharia upazila, while police have arrested one person in connection with the killing. The incident took place on Monday afternoon (7 September) in the Chandipasha area of Ekdanta Union. The […]

Indian music legend Asha Bhosle is being remembered on what would have been her 93rd birthday, with a remarkable story highlighting the extraordinary commitment she showed towards her craft even in her later years. Born on 8 September 1933, Bhosle died on 12 April 2026 at the age of 92. She had been admitted to […]

A six-year-old child was found dead in a water-filled pit in Kurigram Sadar upazila on Monday night, around eight hours after going missing from home. The child’s body was recovered at about 8pm from a village in Bhogdanga Union, according to Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kurigram Sadar Police Station. Police said the child disappeared at […]

A court in Gazipur has rejected the bail petition of Sifat Abdullah, 25, who was arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act over alleged derogatory remarks concerning Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The bail hearing took place on Monday (7 September) at Gazipur Metropolitan Court-5. After hearing submissions from both the prosecution and the defence, Judge Rakibul Hasan […]

Hamas has accused Israel of attempting to conceal evidence of alleged serious crimes committed against Palestinians in Gaza during more than two years of war. The Palestinian organisation made the allegation in a statement issued late on Monday, 7 September. According to Hamas, the remains of thousands of people reported missing, along with physical evidence […]

Sugar prices have risen sharply in Dhaka’s retail markets, adding to the growing pressure on household budgets as the cost of essential commodities continues to climb. The price of a kilogram of sugar has increased by around Tk10 in just two weeks, according to observations from several markets in the capital on Monday, 7 September. […]

At least 361 police personnel were injured in separate attacks across Bangladesh during the first seven months of this year, according to figures from the Police Headquarters. The incidents, reported between January and July, occurred while officers were carrying out routine law-enforcement duties, including arrests, anti-drug operations, searches and attempts to apprehend suspected criminals. Dhaka […]

Some poems transcend literature and become part of a reader’s own memory. They evoke childhood, unfulfilled dreams, a parent’s face, first love and the quiet pain of things that never came to pass. Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated poem Keu Kotha Rakheni — often translated as Nobody Kept Their Word — belongs firmly to that tradition. The […]

A teacher has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old madrasa pupil in Narail, Bangladesh. The court also fined him Tk300,000 and ordered that the money, once recovered, be handed over to the child’s family. The verdict was delivered on Monday afternoon by Sheikh Shamidul Islam, judge of the Narail Children’s Repression Prevention […]

Bangladesh’s cinematic presence has reached a significant new milestone with the world premiere of The Difficult Bride at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Italy. Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, the film has been selected for the prestigious Orizzonti competition, placing a Bangladeshi feature-length production in one of the festival’s internationally recognised competitive sections. The […]