Child deaths linked to measles and measles-like symptoms continue to rise in Bangladesh, with health authorities reporting 11 additional deaths in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning 8:00am. Five of the latest deaths were recorded in Sylhet division. The latest figures bring the total number of deaths attributed to measles and related complications […]

An NGO employee was killed after being run over by a truck in Joypurhat town on Saturday morning. The victim, identified as Mahfuzul Islam Mafu, 45, died in the accident at around 7:00am on 23 May on the main road in front of the Shilpakala Academy in Joypurhat, according to local residents and police officials. […]

Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 127th birth anniversary will be observed at University of Dhaka on Monday, 25 May, under the theme ‘The Poet of Rebellion, the Poet of Life Nazrul’. The university authorities have announced an extensive programme to commemorate the occasion with due solemnity and respect. According to the schedule released by the university, teachers, […]

Another child showing symptoms of measles has died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, raising the number of deaths among hospitalised children this year to 35. During the same period, 29 more children were admitted with measles-like symptoms, while 100 children remain under treatment at the hospital. Hospital sources said the deceased was a three-and-a-half-year-old girl […]

The local administration in Santhia Upazila of Pabna has imposed Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure following tensions between activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami over the leasing process of a temporary cattle market. The order will remain in force from 11:00 a.m. on Thursday until midnight on the day before […]

A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his companion seriously injured after a truck struck their motorcycle in Begumganj Upazila of Noakhali on Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred at around 1:30pm on the Lakshmipur–Feni Highway near the area known as Baichar Pol, according to eyewitnesses and highway police officials. The deceased was identified as Salman, son […]

Two labourers were killed and another seriously injured after a lightning strike in Bhimerpar village under Mahilara Union in Gournadi on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred while the three men were working at a betel leaf plantation in the area. According to local sources, rain began suddenly during the afternoon, prompting the workers to take […]

A woman arrested in connection with the killing of private tutor Moriyom Begum in Chapainawabganj has confessed to the crime in a court statement, according to police. The accused, Sumaiya Akhtar Sumi, told the court that she alone killed Moriyom Begum after striking her with a wooden baton-like object and later suffocating her. Her statement […]