Consumers and businesses across Bangladesh are set to learn whether liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices will rise or fall in February, as the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) prepares to announce the new retail rates on Monday, 2 February. The revised price will take immediate effect and remain valid for the entire month of February, […]

Dhaka police have arrested a teenage boy following allegations that he attempted to sexually assault a four-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar, a densely populated area of the capital. The incident sparked swift action from local residents, who apprehended the suspect before handing him over to the authorities. According to police reports, the incident occurred on Saturday […]

In a shocking incident that has sent ripples of grief and anger through the local community, Helal Uddin, 55, a former leader of the Nationalist Farmers’ Party (NFP) in Kapasia Upazila, Gazipur, succumbed to injuries sustained in a brutal assault. Uddin, a resident of Kotbajalia village in Chandpur Union, had previously served as the organisational […]

NARSINGDI, BELAB — The police’s Detective Branch (DB) have arrested two individuals from Kishoreganj in connection with the murder of prominent poultry entrepreneur Azimul Quader Bhuiya, 45, in Belab Upazila. Recovered from the suspects were the victim’s mobile phone and BDT 400,000 obtained from the sale of stolen chickens. Preliminary investigations suggest the killing was […]