Dengue infections are increasing in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram, with 10 people testing positive at the upazila health complex during the first 15 days of September. The latest figures indicate a noticeable rise in cases within a relatively short period. In August, 12 people sought treatment at the health complex with symptoms associated with dengue, […]

A 46-year-old schoolteacher was killed after an unidentified vehicle struck his motorcycle in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali on Wednesday afternoon. The victim was identified as Shafiqul Azim, also known as Sumon. He was an assistant teacher at Uttar Kutubpur Government Primary School in Begumganj. He was the son of Abul Khayer, a teacher, and lived […]

Five police personnel have now been sent to jail in connection with a gambling incident at an abandoned tin-shed building on the premises of the Thakurgaon Superintendent of Police’s office. The latest arrest was that of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) constable Md Shahidul Islam, who had been on the run following the incident. He […]

A 22-year-old man identified as Mujahid, also known as Rakib, has been arrested in Sylhet’s Beanibazar in connection with the alleged gang rape of two female dancers after they were lured to a supposed dance programme in Brahmanbaria’s Sarail. Mujahid, described by investigators as the main accused and alleged organiser of the incident, was arrested […]

A 50-year-old scrap dealer was found dead in a sack in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, a day after he reportedly went missing. Police recovered the body of Ayub Hossain with his hands and feet tied from an overgrown, abandoned area behind the Jalalabad Medicine Company in the Kanchpur area of Kanchpur Union on Wednesday morning. The discovery […]

An accused man was sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment after allegedly assaulting police officers inside a courtroom in Barguna following the rejection of his bail application. The incident took place on Wednesday (16 September) around midday inside the courtroom of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at the Barguna District and Sessions Judge’s Court. […]

A young man and a young woman accused of firing several shots from a private car outside Bhanga Highway Police Station in Faridpur have been arrested in Dhaka’s Gulshan area. A joint team of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Bhanga police arrested the pair during a late-night operation on Tuesday (15 September). They were […]

A total of 641 incidents of rape involving women and children were documented in Bangladesh between January and July this year, according to data presented by Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK). Of the reported cases, 400 involved women and 241 involved children. The figures were presented on Wednesday (16 September) at a stakeholders’ dialogue held […]

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Gulshan Division, M Tanvir Ahmed, has been removed from his field-level post and attached to the DMP headquarters following a procession by members of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations in the capital’s Gulshan area. On Wednesday (16 September), Tanvir Ahmed was instructed to hand over […]

A 19-year-old woman was allegedly subjected to a brutal sexual assault in Brahmanbaria’s Bijoynagar Upazila after a man she met on a bus promised to help her reach her husband. Quick-thinking local residents intervened as the suspect attempted to abandon the victim on a dark stretch of highway, capturing him before handing him over to […]