Prominent Bangladeshi industrialists and business strategists have issued an urgent warning over the nation’s severe natural gas and electricity deficit, cautioning that securing fresh domestic or foreign direct investment will remain impossible until existing industries receive guaranteed power supplies. Speaking at a high-level conference titled “Challenges of Energy Security: Bangladesh on the Path to Competitive […]

Police officers in Dhaka have arrested two local political leaders affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its student wing, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, in connection with the highway robbery of gold jewellery near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Investigating officers also retrieved 100 grams of the stolen gold following targeted operations across the capital. The […]

A family in Mymensingh has been plunged into grief following the sudden death of a 21-year-old Bangladeshi worker, who was killed in a high-speed road accident in Saudi Arabia. The victim, Jahangir Mia, lost his life instantly after being struck by a fast-moving racing car in the red sea port city of Jeddah late on […]

What was intended as a sacred community celebration ended in violence in Raozan upazila, Chittagong, after guests attending a family-hosted Eid-e-Miladunnabi gathering allegedly demanded two lakh taka in extortion money and launched a brutal attack on the host’s family. The incident, which unfolded on Sunday afternoon in the Panchpukuria area of Janipathor, left four women […]

Three Ansar security personnel were injured on Sunday evening after a notorious hospital broker launched a violent knife attack inside the grounds of the Debidwar Upazila Health Complex in Comilla. The assault broke out at around 7:30 pm right outside the emergency department, forcing duty guards and brave onlookers to subdue the assailant before handing […]

Police officers in Natore’s Lalpur upazila have dismantled an active cyber crime syndicate following targeted twin raids, arresting five suspects accused of hijacking social media accounts and extorting money from unsuspecting victims. The coordinated police operations, conducted across two separate locations over the weekend, led to the recovery of ten mobile phones used in the […]

A disturbing video capturing a female business owner being repeatedly kicked whilst under police protection in Rajbari has sparked widespread public anger, laying bare a bitter commercial dispute in the district town. The violence erupted on Saturday morning outside Kaderia Market within the central textile bazaar, forcing law enforcement officers to intervene as longstanding friction […]