Detectives from the District Detective Branch (DB) of Police have arrested a 42-year-old man and confiscated 400 grams of processed cannabis during an evening tactical operation in the Mirapara neighborhood of Munshiganj Sadar Upazila on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. The precision raid was executed at approximately 8:20 pm as part of an expanding, district-wide anti-narcotics […]

A trivial argument over seating during a campus function flared into widespread violence at Rajshahi University on Wednesday night, leaving four students injured and two academic buildings damaged. What began as a minor verbal disagreement between undergraduates from the Department of Management Studies and the Department of Chemistry quickly deteriorated into retaliatory physical assaults, stone-pelting, […]

Former minister, President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD), and veteran freedom fighter Hasanul Haq Inu completed two full years behind bars on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. Security forces originally arrested the high-profile political figure on 26 August 2024 from Uttara in the capital city of Dhaka. Over the subsequent 24 months, authorities have implicated him […]

Police in Comilla’s Muradnagar Upazila have arrested six activists affiliated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League and its associate bodies while they were allegedly preparing to hold an unauthorised political procession and public showdown. The security operation unfolded on Tuesday afternoon, 25 August, in the Alirchar precinct under Muradnagar Sadar Union. Following the arrests, law enforcement […]

An expatriate Bangladeshi journalist has filed an official complaint with law enforcement authorities after receiving a terrifying death threat at his ancestral residence in Kushtia’s Bheramara Upazila. Hassan Imam Ibne Habib reported that an anonymous letter, signed under the extremist banner of “Tawhidi Janata”, was slipped onto his property, warning him to cease his journalistic […]

In a swift crackdown on agricultural black-marketing, administrative authorities and police officers have confiscated 217 bags of contraband chemical fertiliser from a rice processing facility in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila. A mobile court convened immediately after the raid sentenced the establishment’s owner, 65-year-old Monohar Alam, to one month and 15 days of simple imprisonment alongside a […]

A student at Dhaka University has staged a solitary sit-in protest at the iconic Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on campus, demanding rapid justice for the brutal murder of a retired schoolmaster and three members of his family in Rangpur. Joy Biswas, a resident student of Jagannath Hall, launched his demonstration on Wednesday evening, 26 August, using […]

Navigating public institutions without encountering demands for illicit payments has long been a frustrating reality for ordinary citizens across Bangladesh. From obtaining basic identity documents and land deeds to securing routine utility connections, bureaucratic delays frequently serve as leverage for extortion. In a direct attempt to challenge this systemic malpractice and empower service seekers, two […]