Police have retrieved the semi-decomposed body of an unidentified middle-aged man from the Bangshi River in Dhamrai, on the northwestern outskirts of Dhaka. The discovery took place late on Sunday night near the Depashai Nayapara sports ground, situated in the Sombhag Union of the upazila. Local residents first spotted the corpse drifting near the riverbank […]

Two more patients have succumbed to dengue fever whilst undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), taking the total death toll from the mosquito-borne viral infection at the facility to 18 this year. seasonal outbreaks continue to strain public health infrastructure across Bangladesh, drawing patients from both local districts and neighbouring administrative regions. The […]

Police in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila have recovered the decomposing body of a 65-year-old woman from a plot of land adjacent to her home in Satpar Bedbhita village, three days after she vanished without a trace. The discovery on Monday morning has sent shockwaves through the quiet rural settlement, leaving family members demanding justice over what […]

Six more patients have succumbed to dengue fever in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll from the vector-borne disease to 149 this year. Data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday (13 September) indicates that 1,561 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country during […]

Police in Gazipur have arrested three madrasa teachers following allegations of severe physical abuse, stripped beatings, and inflicting horrific burn injuries on two young boys using heated iron spatulas. The arrests were made between Friday night and Saturday after the parents of the two victims lodged separate official complaints detailing the torture inflicted upon their […]

A domestic conflict turned fatal in Cox’s Bazar as a 58-year-old man died from severe stab wounds allegedly inflicted by his son. The victim, Abul Kashem—widely known in his local community as ‘Ledu Mistry’—succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning, 13 September. He had been receiving intensive medical treatment at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital following […]

A local leader of the Jubo League, the youth wing of the Awami League, was brutally murdered in the early hours of Sunday in the Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla. The victim, 45-year-old Anwar Hossain, was dragged from his bed by an armed gang, severely beaten, and hacked to death inside his family home. The incident […]

Three more children have died from suspected measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, highlighting an ongoing public health challenge as local health authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious viral infection. During the same period, 968 new patients were identified with either suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases of measles, according to official data […]