The ongoing health emergency across Bangladesh has reached a critical threshold as the death toll from measles and suspected measles symptoms officially surpassed 1,000 children. Data released on Wednesday, 9 September, by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room confirmed three additional deaths over the preceding 24 hours, taking the aggregate fatalities to […]

A relentless wave of infrastructure theft has plunged rural households into prolonged darkness across Madarganj upazila, Jamalpur, where organised gangs have stolen at least 26 electricity transformers within a period of just two months. The targeted thefts have disrupted daily life, ignited widespread public anger, and exposed severe vulnerabilities in the local power distribution network. […]

A senior leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) has been detained by members of the public and handed over to local law enforcement authorities in Netrokona following allegations of financial extortions under the guise of providing government-subsidised ‘Family Cards’. The suspect, identified as Syeda Sadia Islam, serves as the Organisational Secretary for the NCP’s […]

A tragedy has struck the municipality of Madan in Netrokona district after a 65-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death by his own son inside their family home. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, has left the local community in shock as law enforcement authorities move swiftly to investigate the […]

A tragic road accident in the heart of Sylhet city has taken the life of a two-year-old boy after the motorcycle carrying his family collided head-on with a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw. The collision occurred on Tuesday morning in the bustling commercial hub of Zindabazar. Rakibul Islam was travelling towards Bandarbazar on his motorcycle alongside his wife, […]

An Islamic religious teacher in the Noakhali Sadar sub-district has been handed over to law enforcement authorities after being beaten by a local mob over the alleged sexual assault of a nine-year-old pupil. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Maulana Mobarak Hossain Emran, son of Golam Kibria, was intercepted by residents in the Ashwadia Union following […]