Two more children have succumbed to measles and its severe complications in the Sylhet division within the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll from the outbreak across the region to 154. The latest fatalities were officially confirmed by Dr Mohammad Nure Alam Shamim, Assistant Director of the Sylhet Health Directorate. Among the deceased, […]

A search operation continues along the Bhairab River after a passenger-laden trawler capsized following a collision with a ferry near Jelkhana Ghat in Khulna. The accident occurred at around 9:45 pm on Tuesday in the stretch of water between Jelkhana Ghat and Senerbazar Ghat, leaving 27-year-old Rakib Khan missing while 30 to 40 other commuters […]

Security forces operating along Bangladesh’s southeastern frontier have intercepted a major narcotics smuggling operation, seizing 14 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 5,000 methamphetamine pills locally known as yaba, and 20 bottles of foreign liquor in separate raids near Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The operations, conducted jointly by the Coast Guard stations of Teknaf and Shah Pari’s Island, […]

A 62-year-old man was brutally hacked to death in the Rangunia upazila of Chittagong late on Tuesday night, following a heated altercation linked to a longstanding family marriage dispute. The victim, identified as Abdul Mannan, son of the late Nur Mohammad, was a resident of the Hafez Bazlur Rahman house in Betagi Union’s Ward 7. […]