Bangladesh’s Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has suspended three staff members following intense public scrutiny over structural irregularities in bridge construction projects across Noakhali and Tangail districts. Official orders signed by LGED Chief Engineer Md Belal Hossain confirm disciplinary action against lower-tier supervisory personnel alongside formal explanation demands issued to senior executive engineers. The measures […]

A senior leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Faridpur has been sentenced to six months of simple imprisonment following a raid on an illegal pharmaceutical manufacturing unit. Md Bayezid Hossain Shahed, 40, the senior joint convener of the NCP’s Faridpur district unit, was convicted by a mobile court on Tuesday evening for manufacturing […]

A controversial out-of-court settlement has been reached following the death of a 24-year-old construction worker, who was fatally struck by a speeding car whilst resting on a pavement in Dhaka’s affluent Baridhara neighbourhood. The incident occurred around 5:00 pm on Tuesday, 22nd September, along Road No. 1 within Baridhara’s Diplomatic Security Zone. The victim, Mehedi […]

Two more children have died after showing measles symptoms in Bangladesh, bringing the total number of deaths from both confirmed and suspected cases to 1,065 between 15 March and 22 September. According to data released on Tuesday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room, official tallies show that 964 children have succumbed […]

The melodious tunes of Bhawaiya, Lalon, Baul, Murshidi, and Marfati echoed through the remote village of Deodoba along the Teesta riverbank in Lalmonirhat. Children held ektaras and dotaras, while others played flutes and violins. It was into this rich musical gathering on Monday afternoon that Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen, the Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh, arrived. The […]

Anxious farmers in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila staged an energetic road blockade on Tuesday, burning tyres to protest severe delays and perceived shortages in the distribution of essential agricultural fertilisers. The demonstration, centered around the Natan Anantapur Bazar area in Hatiya union, disrupted traffic along the key regional highway linking Hatiya and Raniganj unions to Kurigram […]