The number of children dying after contracting measles or developing measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh continues to rise at an alarming rate, with four more deaths reported in the latest 24-hour period. The cumulative death toll has now reached 797, leaving just three more deaths before the figure crosses the grim milestone of 800. The latest […]

Two young cousins drowned in a pond in Magsura’s Mohammadpur upazila on Tuesday morning, leaving their families and the local community in deep mourning. The incident occurred in Mousha village of the upazila on 21 July. The deceased were identified as Raisa, aged two, daughter of Aminur Rahman, and Rafia, aged three, daughter of Alinur […]

Three passengers were killed after a truck crushed a battery-powered auto-rickshaw on the Mymensingh–Kishoreganj Highway in the Shambhuganj area of Mymensingh Sadar upazila on Tuesday (21 July). The tragic accident occurred at around noon near Sahek Kachari, according to police and local sources. The deceased comprised two women and one man, but their identities had […]

A Dhaka court has sentenced Monir Hossain to death for murdering his wife, Shakir Khatun Soma, in the capital’s Middle Badda area nearly nine years ago. The court also fined him Tk 100,000 in connection with the killing. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by Dhaka’s Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Md Sadekin Habib. Monir […]

A house painter has died after allegedly being held captive and subjected to brutal physical torture for two days in Narayanganj’s Fatullah on suspicion of stealing Tk 50,000. The victim, identified as Nayan Hawladar, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday after spending six days in the […]

Police recovered the bodies of a husband and wife from the same bed inside their home in Arifpur village of Bajubagha Union, Bagha upazila, Rajshahi, on Tuesday morning (21 July), sparking concern and speculation among local residents. The deceased were identified as Monirul Islam, 45, son of the late freedom fighter Jamal Uddin of Arifpur […]

When considering the historical struggle to preserve the dignity of the Bengali language, memory almost instantly reverts to the seminal events of 1952 in Dhaka. The supreme sacrifices of Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar, and Shafiur laid the foundation for what is globally commemorated today as International Mother Language Day. However, a lesser-known yet equally tragic […]

In the annals of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, Colonel Abu Taher stands as an enduring symbol of unyielding courage, self-sacrifice, and revolutionary fervor. A distinguished freedom fighter, Sector Commander, military strategist, and prominent left-wing political leader, Colonel Taher played a monumental role in shaping the nation’s independence and its turbulent post-war political landscape. Decades after his […]