The proposed waste-to-energy project at Aminbazar in Dhaka has revived a question over the cost of electricity Bangladesh is preparing to purchase from a Chinese company. The government is expected to sign the final tripartite agreement for the project on 2 September, with the plant targeted to supply around 42 megawatts of electricity to the […]

Residents of Barishal city are enduring a severe power crisis, facing daily outages that leave them without electricity for up to eleven hours a day. Frequent disruptions have severely dislocated routine life across the metropolitan area, hitting vulnerable groups, including children, the elderly, and students, the hardest. The intense load shedding began at the start […]

Romanian pop sensation Otilia Brumă is set to return to the Bangladeshi capital for a live concert, marking her second appearance in the country following a four-year hiatus. Her upcoming performance in Dhaka is scheduled for 27 November, organised by Imakers Bangladesh. The artist herself confirmed the news through an official update on her social […]

Renowned Bangladeshi singer and composer Bappa Mazumder has joined forces with acclaimed filmmaker Masud Hasan Ujjal for a compelling new musical venture. The track, titled “Gole Jawa Shomoy”, was officially released alongside its music video on Saturday night, marking a notable collaboration between two prominent figures in the contemporary cultural landscape of the country. Mazumder […]

A tragic road accident on the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway has claimed the lives of two teenage friends in Faridpur’s Bhanga Upazila. The incident took place on Thursday morning beneath an underpass within the Bhanga Interchange area. The victims were seventeen-year-old Kawsar Ahmed Ratul, who was driving the motorcycle and whose father, Shahadat Sardar, is an expatriate […]

A chilling photograph capturing a young woman sandwiched between two men on a speeding motorcycle in the dead of night has triggered widespread concern across social media platforms in Bangladesh. The striking imagery, which quickly went viral, prompted intense public debate and urgent calls for police intervention regarding the safety and status of the unidentified […]

The fisheries sector of Bangladesh currently stands at a critical crossroads. While global demand for seafood continues to rise steadily, domestic export figures fail to keep pace with international potential. Industry insiders and policymakers observe that this stagnation does not stem from a shortage of natural resources, but rather from a lack of modern commercial […]

The Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has intercepted a suspicious consignment at Mongla Port, uncovering four luxury vehicles that were sliced into large sections and falsely declared as used car spare parts. According to an official press release issued by the National Board of Revenue on Thursday, the shipment contained structural parts and […]

A family dispute over smoking escalated into a brutal homicide on Thursday morning in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila, leaving a fifty-year-old man dead. The victim, identified as Idris Ali, was attacked and severely wounded in the Baghichapara area of Dadhpur village. Local authorities and police sources report that the fatal altercation stemmed from a domestic disagreement […]

A primary school assistant teacher has initiated serious legal proceedings against Rabiul Islam, chairman of the Rasulpur Union Parishad in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur upazila, accusing him of rape, marriage fraud, and financial extortion. The case also names an associate of the chairman, Salehin Akand, as an accused party. AKM Habibur Rahman, the officer-in-charge of Sadullapur police […]