A member of the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence has been taken into police custody in Magura after local residents allegedly detained him with yaba tablets, prompting legal proceedings over suspected involvement in drug trafficking. The suspect, identified as Saeed Hossain, serves at the Sreepur Fire Station in Magura district. He was reportedly apprehended […]

A football fan in Bangladesh has died after falling from a tree while putting up a France flag to celebrate the FIFA World Cup, leaving his family and local community in mourning. The victim, Biren Patra, 35, was a resident of West Chati village in Ward No. 8 of Chiknagul Union under Jaintiapur upazila in […]

Senior police officials have pledged to bring all those responsible to justice after a schoolboy was seriously injured in a shooting during an attack on an anti-drug human chain in Cumilla, an incident that has sparked widespread concern over public safety and violent crime. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police for the Chattogram Range, Moniruzzaman, […]

More than 200 leaders and activists formerly associated with the National Citizen Party (NCP) officially joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday, marking a significant political development in the Savar area on the outskirts of the capital. The formal joining ceremony took place at Bank Colony in Savar, where the group, led by Sejuti […]

The funeral prayers for a mother and her three daughters, who were brutally killed in a rented house in Lakshmipur’s Raipur upazila, drew thousands of mourners on Friday as grief swept through the local community following one of the district’s most shocking recent crimes. The janaza of Shahinur Begum, 38, and her daughters—Sayma Akter, 21, […]

Bangladesh’s measles outbreak continues to claim young lives, with four more children dying after developing symptoms associated with the highly contagious disease over the past 24 hours. The latest fatalities have pushed the combined nationwide death toll from confirmed measles and suspected measles-related illness to 702 since 15 March this year, according to the Directorate […]

A community organisation in Bangladesh’s Chandpur district has recognised the dedication of 13 children by awarding them bicycles after they attended 275 consecutive congregational prayers at a local mosque, in an initiative aimed at encouraging regular worship and strengthening moral values among young people. The awards were presented on Friday afternoon at Deshkhaguria village in […]