A veterinary practitioner in Mymensingh was subjected to a violent physical assault, his surgery ransacked, and a substantial sum of cash stolen by a group allegedly led by a local student political figure. The victim reported that the coordinated attack occurred after he repeatedly refused to comply with an extortion demand of 500,000 taka. As […]

An acute shortage of natural gas across Bangladesh’s premier manufacturing corridors has brought heavy industrial activity to a standstill, forcing nearly 300 readymade garment factories to shut down entirely. Sounding a grave warning on Saturday evening, Mohammad Hatem, President of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), stated that factory owners find themselves pushed […]

The felling of approximately 4,500 mature roadside trees along a 19-kilometre stretch of the Sunamganj-Sachna highway has triggered widespread public indignation across the north-eastern haor basin. The logging operation, initiated by the Forest Department across land managed by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), has proceeded despite highway engineers confirming that no infrastructure expansion or […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has withdrawn the officers in charge of two major capital police stations, Tejgaon and Paltan Model, citing administrative grounds in a fresh operational reshuffle. The official directive was issued on Saturday under an administrative order signed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed. In accordance with the notification, both station chiefs […]