Police have recovered the hanging body of a Border Guard Bangladesh soldier from a watchtower at a border outpost in Jaintiapur upazila, Sylhet. The grim discovery was made on Tuesday morning, prompting an immediate local investigation. The deceased was identified as 25-year-old Jamil Hasan Shish, son of Sheikh Fazlur Rahman from Ishanghati village under Kashinagar […]

Two young motorcycle riders lost their lives following a violent head-on collision on the Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional highway in Gaibandha. The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday morning at approximately 9:00 AM in the Shialgara area of Gobindaganj upazila. The victims were identified as 23-year-old Limon Mia, son of Nazrul Islam from Panchgachhi village, and 30-year-old Rubel […]

Staff Correspondent A serious allegation of gang rape has been made against the general secretary of the Jubo Dal’s Ramnagar Union unit in Jashore. A 21-year-old woman was allegedly drugged by having a substance that caused loss of consciousness mixed into a drink before being gang-raped at Kuada Bazar in Jashore Sadar Upazila. There are […]

Bangladesh is facing an escalating public health crisis as mosquito-borne dengue fever continues its aggressive spread across the country. Over the past twenty-four hours, the virus has claimed four more lives, while a staggering one thousand, one hundred and sixty-three fresh infections have been recorded. This marks the highest single-day spike in case numbers seen […]

Local authorities in Tangail have arrested a religious school teacher following serious allegations of sexually abusing multiple children under his care. Riyazul Islam, who taught at the Bhayeta Hafizia Madrasa located in the Magra Union of Tangail Sadar Upazila, was taken into custody by police and subsequently produced before the court. The incident came to […]

Monsoon rains have triggered catastrophic floods and landslides across Nepal, leaving more than 200 school children unaccounted for and deepening a national humanitarian crisis. The Ministry of Education reported that at least 19 schools have sustained severe damage across three of the hardest-hit districts, compounding the devastation in a nation already grappling with soaring casualties […]

A passenger bus lost control and overturned on the approach road of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj’s Louhajang upazila on Monday afternoon, leaving eight people injured and temporarily disrupting traffic on the vital transit route. The accident took place around midday within the Mawa area. According to local emergency reports, the Dhaka-bound vehicle had departed […]

A daytime heist unfolded in the capital’s Dhanmondi area on Monday afternoon when a citizen was robbed of 3.9 million Taka shortly after withdrawing the cash from a financial institution. Quick-thinking bystanders managed to intervene, apprehending one of the suspects at gunpoint and paving the way for a swift police crackdown that yielded further arrests. […]

Rising global fertiliser prices and domestic distribution bottlenecks threaten to reduce rice yields during critical agricultural seasons in Bangladesh, potentially driving 1.4 million people into poverty if the cost of staple rice increases by just 10 percent, according to a recent World Bank assessment. The warning underscores the delicate balance sustaining the country’s food security. […]