The parliamentary membership of Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazee Nazrul Islam has entered a decisive stage after the Parliament Secretariat decided to formally approach the Election Commission over his expulsion from the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. The Parliament Secretariat is expected to send a letter to the Election Commission seeking necessary legal action against the lawmaker, who was expelled […]

A husband and wife have been detained after allegedly attempting to steal a newborn from Gobindaganj Upazila Health Complex in Gaibandha using an elaborate disguise. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon (10 August), when the woman allegedly posed as a patient who had recently given birth and persuaded the newborn’s grandmother to hand the baby […]

Bangladesh’s electricity crisis has deepened despite a substantial increase in power prices, with load-shedding once again becoming a major source of hardship, particularly in rural areas. Shortages of gas and coal, mounting unpaid bills owed to power plants and the high cost of running oil-fired generators have combined to put fresh pressure on the national […]

Dhaka District Detective Branch (DB South) has arrested five people with 700 yaba tablets during a special anti-drug operation in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The operation was conducted at around 10.35pm on Monday, 10 August, in the Sirajnagar Madhyapara area of Taranagar Union under Keraniganj Model Police Station. The development was confirmed on […]

Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a sand-laden dump truck and a passenger bus on the Chandpur–Cumilla regional highway in Shahrashti upazila of Chandpur on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred at around 8am in the Baniyacho area, causing temporary disruption to traffic on the busy regional […]