Four Bangladeshi sailors narrowly escaped death after Ukraine’s navy carried out a drone attack on the oil tanker MT Kairos in the Black Sea. Mahfuzul Islam, the ship’s fourth engineer from Narsingdi, told the media that several explosions ignited a fire on board, burning the lifeboat as spilled fuel spread around the vessel. Due to […]

A former branch manager of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank, Alamgir Hossain, has been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over allegations of embezzling approximately Tk 9.25 crore from two branches in Noakhali. The arrest took place on Saturday night at a residence in Chattogram. According to RAB, Alamgir Hossain allegedly exploited forged national identity cards […]

Al Amin (40), a social media content creator from Gauripur, Mymensingh, known for his humorous and mixed reality videos, sustained severe burns while filming a fire-related sequence last Friday morning. He is currently receiving specialised treatment at the burn unit of BIRDEM Hospital in Dhaka. The incident occurred during the filming of a scene in […]

On Sunday morning, residents and professionals from various sectors staged demonstrations along the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway, demanding its expansion from two lanes to six. The protest caused severe traffic congestion and disrupted travel for tourists and commuters along one of Bangladesh’s busiest coastal routes. The blockade began at 9:00 am in the Lohagara–Satkania area and […]

Students of Dhaka College caused significant traffic congestion on Mirpur Road in front of their campus on Sunday afternoon, staging a protest over delays in the commencement of classes at a newly formed university. The demonstration began shortly after noon and continued until around 2:15 p.m., when the students cleared the road following police intervention. […]

A 65-year-old pond watchman, Tujammel Haque Toju, was allegedly murdered near Nunia Pond in Muslimpur village, Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, in a shocking act of violence that has left the local community reeling. Toju, a resident of Pardilalpur village, Shahabazpur Union, was found dead on Thursday morning, according to family members and police reports. His son, Nafiullah, […]