Barisal, 25 January 2026: In the early hours of Sunday morning, a 21-year-old woman, Sharmin Akter Mim, was found dead in an apparent suicide at Nahar Mansion on Baptist Mission Road in Barisal city. Her body was discovered around 2:00 am. Mim, a resident of Kushangal village in Nalchity Upazila, Jhalokathi District, was employed at a […]

Dhaka, 26 January 2026: A tragic incident occurred at Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital on Sunday evening when 20-year-old patient Nazmin Akter reportedly jumped from the eighth floor of the hospital’s new building, resulting in her death. The incident took place around 7:45–8:00 pm. Nazmin, a resident of Galachipa Upazila in Patuakhali and the mother […]

The Bangladesh Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has issued a comprehensive new directive aimed at enhancing administrative transparency, discipline, and professionalism within the country’s insurance sector. Officially published in an extraordinary edition of the Bangladesh Gazette on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, the directive retroactively took effect from 7 January 2026. The regulation, formally titled […]

In Bangladesh, under existing Muslim personal law, a Muslim husband may unilaterally divorce his wife, a practice commonly referred to as “talaq”. Legally, for talaq to take effect, it must be registered and a notice served to the local chairman. The chairman has the discretion to advise both parties to attend a reconciliation meeting. However, […]

“Ke Ke Jabi Aye Re, Chol Jai Re”—the song, the voice, the spirit of Indramohan Rajbanshi, continues to resonate in the hearts of Bengalis everywhere. Indramohan Rajbanshi (26 January 1946 – 7 April 2021) was far more than a singer. He was a freedom fighter, a folk music archivist, and a sound engineer for the […]