The Police Service Association has strongly protested the controversial remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Shahjahan Chowdhury. In a statement issued on Monday night, 24 November, the Association said that the comments came to their attention after they spread on social media. The statement described the remarks as ambitious and demeaning to the police. Shahjahan Chowdhury, […]

Businessmen and entrepreneurs across Bangladesh are facing escalating threats from extortionists, with violence and intimidation becoming increasingly common. In Pallabi, a businessman was recently targeted with a demand for five crore taka, accompanied by threats that he and his family would be killed if the payment was not made. When the demand went unmet, the […]

A seven-month pregnant woman, Kakli Begum (22), was brutally killed by her husband, Jahirul Islam, in Haimchar upazila of Chandpur. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon (23 November) in the Rarhi Kandi area under Ward No. 9 of Nilkamal Union. Police arrested the accused husband, Jahirul Islam (30), shortly after the incident. According to […]

The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized a huge consignment of illegal current fishing nets and thread reels worth approximately Tk 391.5 million during an operation in the Dingabhanga area of Binodpur, under Panchasar Union in Munshiganj. The operation was carried out on Sunday (23 November), and the information was confirmed on Monday morning (24 November) […]

Four fishermen have been kidnapped by forest bandits while catching crabs in the saline waters of the Sundarbans. The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of Tk 50,000 per person for their release. The incident took place on Friday evening (20 November) in a canal of the Atarabeki area under the Satkhira range of the Sundarbans. […]