A harrowing incident unfolded in the port city of Chittagong on Saturday night when an addicted father allegedly abducted his 20-month-old daughter to sell her to fund his substance abuse. The child was successfully reunited with her mother following a swift operation by the police, triggered by a desperate plea to the national emergency helpline […]

A local political figure in Shahrasti, Chandpur, has sparked widespread public outcry following allegations that he absconded with the wife of a foreign expatriate. Sheikh Rahmat Ullah, the convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) for Shahrasti Municipality, stands accused of fleeing the area alongside Morium Begum, the wife of Ibrahim Khalil, a migrant worker […]

The Government of Bangladesh has formally published the gazette notification for the National Pay Scale 2026, introducing substantial increases in basic salaries ranging between 100 and 142 per cent across 20 distinct grades. Backdated to take effect from 1 July 2026, the updated compensation framework modernises the pay structure for hundreds of thousands of civil […]

Tragedy struck Tangail on Sunday afternoon when unknown assailants brutally hacked a former Union Parishad member to death in broad daylight. The victim, fifty-year-old Surman Reza, was attacked inside an abandoned petrol station in the Darun area of Gharinda Union, situated alongside the busy Dhaka–Tangail–Jamuna Bridge Highway. Surman Reza was the son of Hanif Reza, […]

A shocking instance of domestic violence escalated into an attempted infanticide on Sunday morning in the Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district. Police officers have arrested thirty-year-old Sonia Khatun after she allegedly attempted to murder her eleven-month-old daughter, Anika Khatun, by forcing liquid agricultural weedkiller into her mouth during a heated quarrel with her husband. The […]

Two more fatalities from dengue fever have been registered across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, alongside 1,232 new hospital admissions. Official figures released on Saturday, 19 September 2026, by the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) highlight a persistent strain on the nation’s healthcare infrastructure […]

A devastating night along the Dhaka-Khulna highway has left three people dead, including a respected Freedom Fighter, following two separate vehicular collisions in Gopalganj’s Kashiani upazila. The dual tragedies, occurring within a span of less than nine hours, have cast a pall of grief over the region while sparking widespread anxiety amongst residents regarding safety […]