A tragic road accident in Mirsharai, Chattogram, claimed the life of a 60-year-old woman after she was run over by a passenger bus while crossing the road to visit a neighbour’s residence. The incident occurred at approximately 9:00 pm on Wednesday near College Gate along the Baraiyarhat–Khagrachhari road in Mirsharai. According to local sources, the […]

In a coordinated operation across Uttara and Turag, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, on allegations of involvement in an organised online gambling and money laundering network. The arrests were made on Wednesday morning following intelligence-led raids on several residential flats suspected of being used […]

The body of the main suspect in a widely reported five-member family murder case has been recovered from the Padma River, bringing a dramatic development to an incident that had shocked the entire country. The accused, Forqan Miah, had been at the centre of a brutal killing in Kapasia under Gazipur. Police confirmed that his […]

A further seven children have died in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours amid a continuing outbreak of measles and measles-like symptoms, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. One of the deceased children had laboratory-confirmed measles, while the remaining six were reported to have shown symptoms consistent with the disease. The latest fatalities […]

A young man identified as Faruk Hossain was found hanging inside an under-construction seven-storey building in Tongi, Gazipur, in the early hours of Thursday (14 May). Police recovered the body from the premises and sent it for post-mortem examination. According to law enforcement officials, the incident took place in the Morakun Purbopara area under Tongi […]

A 32-year-old man has reportedly died by suicide in Mollahat Upazila following what police and local sources described as a period of domestic discord. The deceased, identified as Hafiz Sheikh, son of Abubakkar Sheikh, was a resident of Char Kuliya village in the same upazila. He was married and is survived by one son and […]

In the fields of education, literature, culture and progressive thought in Bangladesh, Professor Anisuzzaman stood as a unique guiding light. He was not merely an academic or researcher; he was a fearless voice of secular values, Bengali culture and free thinking. His wisdom, humanity and intellectual brilliance will remain forever etched in the cultural history […]