A so-called traditional healer has been arrested in Bogura city, Bangladesh, following allegations that he raped a secondary school certificate (Dakhil) examinee under the pretext of “driving out evil spirits”. Police confirmed that the accused, identified as Hakim Rezaul Karim (40), had long been operating a practice of so-called spiritual healing, including exorcism and ritualistic […]

A woman who went missing in the Ulipur upazila of Kurigram district was found alive the following morning on a high branch of a tamarind tree, prompting widespread astonishment and curiosity among local residents. According to local sources and family accounts, the woman, wife of Md Abu Sayed from the Gorai Ananda Bazar area, disappeared […]

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will temporarily suspend its Fuel Pass registration service for five hours on Thursday due to scheduled maintenance work aimed at upgrading its server and storage infrastructure. According to an official notification issued on Wednesday (6 May) by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, the maintenance activity will […]

A fatal accident involving the structural failure of 14 rural electrification poles resulted in the death of a primary school teacher in Gazipur on Tuesday, 5 May. The incident, which occurred on the Tongi-Kaliganj road in the Shimulia area, left two others in critical condition and caused extensive disruption to regional transport. Sequence of Events […]

A tragic road accident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has claimed the life of Shaon Mirza, a 25-year-old Bangladeshi national. The fatality has cast a pall of gloom over his ancestral home in the Naopara neighbourhood of Bhanga Municipality, Faridpur. Mr Mirza had recently assured his family that he would return to Bangladesh to celebrate the […]

The Boro harvesting season in Jhenaigati Upazila, under the Sherpur district, has been marked by a significant disconnect between agricultural productivity and financial viability. Although the region has seen a bumper crop, the local farming community is grappling with a severe economic crisis as the cost of harvesting exceeds the market value of the produce. […]