A tragic road accident claimed the life of a young housewife in Sirajganj on Sunday morning, 15 February 2026. The incident occurred as the victim was returning home after dropping her daughter at a local madrasa. The deceased, 32-year-old Akhi Khatun, was the wife of Faruk Hossain and a resident of Biyara Ghat village in […]

The High Court has directed that all government and private lower secondary and secondary schools remain closed during the upcoming month of Ramadan. The ruling was delivered on Sunday, 15 February, by a bench comprising Justice Fahmida and Justice Md. Asif Hasan. According to the court’s order, keeping schools closed during Ramadan will allow students […]

In a significant development surrounding the Dhaka-8 constituency results, National Citizens’ Party (NCP) leader Nasiruddin Patwari, representing an 11-party alliance, has formally petitioned the Chief Election Commissioner to suspend the swearing-in of the constituency’s declared winner, Mirza Abbas, amid allegations of electoral malpractice. The written appeal was submitted on Saturday, 14 February, to the Election […]

Two local leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party have been arrested in Sirajganj’s Ullapara Upazila following an attack and looting at a business owned by a Jubo Dal leader. Ullapara Police Station Officer-in-Charge, Sakil Azam, confirmed the arrests. The detainees have been identified as: Abdul Alim Sardar, Amir of Udhunia Union Jamaat Abdul Kader Khandakar, Secretary […]

The verdict in a high-profile war crimes case concerning the shooting of young Amir Hossain and the killing of two others in Rampura, Dhaka, during the mass uprising of 24 July, will be announced on 4 March. The date was set on Sunday (15 February) by the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1, chaired by Justice Golam […]