Fresh details have emerged in the investigation into the daylight robbery in which approximately Tk5.7 million was stolen from two bKash sales representatives after armed robbers intercepted a passenger bus on the Teknaf–Cox’s Bazar highway. Although police have arrested two suspects, the stolen money has yet to be recovered four days after the incident. Investigators […]

Bangladesh continues to grapple with a worrying measles outbreak, with six more people dying after developing symptoms of the disease during the past 24 hours. Four of the latest fatalities were reported from the Dhaka Division, highlighting that the country’s most densely populated region remains one of the areas under the greatest pressure from the […]

The death of a 23-year-old newlywed woman in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail has sparked widespread concern and raised fresh questions about the circumstances surrounding her marriage and subsequent treatment by her husband’s family. The woman, who reportedly married her long-time partner after staging a five-day hunger strike to secure the union, was found hanging at […]

Two people lost their lives in separate road accidents in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj on Thursday afternoon, highlighting continuing concerns over road safety along one of Bangladesh’s busiest highways. The fatal incidents occurred on the Dhaka–Rajshahi Highway and near the Hatikumrul Interchange, with the vehicles involved fleeing the scenes in both cases. Police said efforts […]

Senior journalist and former diplomatic correspondent Anis Alamgir has questioned the language used in a recent statement issued by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arguing that while the government’s decision to object to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s appearance at a press conference in India may be justified, the wording of the official response falls […]

Mizanur Rahman Monir, a member of the Patuakhali District Awami League widely known as Monir Khan, has died after spending nearly two months in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He passed away at 3:25 pm on Wednesday in the ICU of the hospital’s old Burn Unit. His death comes after […]

Police in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, have arrested four people on allegations of taking part in a procession organised under the banner of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League. Authorities have since filed a case against them under the Anti-Terrorism Act and produced the suspects before a court on Wednesday, according to officials at the local police station. […]

A court in the north-eastern district of Sunamganj has consigned a 30-year-old mosque imam to judicial custody after his arrest in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a local college student under the false promise of marriage. The accused, identified as Humayun Ahmed, was produced before Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Emdad at the Cognisance […]