A midnight journey turned into a night of terror for dozens of commuters when an armed gang raided a long-distance passenger bus on the Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road, holding the driver at knifepoint before stripping at least 25 passengers of their cash and mobile phones. The robbery took place at around 3:00 am on Saturday near […]

Firefighters in Gazipur continue to battle a major blaze that erupted at a readymade garment factory on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 70 workers hospitalised after inhaling toxic smoke. The fire broke out at Matrix Garments, situated in the Fakir Market area of Deger Chala. According to officials, the flames originated on the third floor […]

Police in Shariatpur’s Damudya upazila have recovered the body of a three-year-old boy packed inside a sack in a ditch, six hours after he was reported missing. The gruesome discovery on Saturday afternoon sparked furious protests, culminating in an angry crowd setting fire to a neighbour’s homestead over alleged involvement in the murder. The deceased […]

Bangladesh’s public health authorities have recorded six additional deaths from dengue fever within a single 24-hour window, pushing the nation’s total fatality count for the current year to 249. Alongside these casualties, 1,608 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country, underscoring the relentless pressure on the national healthcare infrastructure during this peak transmission […]

Bangladesh Bank has published the latest foreign currency exchange rates for Saturday, 3 October 2026, offering crucial clarity for commercial banks, international traders, importers, and expatriates managing remittance inflows. The official figures reflect ongoing dynamics across global forex markets and provide a baseline for commercial banking transactions across the country. According to the official schedule […]

Certain voices do not merely sing melodies; they knock gently on the hidden doors of human emotion. Some tunes extend far beyond the auditory senses, settling quietly into the solitary corners of the heart. Even when the artist departs this mortal realm, their vocal resonance lingers in the breeze, rekindling long-forgotten memories and drawing forth […]

India’s men’s cricket team successfully retained their Asian Games title on Saturday, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by 19 runs in a high-octane final at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan. The triumph ensures a complete sweep of the cricket discipline for India at this edition of the Games, following the women’s team’s gold-medal victory against […]

Eight more patients exhibiting measles symptoms have died in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, bringing the combined toll from confirmed and suspected cases to 1,122 this year. All eight latest fatalities occurred in the capital, according to the health bulletin released on Saturday (3 October) by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The […]

Police in Dhaka have arrested three men for allegedly impersonating personnel from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) to extort money from an urban resident. The operation was conducted by a patrol team from the Uttara East Police Station following an urgent dispatch initiated through Bangladesh’s national emergency hotline, 999. Fraudulent Demand at Gunpoint […]