Police have launched a formal investigation under the Explosives Act following the recovery and neutralisation of an improvised explosive device (IED) discovered beneath the Motijheel metro station in Dhaka. Detectives from Motijheel Police Station alongside specialist officers from the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) are attempting to […]

Firefighters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka responded rapidly on Saturday evening after smoke was spotted emerging from a pile of refuse situated near the cargo complex. The incident, which occurred at approximately 9:20 pm near Gate 8 close to the cargo village, briefly raised concerns among airport personnel before emergency responders extinguished the […]

A severe crisis in natural gas distribution has brought Dhaka’s compressed natural gas (CNG) transport sector to a grinding halt, leaving thousands of commercial drivers stranded in sprawling queues across the Bangladeshi capital. Diminished pipeline pressure has drastically slowed operations at refuelling stations throughout the metropolitan area, forcing several establishments to suspend sales temporarily. Drivers […]

An altercation over train carriage access escalated into violence at Kushtia Court Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, leaving a father and son with knife injuries and triggering a two-hour rail blockage. The conflict unfolded aboard the Dhaka-bound Sundarban Express when a conductor guard, identified as Abdullah Al Mamun, allegedly drew a sharp weapon and attacked […]