A midnight operation by law enforcement officers at the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) headquarters has sparked intense debate over police intelligence tactics and political interference. Officers from Khulshi Police Station raided City Hall on Tuesday night in an attempt to apprehend Wakil Hossain, widely known as Boga, a listed gang leader and former joint convenor […]

Abdul Matin, remembered with deep respect as ‘Bhasha Matin’, was one of the most prominent student leaders and organisers of Bangladesh’s historic Language Movement. His determined opposition to attempts to impose Urdu as the sole state language of Pakistan helped shape one of the defining struggles in the history of the Bengali people. Born on […]

Contractors in Bangladesh will now be held legally and financially accountable for any severe structural defects or damage that occur within three years of completing public infrastructure projects. The directive, issued during an Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday, mandates […]

Academic activities have come to a standstill at Jhenaidah Government Keshab Chandra (KC) College following a flare-up of violent unrest between student activists from Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir. Fearing a complete breakdown in law and order, the college management has suspended all classes and imposed an indefinite ban on […]

A twenty-five-year-old prisoner from Narayanganj District Jail has died whilst undergoing medical treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The deceased, identified as Mohammad Sajib Ahmed, passed away on Wednesday evening, 7 October, following a marked deterioration in his physical condition over recent days. The fatality was officially confirmed by Abdul Kuddus, the Superintendent of […]

In a chilling incident reflecting the growing vulnerabilities within rapidly expanding suburban hubs, a 40-year-old woman was brutally murdered on the rooftop of her family’s residence in the industrial belt of Ashulia, situated on the outskirts of the capital. The victim, identified as Roksana Begum, was discovered with multiple sharp-weapon injuries on the roof of […]

Four workers were burnt in an explosion at a steel re-rolling mill in Rupganj, Narayanganj, on Wednesday evening, with one of the injured suffering burns to as much as 70 per cent of his body. The incident took place at around 8pm at Premier Steel Re-Rolling Mills (PSRM) in the Barpa Ariabo area of Tarabo […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has launched an extensive citywide enforcement drive, filing 2,999 cases against non-compliant drivers across the capital. Conducted on Tuesday, 6 October, the operations spanned all eight municipal traffic divisions as part of ongoing efforts to tackle chronic gridlock, restore road safety, and enforce transit regulations. Throughout the day-long initiative, officers targeted […]

Loss has cast a long and relentless shadow over nine-year-old Arifin Islam Arfa. Only three days after her birth, she lost her mother, Marufa Akhtar. On 18 September, vector-borne disease tore away what remained of her immediate family when her father, Tajul Islam, passed away from dengue fever. Left with neither parent, the primary school […]