Three more individuals have died with symptoms resembling measles in Bangladesh over a 24-hour period, according to the latest statement from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Although no laboratory-confirmed deaths from measles were recorded during this specific window, these latest fatalities bring the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths in the […]

Mongolia has formally joined the donor community of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank Group’s concessionary lending arm for lower-income countries. The Mongolian Parliament approved a pledge of 4.8 billion Mongolian tugriks, equivalent to roughly $1.3 million, towards the fund’s 21st replenishment cycle (IDA21). The World Bank announced the milestone on Saturday, 17 […]

Bangladesh’s ongoing dengue crisis has claimed seven more lives in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll from the mosquito-borne virus to 342 this year. According to the latest daily update released on Saturday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a further 1,872 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country […]

A major fire has erupted at the Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals factory situated in the Sofipur area of Kaliakair upazila under Gazipur district. Emergency services responded swiftly, with four firefighting units arriving at the scene to battle the flames and contain the blaze. The incident originated around 4:22 pm on Saturday (17 October) within a ground-floor […]

Bangladesh Bank has published its latest foreign exchange valuation metrics for key global reserve currencies against the Bangladeshi Taka (BDT). The updated figures provide necessary guidance for commercial lenders, international trade institutions, and private individuals managing cross-border transactions, remittance flows, and foreign travel allocations. According to the official central bank figures, updated on 13 October, […]

Police in Rangpur have arrested Anima Zaman Proma, general secretary of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), in connection with allegations of anti-state activities and clandestine campaigning for the ousted Awami League. The arrest took place on Friday afternoon (16 October) at her residence in the New […]

In a swift blow to the National Citizen Party (NCP), Md Abdur Rahman, a prominent central organiser overseeing the southern region, has formally resigned from all organisational roles, alleging that the party has fundamentally strayed from its founding ideals, pluralistic democratic spirit, and declared objectives. Rahman officially tendered his resignation letter to the NCP convener […]

A harrowing accident in the Naruli neighbourhood of Bogura town resulted in the death of a 33-year-old woman on Saturday morning. The incident took a particularly gruesome turn when a second locomotive passed over the victim’s body before emergency personnel could retrieve it from the active railway line. The deceased has been identified as Mamata, […]

Law enforcement officers in Bandarban have arrested Shaikyaching Marma, a joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) district unit, following allegations of raping a young indigenous Marma woman. The suspect was taken into custody on Friday, 16 October, from Saini Resort, a commercial property he owns near the town’s Shishu Park. The arrest was […]

Rising volumes of illicit narcotics crossing national borders and leaking into major urban hubs have pushed local law enforcement agencies into a difficult ongoing struggle across Bangladesh. From vulnerable border tracts in the east to bustling public transport hubs in the central region, criminal syndicates are finding new ways to entrench their distribution networks. The […]