Unofficial payments demanded for grid connections in Patuakhali For generations, families residing in the remote villages of Islampur and Dakshin Charpara within the Mithaganj Union of Kalapara Upazila have navigated daily life without access to a reliable electricity supply. Recently, however, hope for electrification arrived in the region following administrative directives facilitated through local parliamentary […]

Police in Habiganj have arrested Russell Mia, 27, president of the Chunarughat upazila unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He was arrested at around 1.45am on Tuesday, 18 August, from the Aiton-Syedabad area of Chunarughat. Police said the arrest followed a late-night operation based on confidential information. […]

A devastating head-on collision between a heavy, rod-laden lorry and a pickup van along the vital Dhaka-Pabna highway has claimed two lives and left another person injured, triggering temporary traffic chaos in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila. The tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, at approximately 4:30 AM, near Patdhari village. The victims travelling […]

A tragic road accident occurred early on Tuesday morning along the Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway in the Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari district, claiming the life of a commercial lorry driver. The victim has been identified as twenty-eight-year-old Md Nazrul Islam, son of Abdul Malek Miah from Bakal village in the Agailjhara upazila of Barishal. According to […]

An 82-year-old woman has died following a physical altercation triggered by a domestic land dispute in the Haluaghat upazila of Mymensingh. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in the village of Bariakanda, plunging the local community into shock and drawing attention to the escalating nature of familial property disputes in rural areas. The deceased has […]

A devastating incident has unfolded in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila, where a nineteen-year-old woman has been taken into police custody following the tragic death of her fourteen-day-old infant. Authorities report that the newborn was allegedly dropped into a drum filled with water, prompted by the mother’s frustration over the baby’s persistent crying and disrupted sleep patterns. […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 488 people during a 24-hour operation across the capital as part of its ongoing efforts to curb crime and maintain public order. Police also filed 55 cases during the period and seized firearms, ammunition, drugs and other items believed to be connected with criminal activities. On Tuesday, 18 August, Additional Deputy […]