Three young men have been arrested in Rupganj, Narayanganj, after allegedly stopping a motorcycle, holding a young man captive and sexually assaulting a teenage girl who was travelling with him. The suspects also allegedly demanded Tk 50,000 in ransom in exchange for releasing the pair. Police rescued the teenager after receiving an emergency call to […]

A growing trade in allegedly adulterated milk in Pabna is raising concerns over consumer safety, the livelihoods of genuine dairy farmers and weaknesses in the milk collection system. The artificial product is reportedly being prepared without cows, using substances including soybean oil, glucose, saccharin, urea fertiliser, detergent powder and caustic soda. It is then allegedly […]

A uranium fuel consignment for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport under a heightened security operation, beginning the journey to the facility in Ishwardi, Pabna. The convoy, carrying nuclear fuel for the plant’s first unit, departed the airport at around 7.15am on Saturday (3 October). Three lorries are being used […]

Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief and publisher of bdnews24.com, has died at a London hospital at the age of 59. He passed away on Friday, 2 October, after suffering a brain haemorrhage while on a personal visit to the United Kingdom.  Khalidi was taken to St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London on Thursday night after suddenly falling […]

A diagnostic centre in Dhaka’s Paltan area has been sealed by a mobile court after authorities found that it had conducted medical examinations and issued reports for workers travelling to Malaysia without government authorisation. The action was taken on Thursday, 1 October, at Human Diagnostic and Medical Centre on Box Culvert Road. During the inspection, […]