Security has been heavily bolstered across Dhaka after a wave of crude bomb explosions and arson attacks on vehicles rattled eight areas of the capital. Metropolitan police forces and the Special Response Battalion have blanketed the city with high-visibility checkpoints and intelligence-led raids to restore order and deter further violence. In a comprehensive sweep over […]

Two people lost their lives late on Friday night after a high-speed passenger bus rammed into a stationary, broken-down lorry on the Jamuna Bridge West Link Highway in Sirajganj district. The fatal collision occurred at around 1:30 am on Friday in the Talukdar Bazar area, situated under the jurisdiction of Kamarkhanda Upazila. The deceased have […]

A condemned murderer who staged a successful escape from the high-security Kasimpur Central Jail has been recaptured by law enforcement in Chittagong following an intelligence-led operation. The fugitive, identified as 35-year-old Md Bahadur Mia, was apprehended on Friday afternoon by a specialized team from the Special Response Battalion (SRB)-7. Acting on precise covert intelligence regarding […]

A twenty-year-old woman has died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, four days after she was abducted and subjected to a violent gang-rape in Vheramara, Kushtia. The victim, identified as Thoma Khatun, succumbed to her severe injuries at approximately 02:30 BST on Friday, 18 September. She was the daughter of Tofazzal Hossain, a resident of Fakirabad […]

A quiet weekend in Comilla turned into a devastating tragedy when the body of a 13-year-old schoolboy was recovered from a hillock near the Magic Paradise park in the Sadar Dakshin sub-district on Saturday morning. The deceased, identified as Apratim, was a seventh-grade pupil at the Comilla Border Guard Public School and the only child […]

Residents across Poba and Tanore upazilas in Rajshahi had long anticipated a durable road after years of navigating severe potholes. However, a major rehabilitation project intended to transform regional transit has drawn heavy criticism just months into construction, as cracks and structural sinking have appeared across newly poured concrete sections. The overhaul falls under the […]

Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a formal court application seeking a travel ban against Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, a spokesperson for the National Citizen Party (NCP) and former adviser to the interim government. Senior officials confirmed the decision on 17 September 2026, citing acute concerns that the high-profile politician might leave the […]

DHAKA — Heavy fiscal pressures have compelled the Bangladesh government to borrow roughly ৳13,000 crore from the domestic banking sector in August alone, pushing its cumulative outstanding bank debt to approximately ৳9.40 lakh crore. Official figures released by Bangladesh Bank on Thursday (17 September) underscore the government’s deepening reliance on domestic institutional credit to address […]