DHAKA — Bangladesh will launch a nationwide second-phase special measles vaccination campaign on 25 September to contain persistent outbreaks of the highly contagious viral disease across the country. Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Mohammad Sakhawat Hossain announced the government’s decision following a seminar held at the University Women’s Federation in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The event, […]

The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has executed an extensive enforcement drive across the capital, filing 2,206 cases against persistent traffic violators. Conducted on Thursday, 10 September, the day-long operation aimed to restore order on the city’s notoriously congested arteries. Alongside the legal cases, officers impounded 436 vehicles into police dumping yards […]

The Bangladesh Police Headquarters has announced a series of administrative realignments, reassigning six senior officers across various operational divisions, regional posts, and specialized units. Issued on Thursday, 10 September, by the Personnel Management-1 branch of Police Headquarters, the directives were formalised through separate official notifications signed by Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Raihan Uddin Khan. […]

Police in Rupganj have detained two men during a targeted evening operation following intelligence reports of an impending armed clash in Narayanganj district. The arrests took place on Wednesday night within the Chanpara Rehabilitation Centre settlement. Acting on specific information that individuals were gathering weapons to commit violent offences, a patrol team from Rupganj Police […]

A catastrophic collapse in routine childhood immunisations has thrust Bangladesh to the centre of the world’s most severe measles epidemic. Official public health records confirm that, as of 9 September, the national death toll from confirmed and suspected measles cases reached 1,002. Total recorded infections have climbed to 187,484, reflecting a public health emergency of […]

Police in Sylhet have detained three men following widespread outrage over a video showing a 16-year-old girl bound with a iron chain around her waist, dragged along a public street, and subjected to physical assault over an alleged shoplifting attempt. The incident occurred late on Monday night in the D-Block Mosque Market area of the […]

A campus correspondent for Channel 14, Asadul Alam, was physically assaulted and subsequently handed over to the police on Tuesday night following a mob incident at Jahangirnagar University. The incident unfolded inside Tajuddin Ahmad Hall, where Mr Alam was staying in his dormitory room. According to eyewitnesses and university sources, an aggressive group of students […]