Three prison inmates, including two under-trial detainees and one convicted prisoner, passed away within hours of each other at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday morning. The fatalities occurred either during ongoing hospital treatment or shortly after the individuals were rushed to the emergency department from correctional facilities. The deceased have been identified as […]

A former union parishad member was killed on Sunday afternoon after being struck by a speeding, brick-laden lorry on the Chittagong-Rangamati highway in Raozan upazila, Chittagong. The tragedy triggered widespread anger among local residents, who blockaded the vital artery for an hour to demand an immediate end to reckless driving. The victim, 55-year-old Nurul Islam, […]

Police have taken three men into custody in Chhagalnaiya, Feni, after they allegedly posed as police officers, searched citizens’ mobile phones, and attempted to extort money from residents. The incident unfolded on Saturday night (5 September) in the village of Uttar Jashpur, located within the Mahamaya Union of the upazila. The detainees have been identified […]

A substitute teacher accused of sexually abusing six young pupils at a residential madrasa in Narail has been apprehended following a multi-district police operation. The suspect, 25-year-old Mahbubur Rahman, was arrested during a pre-dawn raid on Sunday in the Kalagachhar area under Gacha Police Station of the Gazipur Metropolitan Police. The arrest was formally confirmed […]

Metropolitan police officers have dismantled a dangerous armed robbery syndicate in Dhaka, arresting nine suspects—including three retired military personnel—following a coordinated 3.8-million-taka heist in Dhanmondi. Details of the expansive operation were disclosed during a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road on Sunday morning, led by Joint Commissioner (Crime) Md Faruq Hossain. […]

A 38-year-old woman sustained a gunshot injury inside her residence in the capital’s Darus Salam area on Saturday night after unidentified miscreants fired through an open window. The victim, identified as Jasmeen Akhtar, was struck in her right arm whilst watching television at her home in the Matbbor Bari neighborhood. She is the wife of […]