A significant breakthrough has emerged in the investigation into the horrific triple murder at a residential villa in Sylhet’s Raynagar area, as the prime suspect formally admitted before a magistrate that the killings arose from a botched burglary rather than a spurned romantic liaison. Babul Mia, 40, who was detained by law enforcement within hours […]

A sudden fire broke out on the ground floor of Royal Aid Hospital in the Khilgaon neighbourhood of Dhaka late on Saturday night, sparking widespread panic among in-patients, clinical staff, and visiting relatives. Two operational firefighting teams mobilised to the healthcare facility and brought the flames under control within twenty-two minutes, preventing a potentially devastating […]

A 27-year-old soldier serving with the Bangladesh Army died by suicide inside his residential accommodation at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project site in Ishwardi, Pabna, on Saturday evening. The deceased soldier has been identified as Sajib Molla, who was quartered in the Snigdha Building within the official military barracks compound in the Pakshi Paper […]

Widespread load-shedding disrupted daily life across Bangladesh on Saturday, unsettling what is traditionally a lower-demand weekend as generation dipped significantly across major coal-fired power stations and cross-border electricity imports dwindled. By late afternoon, national transmission records showed grid deficits surpassing 1,900 megawatts (MW), leaving households and businesses across Dhaka facing multiple rounds of rotational blackouts […]

Enforcement officers from the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) have intercepted an Indian national at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for attempting to smuggle three kilograms of premium-grade kush into the country. The arrest comes amid heightened vigilance at the international gateway, following a related incident earlier in the week where two fellow Indian […]

Intelligence agencies and law enforcement authorities across Bangladesh have intensified counter-terrorism vigilance following a direct attack threat targeted at the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka. The threat, issued via an electronic mail dispatch on Wednesday night purportedly by an extremist militant organisation, spurred senior counter-terrorism commanders and police headquarters to conduct urgent security appraisals with the […]

A veterinary practitioner in Mymensingh was subjected to a violent physical assault, his surgery ransacked, and a substantial sum of cash stolen by a group allegedly led by a local student political figure. The victim reported that the coordinated attack occurred after he repeatedly refused to comply with an extortion demand of 500,000 taka. As […]