On 5 December 1969, during an Awami League memorial gathering at the Racecourse Ground commemorating the death anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a single word was spoken that would come to define a nation: Bangladesh. It was on this historic day that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, speaking on behalf of the people, declared that Pakistan’s […]

A tragic road accident occurred on Friday morning (5 December) in Hathazari, Chattogram, when a microbus and a truck collided head-on on the Chattogram–Khagrachhari regional highway near Noyahat Forhadabad School. The microbus driver, 26-year-old Md Kawser, died instantly at the scene. Five passengers sustained injuries and were immediately rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) […]

A devastating road accident in Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur, claimed the lives of three individuals, including two women, on Friday, 5 December. The collision occurred shortly before noon at Purbo Sadardi, along the heavily trafficked Dhaka–Barishal Highway, according to local authorities. Eyewitnesses reported that the tragedy unfolded when an auto-rickshaw travelling from Bhanga towards Chumurdhi attempted […]

In a shocking incident in Daulatpur, Kushtia, a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) worker, Md Rafik, also known as Rafi (55), was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire on him, while two others sustained injuries. The attack occurred at approximately 6:45 pm on Thursday, 4 December, in the busy local market of Pachabhita village under […]

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is due to be transported to London on Tuesday, 7 January, for advanced treatment. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has indicated that she may be taken to London on Sunday, 7 December. A statement posted at 10:00 am on Friday, 5 December, by the BNP Media Cell on Facebook […]