On 23 July, Bangladesh marks the 101st birth anniversary of Tajuddin Ahmad, the nation’s first Prime Minister and a towering figure whose political acumen, unyielding integrity, and administrative mastery helped forge an independent state from the ashes of genocide and war. Born in 1925 in the village of Dardaria, located in the Kapasia region of […]

A 35-year-old mason died after reportedly being caught in a scuffle while trying to stop two workers from fighting at a construction site in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, on Thursday morning. The incident occurred at around 8am on 23 July at a building under construction on Road No. 18 in the Mahadinagar area of Kamrangirchar. The deceased, […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 446 people in a 24-hour operation across the capital, as part of a series of regular law-enforcement drives targeting suspected criminal activities and alleged offences. The operation was conducted from midnight on Tuesday to midnight on Wednesday, according to DMP information. During the period, police filed 56 cases over […]

A 35-year-old man, identified as Shariful Islam Jitu, who was facing eight criminal cases, was hacked to death in Jashore, with police detaining one person in connection with the incident. Jitu, son of Sirajul Islam of the Mollapara area in Barandipara, Jashore city, was attacked at around 11pm on Wednesday, 22 July, near Phultala intersection […]

A sudden wave of panic buying swept across Dinajpur and neighbouring districts on Thursday, following unverified social media rumours predicting an impending national fuel shortage. Long queues of motorcycles, private cars, and commercial microbuses formed outside filling stations across the region, spilling over onto major thoroughfares and creating severe traffic congestion. The frantic rush began […]

Police in Gazipur’s Kaliganj upazila have launched an extensive manhunt for a 70-year-old man accused of attempting to rape a mentally disabled young woman. The suspect, identified as Lokman Hossain, son of the late Torab Ali, hails from Mohani village under the Baktarpur union. He went into hiding immediately after the incident took place on […]

Islami Andolan Bangladesh Senior Vice President Mufti Syed Muhammad Fayzul Karim has voiced sharp dissatisfaction over the direction of a political alliance, alleging that the coalition’s original ideological trajectory has been compromised. Addressing a gathering organised to mark the anniversary of Islami Yuba Andolan—the youth wing of the party—in Gournadi, Barishal, the prominent Islamic scholar […]