A private school teacher is undergoing treatment in hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries in an alleged machete attack inside a student’s home in Bhairab, Kishoreganj. Police have arrested the student’s mother on charges of attempted murder following the incident, which investigators say is now under detailed examination. The attack took place on Monday morning in […]

A farmer from Monpura in Bhola has accused a local Union Parishad member and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader, Zakir Hossain Dulal, of orchestrating a violent assault that culminated in his head being forcibly shaved. The victim, Alauddin, detailed the harrowing ordeal during a press conference held at the Monpura Reporters’ Unit on Tuesday afternoon. […]

A lorry driver who was critically injured in an armed attack in Brahmanbaria died while his vehicle continued its journey towards Chattogram Port, after instructing his assistant to keep driving to safety. Following the driver’s final request, the helper drove the lorry carrying his employer’s body to Mirsarai, where police later recovered the deceased from […]

Police dispersed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees staging a demonstration outside Bangladesh’s National Parliament on Tuesday evening after the protesters attempted to continue their sit-in near the main entrance to the parliamentary complex. The incident took place on Manik Mia Avenue, where hundreds of students had gathered to press a three-point set of demands centred […]

Seven more people have died in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours amid a continuing measles outbreak, with one death confirmed among measles patients and six others reported to have died with symptoms associated with the disease. According to a health bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Tuesday, 122 new […]

Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milan held an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Tareq Rahman at the National Parliament Complex on Tuesday afternoon, as protests by HSC candidates spread across several parts of the country over examination-related grievances. The meeting took place amid mounting pressure from students demanding the Education Minister’s resignation, […]