Three people were reportedly assaulted at Dhanmondi-32 in Dhaka on Saturday after allegations that they had chanted the slogan ‘Joy Bangla’, recorded video on mobile phones and distributed snacks in connection with the observance of 15 August. Police detained at least one of those involved in the incidents, while another man who had come to […]

15 August marks one of the darkest and most tragic chapters in Bangladesh’s history. On this day in 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding leader, was assassinated at his residence on Dhanmondi Road 32 in Dhaka, along with most members of his family. The killings left a profound mark on the nation’s political history […]

Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj over allegations that he organised a Milad and prayer gathering marking 15 August. The man, identified as Mahfuz, was detained from the Ikuria Tilapara area of Shubhadya Union at about 12.40am on Friday night. Police said he is the son of Nazil Haque Bhandari and […]

Eight children have died across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours after developing symptoms associated with measles, according to the latest update from the Directorate General of Health Services. During the same period, 798 children were reported with either confirmed measles or symptoms consistent with the disease. The figures were released in an updated measles […]

A teenager has died and another has been found unconscious after two young men were allegedly abducted and subjected to severe beating and torture on suspicion of theft in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat. The incident took place in the Mahabbatpur Padmapukur area of Mamudpur Union. The deceased has been identified as 18-year-old Lal Badsha, son […]

Police have arrested former Jhenaidah-1 constituency MP and district Awami League member Naieb Ali Jowarder from his home in Arappur, Jhenaidah town, in the early hours of Saturday, 15 August. Humayun Kabir Molla, officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police Station, confirmed the arrest. According to police, Jowarder was allegedly attempting to organise and mobilise Awami League activists […]

15 August remains one of the most painful and consequential dates in Bangladesh’s modern history. On this day in 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding leader, was assassinated at his residence in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, along with most members of his immediate family. The killings, which took place only a few years after Bangladesh emerged […]

Habiganj’s industrial sector is facing a severe production crisis after gas supplies were completely cut off for three consecutive days, bringing operations to a standstill at more than 150 factories across the district. The disruption follows nearly three weeks of inadequate gas pressure, which had already been hampering industrial activity before supplies stopped altogether on […]

Police have arrested a union parishad chairman and his brother in Kushtia’s Bheramara upazila over allegations that they were secretly organising political activists and arranging to cook khichuri in connection with August 15. The two men were detained at around 11.30pm on Friday, August 14, from an area beside Bahadurpur Union Parishad near Kuchiamora Bazar. […]