The High Court has formally commenced priority hearings on the death references and appeals concerning the brutal murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice K M Rasheduzzaman Raja initiated the hearing on Tuesday, 28 July. Following the conclusion of the opening day’s proceedings, […]

A professor from Rajshahi University (RU) who remains relieved of all academic and administrative duties over unresolved financial irregularities involving nearly 2.5 million taka has been appointed as the new Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mujibnagar University in Meherpur. A gazette notification issued on Monday, 27 July, by the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry […]

A joint multi-agency investigation committee is being established to determine accountability after the boundary wall of Mirpur College in the capital collapsed, killing two people and injuring seven others. The committee will comprise technical experts and representatives from the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkh (RAJUK), the Public Works Department (PWD), and the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). […]

Law enforcement agencies in Cox’s Bazar have arrested a 30-year-old Rohingya man following the widespread viral circulation of a video showing a bound six-year-old child being threatened with a knife during a ransom ordeal. The suspect, identified as Jakariya, a resident of Block K-01 at Camp-18 in Ukhiya, was apprehended during a targeted raid late […]

A local political representative in Shibpur, situated within the Narsingdi district, has found himself at the centre of an intense public controversy following allegations of asking for inappropriate personal favours from a distressed woman in exchange for enrolling her in a state-backed social welfare scheme. Ashraf Uddin Akand, the General Secretary of the Ward No. […]