A Bailey bridge on the Kaukhali–Ranihaat road in Rangamati has collapsed under the weight of a truck loaded with bricks, just two days after its deck was repaired, disrupting direct road communication between Kaukhali upazila and the districts of Rangamati and Chattogram. The incident occurred at around 9.30am on Thursday when the heavily loaded truck […]

A 55-year-old auto-rickshaw driver has been arrested in Subarnachar, Noakhali, following allegations that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old student inside his daughter’s residence. The suspect, identified as Kamal Uddin, was detained by local residents, beaten, and tied to a tree before being handed over to law enforcement officers on Wednesday evening. According to police and […]

Residents of Atiatali area in Lakshmipur municipality have held a human chain demanding action over a series of alleged thefts, with a local youth named Sujon being accused of involvement in several incidents. The protest was held on Wednesday evening, 22 July, near Mamun’s shop in Atiatali, under Ward No. 11 of Lakshmipur municipality. Several […]

An Awami League leader died while undergoing treatment at Sirajganj 250-bed General Hospital after falling ill in Sirajganj District Jail, officials said. The deceased was identified as Bablu Mia, 52, son of the late Ramzan Ali of Purba Bahuka village in Bahuka Union under Sirajganj Sadar Upazila. He served as the environment affairs secretary of […]

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 […]