A special court in Chuadanga has sentenced a man to death for the horrific rape and murder of a young child. The convict, Abul Hossain, was also handed a fine of two hundred thousand taka following a trial that spanned two and a half years. Judge Moktagir Alam of the Chuadanga Women and Children Repression […]

Thousands of retired employees of Grameen Bank have accused the bank’s management of failing to implement a landmark High Court judgement, leaving around 14,000 retired officers, employees and their families facing prolonged financial hardship and growing uncertainty. The allegations were made on Monday (20 July) during a press conference organised by the Grameen Bank Retired […]

Heavy rainfall and flash floods triggered by runoff from India’s Meghalaya hills have caused severe flooding across parts of Sherpur district, inundating low-lying communities and destroying infrastructure. One of the most dramatic incidents occurred in Nalitabari Upazila, where a steel Bailey bridge over the Chellakhali River collapsed under the force of the floodwaters, sweeping several […]

Large parts of central Dhaka will face an eight-hour suspension of gas supply on Tuesday, 21 July, owing to essential engineering work. Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company PLC, the state-run utility provider responsible for the capital’s gas network, announced the emergency shutdown through an official notice issued on Monday. The disruption is necessary to […]

A 22-year-old man who had been missing for three days was found dead in a field near his home in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj. Police recovered the body of Ali Hossain from a waterlogged field in Mahadebpur village under Dharmaghar Union on Monday morning after local residents spotted it floating in rainwater. The deceased, Ali […]