Eight more patients exhibiting measles symptoms have died in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, bringing the combined toll from confirmed and suspected cases to 1,122 this year. All eight latest fatalities occurred in the capital, according to the health bulletin released on Saturday (3 October) by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The […]

Police in Dhaka have arrested three men for allegedly impersonating personnel from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) to extort money from an urban resident. The operation was conducted by a patrol team from the Uttara East Police Station following an urgent dispatch initiated through Bangladesh’s national emergency hotline, 999. Fraudulent Demand at Gunpoint […]

Police have recovered the body of a 17-year-old youth from the edge of a dragon fruit plantation in Maheshpur upazila, Jhenaidah district, after he reportedly encountered a lethal improvised electrical trap installed around the crop perimeter. The deceased has been identified as Jihad Hossain, son of Delwar Hossain, hailing from Chunniait village within the upazila. […]

Law enforcement agencies in Cumilla have launched a large-scale crackdown on youth-led crime, detaining 363 individuals suspected of involvement in juvenile gang activities during a single night-long operation across the district. The coordinated drive, executed jointly by the Detective Branch (DB) and Cumilla District Police, commenced on Friday evening, 2 October, and continued past midnight […]

A atmosphere of overwhelming grief has descended upon Anwarkhali village in Pakundia municipality, Kishoreganj, following the tragic drowning of two young girls on Saturday morning. The deceased toddlers have been identified as two-year-old Nusaiba, daughter of Siddique Hossain, and her three-year-old cousin Adiba, daughter of Mariam Begum. The young cousins were playing together near their […]