The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has apprehended Meraj Mia, 28, the principal suspect in the killing of his seven-month-old son, Mujahid, in the Bhairab Upazila of Kishoreganj. The arrest was executed on Saturday, 2 May, sixteen days after the initial discovery of the infant’s body. The suspect was apprehended in the Manikdi Purbo Kanda area […]

The public health landscape in Bangladesh is currently grappling with a severe measles outbreak, with recorded infections exceeding 32,000 cases and a death toll reaching at least 250 since mid-March 2026. A recent investigative report by the journal Science indicates that the majority of fatalities are among children. The crisis is largely attributed to a […]

A two-year-old child, Muslima Islam, has been left entirely without parental care following the death of her father, Hannan Sheikh, 45, who was lynched by a mob on the night of Friday, 1 May. The fatal incident took place in the Bilnalia Bazar area of the Talma Union, located within the Nagarkanda Upazila of Faridpur. […]

The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Mirpur Model Police Station, Mohammad Golam Azam, has been summarily withdrawn from his post following a formal complaint of bribery. In an official directive issued on Friday, 1 May, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) ordered his immediate attachment to the Central Records Office within the Administration Division at the DMP headquarters. […]

Mazen (BD) Limited, a major manufacturing facility specialising in eyewear and optical frames situated within the Uttara Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nilphamari, has formally announced an indefinite cessation of its industrial activities. The Chinese-owned enterprise disclosed this decision through a written notification released on the afternoon of Wednesday, 29 April, citing an increasingly untenable […]

The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), operating under the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), has issued a comprehensive advisory regarding the imminent deterioration of flood conditions in the north-eastern region of Bangladesh. Persistent pre-monsoonal rainfall, both within the country and in upstream catchment areas, has led to a steady escalation of water levels in […]

The residential precinct of Dhanmondi, a central hub in the capital, was shrouded in grief on Saturday, 2 May 2026, following the untimely death of a young academic administrator. Al-Mokabbir Arnab Islam, aged 33, died after falling from the rooftop of an 11-storey residential building. The deceased was a prominent figure in Dhaka’s educational sector, […]

Law enforcement authorities in the state of Florida have successfully identified the remains of Nahida Sultana Brishti, a Bangladeshi international student who had been the subject of an intensive missing persons investigation. Her remains were located in the Tampa Bay region, specifically in a location proximate to where the body of another Bangladeshi student, Zamil […]