RAMPAL, BAGERHAT — Abandoned by her husband and deprived of basic shelter, a young mother in rural Bagerhat has made an agonizing sacrifice, selling her own hair for ৳500 to clear unpaid housing debts before being cast out onto the streets with her two young children. Rehana Khatun’s fight for survival in Santoshpur village, situated […]

DHAKA — An eight-year-old child has succumbed to severe burn injuries at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka following a catastrophic domestic flash fire caused by a gas leak in Narayanganj. The young victim, identified as Maruf, passed away at approximately 12:00 pm on Saturday while receiving critical medical care. Dr […]

DHAKA — A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s court placed six leaders and activists belonging to the Awami League and its associate bodies on a three-day police remand on Saturday, following their arrest in an anti-terrorism case registered with Gulshan Police Station. Metropolitan Magistrate Rakibul Hasan granted the three-day custody order after Sub-Inspector Mofizur Rahman, the investigating […]

DHAKA — Tensions flared around the Dhaka Government Aliya Madrasah in Bakshibazar on Saturday as police intercepted dozens of Islami Chhatra Shibir activists attempting to march into residential halls currently occupied by rival political organization Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD). Metropolitan police officers established heavy barricades at the Bakshibazar intersection shortly after noon, cutting off access […]

PIRGACHA, RANGPUR — Angry relatives, community members, and political activists demonstrated outside the Pirgacha Police Station on Saturday morning, halting an ambulance carrying the body of a student political leader to demand an impartial investigation into his fatal fall during a police raid. The deceased, 29-year-old Monarul Islam Boksi, served as the vice-president of the […]

GOALANDO, RAJBARI — Police have arrested a suspect following the fatal stabbing of a local political activist near the Goalando Bazar railway tracks in Rajbari district on Saturday morning, an attack triggered by a feud over unpaid financial debts. The victim, 40-year-old Shariful Islam (popularly known as Hira), served as the deputy publication secretary for […]