The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has formally suspended the registration of a passenger bus involved in a catastrophic accident at the Daulatdia Ferry Ghat, where the vehicle plunged into the Padma River, leaving at least 26 people dead and several others injured. The regulatory action comes in the aftermath of the incident that occurred […]

A wave of profound sorrow has swept through a community in Lakshmipur after a madrasa teacher, his wife, and their two children were laid to rest side by side following a devastating road accident that claimed all four lives as they were returning to Dhaka after the Eid holidays. The deceased—Mufti Abdul Momin, his wife […]

A human skeleton has been discovered in a rubbish dumping site in the Kamarkuri area under Gacha Police Station in Gazipur City Corporation, prompting a formal investigation by local law enforcement authorities. The remains were found on Friday at approximately 11:30 a.m. after local residents noticed what appeared to be human bones lying exposed beside […]

Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu has alleged that the so-called “helmet group”, which he claimed was previously used during the Awami League era to suppress Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists, has now re-emerged in a transformed and covert form, operating as what he described as a hidden force involved in creating unrest and destabilising the […]

A local coordinator of the United People’s Democratic Front (Democratic) has been shot dead in a targeted attack in Khagrachhari’s Panchhari upazila, raising fresh concerns over escalating factional tensions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The victim, Nitidatta Chakma, who served as the upazila coordinator of the UPDF (Democratic), was killed on Friday morning in the […]

The intensive rescue and recovery operation at Doulotdia ferry terminal, following a devastating bus sinking incident in the River Padma, has entered its third consecutive day. Authorities confirmed that despite sustained efforts by multiple emergency agencies, no additional bodies were recovered on Friday, although search operations continued throughout the day as a precautionary measure. The […]

The Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) and the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at deepening cooperation in trade and investment development across member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The agreement was formally concluded on Friday at the ICDT headquarters in Casablanca, Morocco. […]