Police in Bangladesh’s Barguna district have arrested five members and activists associated with the Awami League and its affiliated organisations during separate operations carried out in Patharghata Upazila, according to law enforcement officials. The arrests took place between the early hours of Tuesday, 4 August, and the morning, following coordinated raids in different parts of […]

Police have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Dowarabazar Upazila of Sunamganj. The suspect was taken into custody during a police operation on the night the complaint was filed and has since been produced before a court as legal proceedings continue. According to police and the […]

A major fire broke out at two tobacco warehouses belonging to British American Tobacco (BAT) in the Nolam area of Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, prompting an extensive emergency response that continued for hours on Wednesday morning. Firefighters from multiple stations remained at the scene as they worked to contain the blaze, while law […]

A severe compressed natural gas (CNG) crisis has severely disrupted daily life and public transport services in Chattogram, forcing commercial drivers to spend the majority of their working hours in excruciatingly long queues at filling stations. The acute shortage has drastically curtailed driver earnings, diminished the availability of public conveyances, and triggered widespread hardship for […]

A long-standing murder investigation in Lakshmipur has taken a pivotal turn after a former local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami surrendered to the court, over a year after allegedly orchestrating the contract killing of his former wife. The accused, identified as Abu Bakkar Siddique, previously served as a Rukn (a voting member) of the Char Kalkini Union […]

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a five-day nationwide atmospheric forecast, warning of prolonged spell of precipitation, localized squalls, and heavy rainfall driven by an unusually active summer monsoon system spanning the South Asian subcontinent. According to the official 120-hour synoptic assessment published by the national meteorological authority, the main axis of the monsoon […]

A twenty-one-year-old college student has died in mysterious circumstances in Netrokona after allegedly attempting to flee from Detective Branch (DB) police officers during an anti-narcotics operation. The deceased, identified as Sabbir Mia, was a second-year undergraduate student at Netrokona Government College. He was the son of Nazim Uddin, a local betel leaf and cigarette vendor […]