Medical services at Singra Upazila Health Complex in Natore were severely disrupted after the facility remained without electricity for around 13 hours, forcing doctors and nurses to treat patients under torchlight and mobile phone illumination. The power outage began at around noon on Saturday, 12 September, and had not been resolved by 1am. The 50-bed […]

Eggs, once regarded as one of the most affordable sources of animal protein for low-income families in Bangladesh, have become increasingly expensive, adding to the strain on household budgets already under pressure from high food prices. At around 10am on Saturday, homemaker Sajuda Begum bought four eggs from Samiti Bazar in East Nakhalpara, Tejgaon, in […]

Three more children have died in Bangladesh after developing symptoms associated with measles, taking the total number of deaths linked to confirmed measles infections and suspected measles cases to 1,012. Of the total deaths recorded so far, 100 were among patients whose measles infections were confirmed, while 912 deaths involved patients who had symptoms consistent […]

Police have recovered the body of a 43-year-old businessman from beneath soil beside a ground-floor room of a five-storey building in Lalbagh, Dhaka, two days after he went missing. The victim has been identified as Sheikh Wasim Rony. Police initially suspect that he may have been killed following a dispute over a Tk3 lakh loan […]

Bangladeshi artist and freedom fighter Shahabuddin Ahmed has built a distinctive place in the country’s cultural history by bringing the experiences of the Liberation War, human struggle, freedom and movement to life through his paintings. His powerful brushwork, muscular human figures and dynamic compositions have become closely associated with an artistic language that reflects strength, […]

A 37-year-old fruit trader in Bogura was allegedly murdered by two friends following a dispute over money he had lent them, with police claiming that one of the suspects searched the internet for the name of a drug capable of rendering a person unconscious before the killing. The victim, Wahed Hossain, also known as Nizhum, […]