FIFA President Gianni Infantino made a brief two-hour transit stop in Dhaka while en route from Morocco to Bhutan, prompting an impromptu high-level meeting with Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Tabith Awal. The discussions took place at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, where a delegation led by Awal engaged the global football chief on bilateral cooperation […]

Police have recovered the partially decomposed body of a 50-year-old grocery shop assistant from a rented flat in Ashulia, Savar. The discovery of the corpse inside a room with its door left wide open has raised numerous questions among local residents regarding the circumstances surrounding his death. The deceased was identified as Ansar Ali, son […]

At least ten passengers sustained minor injuries following a panic-driven stampede when the locomotive of the Sylhet-bound Jayantika Express caught fire at Shaistaganj Railway Junction in Habiganj. The incident occurred at approximately 5:00 pm on Sunday, 18 October 2026, as the intercity service was pulling into the station. Railway officials reported that the train driver […]

Police in Banshkhali, Chattogram, have detained one suspect following the abduction of a local hardware merchant who was handcuffed and led away from his shop by four men falsely posing as members of the Special Response Battalion (SRB). The victim, 35-year-old Mohammad Ehsan, also known as Hassan, was taken from his business establishment, Abdullah Enterprise, […]

The primary accused in the lynching of a 38-year-old man in Debhata upazila, Satkhira, has stated that while he is guilty in the eyes of the law, he feels no remorse for his actions. Fazlul Huq Amini, aged 45, made the remarks on Sunday afternoon, 18 October 2026, as police produced him before a Satkhira […]

A 28-year-old pick-up driver lost his life early on Sunday morning following a violent rear-end collision with a covered van on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Mirsarai, Chattogram. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Riaz, son of Abbas Ali, hailing from the College Gate area of Rangamati Sadar upazila. The fatal accident occurred at approximately […]

A seven-and-a-half-month-old boy has died from measles at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, bringing the total number of fatalities linked to the disease at the facility to 79. The infant, who hailed from Nandail upazila in Mymensingh district, passed away on Saturday night, 17 October 2026, while undergoing treatment in the hospital’s dedicated isolation ward. Medical […]