A mobile financial services agent was severely injured and robbed of BDT 2.2 million in cash after being ambushed by armed assailants while returning home late on Sunday night in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila. The victim, identified as Mohammad Sayeed, is currently undergoing treatment in critical condition at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. Relatives of the […]

Customs intelligence officers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka have uncovered a bizarre reverse-smuggling operation, seizing gold shaped like eggs worth nearly BDT 50 million that was being transported back to the United Arab Emirates after failing to fetch expected prices in the domestic market. Officials from the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) […]

Consumers across Bangladesh face reduced gas pressure and supply constraints for four consecutive days in early November, following a decision by energy authorities to undertake essential emergency maintenance on the Summit LNG Terminal situated off Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar. Re-gasification activities at the offshore facility will remain suspended from 8:00 am on 4 November 2026 until […]

Law enforcement officers across eleven districts in the Chattogram Range have arrested 871 individuals during a comprehensive 24-hour special operation targeting street gangs, mugging, extortion, terrorism, and narcotics trade. Chattogram Range Police Office confirmed the details of the region-wide crackdown in an official press release issued on Sunday, 1 November. The coordinated drive aimed to […]

The central committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has dissolved its Chuadanga and Meherpur district executive bodies following public scrutiny over a leader’s age. The decision came shortly after Chuadanga district unit President Shahajahan Khan posted a message on social media celebrating his son passing the Higher Secondary […]

Tension flared at Dhaka University’s Jagannath Hall on Sunday afternoon when a crowd of students and political activists apprehended a senior leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, subjected him to physical assault, and subsequently handed him over to local law enforcement. The individual was identified as Orko Saha, the Social Welfare Secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra […]

Widespread labour unrest has swept through Bangladesh’s garment manufacturing hubs as workers take to the streets demanding a minimum monthly wage of BDT 30,000. The escalating demonstrations have forced factory management to declare temporary holidays and suspend operations across key industrial belts, leaving over 700,000 workers off the production floor. Demonstrators blocked major highways in […]

Manikganj District Correspondent Gopal Rajbanshi : Police officers in Shibalaya, Manikganj, have arrested a 30-year-old man after seizing a substantial consignment of 4,000 Yaba tablets during a targeted late-night operation near Paturia Ferry Terminal. The suspect, identified as Md. Helal Uddin, was apprehended on Saturday night near Ghat No. 5. Authorities formally produced him before […]

A 15-year-old workman has died after being severely assaulted and stabbed with a pair of scissors during a dispute over sharing a gas stove at a bachelor flat in Rayerbazar, Dhaka. The victim, Nirob Hossain, succumbed to his injuries at approximately 5:30 pm on Saturday whilst undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of […]