Police have arrested five individuals, including two former branch managers, in connection with a massive financial fraud involving the embezzlement of tens of millions of taka from the Sreenagar branch of Agrani Bank in Munshiganj. The arrests were carried out on Wednesday evening, 7 October 2026, by Sreenagar Police Station officers in coordination with an […]

A senior land registration official was abducted in broad daylight outside the District Registrar’s Office in Khulna on Wednesday, sparking intense panic across the administrative hub. Tonmoy Kumar Mondal, the Sub-Registrar for Khulna Sadar, was intercepted and forced away by a gang of youths before returning to his office unharmed forty minutes later. The incident […]

Officials from the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection conducted extensive drives across Saturia upazila in Manikganj, seizing approximately 125 illegally stockpiled LPG cylinders and penalising several traders for price gouging and unhygienic food manufacturing. Led by Asaduzzaman Rumel, Assistant Director of the Manikganj District Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection, the operation commenced on Wednesday […]

Police have arrested Anwar Hossain Khan Jyoti, a senior local leader of the banned Awami League and former union parishad chairman, during a targeted security operation in Manikganj’s Saturia upazila. Law enforcement officers apprehended the 65-year-old politician on Tuesday evening, 6 October 2026, in the Hargaj area under Saturia upazila following a coordinated raid. Anwar […]

Consumers across Feni district are facing significant financial distress as retail and wholesale traders continue to sell Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders at rates BDT 200 to BDT 300 above government-regulated tariffs. According to the latest price chart issued by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), the official retail price for a standard 12-kilogram LPG […]

A man has been sentenced to ten years of rigorous imprisonment by a Manikganj court for the double murder of his sister-in-law and young nephew following an extra-marital dispute in Saturia Upazila. Judge SKM Tofael Hasan of the Manikganj District and Sessions Judge’s Court delivered the verdict on Tuesday afternoon, sentencing 34-year-old Solaiman Hossain. The […]