Anxious families in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla have spent four harrowing days searching for two teenage schoolgirls who disappeared while on their way to classes. The missing teenagers, Mahima Akhtar Mahi and Tanisha Akhtar, vanished on Thursday morning (24 September), but news of their disappearance gained widespread attention on Sunday evening after being shared across […]

A afternoon trip to the river turned into tragedy in Chapainawabganj when two young men drowned whilst bathing in the Mahananda River. The incident took place at around midday on Sunday (27 September) in the Diyar Dhainagar area under Gobratala Union in Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila. The deceased have been identified as 18-year-old Sujon, son of […]

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Sunamganj court for bludgeoning his sister-in-law to death with a hammer and severely injuring her four-year-old granddaughter. The brutal attack stemmed from a bitter family dispute over the sale of inherited property. The convict, 40-year-old Md Azlu Miah, was handed down the life verdict on […]

Detectives in Dhaka have arrested two professional counterfeiters and seized fake currency notes with a face value of 3.5 million taka during a targeted operation in the capital’s Jatrabari area. The suspects, identified as Md Rubel Hawlader and Selina Akhtar, alias Nasima, were taken into custody by the Wari Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police […]

Police have arrested the prime suspect in connection with the sensational murder of 67-year-old Yusuph Ali, locally known as Munshi Miah, in Pekua, Cox’s Bazar. The accused, Akash Miah, was apprehended during an early morning raid on Sunday (27 September) at approximately 5:00 am in the Lemshekhali area under Kutubdia upazila. Sub-Inspector Ridwan of Pekua […]

A top drug dealer has escaped police custody in Bangladesh whilst being transported back to prison following a court appearance. The fugitive, identified as 30-year-old Raja—popularly known in criminal circles as “Picchi Raja” or Badsha—managed to slip away from escorting officers on Sunday evening (27 September) at around 6:00 pm. The incident occurred near Naojor […]

Health authorities in Manikganj recorded 26 new cases of dengue fever across the district within a 24-hour period, according to the latest official situation report published on Sunday (27 September). Whilst hospitalisations continue to climb across state-run healthcare facilities, no fresh fatalities were reported during this window, leaving the district’s cumulative death toll from the […]

Officers from the District Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested a local politician, Rabiul Hasan Sohag, in Jamalpur following his alleged involvement in a stolen motorcycle racket. Sohag, who serves as the office secretary for the Rashidpur Union Jubo Dal—the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)—and previously held the position of general […]

At least 21 fishermen have been abducted by armed forest pirates from various rivers and coastal waterways across the Eastern Sundarbans over the past two days. The series of raids has sparked widespread fear and anxiety among local fishing communities and seafood merchants across the coastal districts of Bagerhat, Mongla, and Barguna. According to forest […]