A 90-year-old woman has been critically injured after unknown assailants slit her throat inside her home in Manikganj before fleeing with her gold jewellery. The horrific incident occurred at around 8:00 am on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, in the Purba Dashra area under Ward No. 5 of Manikganj Municipality. The victim, Nanibala Chakraborty, wife of […]

A crude bomb exploded on the busy Dhaka-Barishal highway directly in front of the Barishal Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police office, triggering widespread panic amongst local residents and motorists. The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 pm on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. Eyewitnesses reported that a group of over fifty individuals linked to the […]

A tribunal in Habiganj has sentenced two youths to three years of imprisonment each for the sexual assault of a six-year-old madrasa student in Nabiganj upazila. The court also imposed a fine of 20,000 Taka on each convict, with additional prison time mandated in the event of default. Judge Syeda Minhaj Um Munira of the […]

A mobile court in Manikganj has sentenced nine men to prison after authorities uncovered a illegal horse slaughtering racket operating inside an abandoned industrial premises. The crackdown took place on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, at the deserted Hasan and Brothers factory in the Jagir Jute Research area under Manikganj Sadar Upazila. Law enforcement officers raided […]

In a swift anti-narcotics operation, officers from the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) district office in Manikganj arrested an alleged drug dealer and confiscated 400 Yaba tablets from his home. The raid took place on Wednesday afternoon, 23 September 2026, in Banggra village, located under the Betila-Mitra Union of Manikganj Sadar Upazila. Acting on targeted […]

A worsening fertiliser deficit in Kurigram district has sparked mounting tensions between local farmers and agricultural officials, leading to violence, road blockades, and widespread distress across rural communities. Whilst the Department of Agricultural Extension maintains that adequate stocks are available, farmers tell a starkly different story on the ground. Desperate for essential crop inputs, growers […]