Former State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has issued a sharp response to remarks made by the current Power Minister, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, who claimed that no development had occurred in the power and energy sector over the past 17 years. In a statement posted on his official Facebook page, […]

A 25-year-old day labourer was killed on the spot and two of his co-workers were critically injured after a sand-laden lorry rammed into their motorcycle in Bogura Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon. The fatal collision occurred at approximately 5:00 pm near the busy Ghoradhap Hat area. The deceased has been identified as Doyal Chandra, a […]

A fatal road accident on the Rangpur–Sayedpur highway left one person dead and at least 20 others injured when a passenger bus struck a central divider and overturned in Taraganj, Rangpur. The incident occurred on Thursday evening at approximately 6:45 pm in front of the BRAC office in the Ikorchali Market area. The deceased has […]

Police in Khulna have seized pistol magazines, live ammunition, local weapons, and personal identification documents during a raid on an agricultural farm held by the leader of an alleged criminal group known as the ‘Rafik Bahini’. The operation was carried out on Thursday evening in Virat village, situated within Baliadanga Union of Batiaghata upazila. Although […]

Security forces detained three young men attempting to cast fraudulent votes during the parliamentary by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency on Thursday. The detentions took place in the afternoon at the Danarhat Ansaria Fazil Madrasa polling centre in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, where watchful election officials caught the individuals attempting to impersonate registered voters. The detained individuals […]

A court in Magura has ordered two police officers to be remanded in judicial custody in connection with the 2015 custodial killing of a local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader in Shalikha upazila. The accused, former Officer-in-Charge (OC) Biplob Kumar Nath and former Sub-Inspector (SI) Ismail Hossain, were produced before the Shalikha Cognizance Court on […]