A 36-year-old mother of three was killed outside her home in Sherpur Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon in a knife attack. Police arrested the victim’s nephew, 20-year-old Ariful Islam, shortly after the incident took place in Charsapmari Kamarpara village under Bhatshala Union. The victim, Rokeya Begum, was the wife of local resident Lal Miah. The […]

Dengue cases are rising steadily across Mirsarai upazila in Chattogram, sparking widespread health concerns among local residents. Figures from the Mirsarai Upazila Health Complex show that 10 individuals tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus within the first fortnight of September alone. This latest rise follows similar trends observed in August, when 10 out of 12 […]

A primary school teacher lost his life after being struck by an unidentified vehicle in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, 16 September, along the busy Chowmuhani-Maijdee regional highway. The victim was identified as 46-year-old Shafiqul Azim, also known as Sumon. He worked as an assistant teacher at the Uttar […]

A Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) constable was arrested and remanded in custody on Wednesday in connection with an illegal gambling operation conducted within an abandoned shed on the premises of the Thakurgaon District Superintendent of Police (SP) office. The arrest of Constable Md. Shahidul Islam brings the total number of police officers detained in […]

Special Response Battalion (SRB-9) officers have arrested the primary suspect behind the gang-rape of two female dancers in Brahmanbaria. The operation, conducted late on Tuesday night in Beanibazar, Sylhet, led to the detention of 22-year-old Mujahid, also known as Rakib. During a press briefing held at the SRB-9 headquarters in Sylhet on Wednesday, 16 September, […]

A 50-year-old scrap dealer was found dead in a sack in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, a day after he reportedly went missing. Police recovered the body of Ayub Hossain with his hands and feet tied from an overgrown, abandoned area behind the Jalalabad Medicine Company in the Kanchpur area of Kanchpur Union on Wednesday morning. The discovery […]

A defendant was summarily sentenced to one year of simple imprisonment after launching a violent tirade and physically assaulting police officers inside a courtroom in Barguna. The outbursts occurred on Wednesday, 16 September, after the presiding magistrate revoked the suspect’s temporary bail and ordered his immediate detention. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Moniruzzaman handed down the […]

Law enforcement agencies have arrested a young man and woman in Dhaka’s Gulshan area following a high-profile shooting incident outside the Bhanga Highway Police Station in Faridpur. The arrests, executed late on Tuesday night, 15 September, follow a month-long investigation into the violent altercation along the Dhaka-Khulna Highway. A joint operational team comprising officers from […]

Over six hundred women and children fell victim to rape across Bangladesh during the first seven months of 2026, according to figures released by the human rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK). Presenting data compiled between January and July, the rights body documented 641 reported rape incidents, comprising 400 adult women and 241 children. […]