A family gathering in Shibpur upazila, Narsingdi, turned into tragedy when three people drowned in the Shitalakhya River, leaving a teenager still missing. Fire Service divers recovered three bodies from the river in the Charlakhpur area on Saturday morning at around 10:30 am, following an extensive rescue effort. The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old […]

A fatal road collision in Chandpur’s Matlab South upazila left a young woman dead and four others critically injured on Saturday morning, triggering anger among local residents who briefly blocked the thoroughfare. The incident occurred on the Matlab-Gouripur Pennai road in front of Nagda Boro Bari when a passenger bus collided head-on with a battery-powered […]

A local student leader remains missing in the Padma River near Bheramara, Kushtia, after a bulk carrier vessel carrying a pleasure trip party collided with a pillar of the historic Hardinge Bridge. As of 12:45 pm on Saturday 12 September, search and rescue operations have failed to locate Rakibuzzaman Rocky, the president of the Shailkupa […]

A 19-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a road crash while reportedly taking part in a high-speed race with fellow bikers on the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway in Madaripur. His friends allegedly fled the scene after seeing him lying injured, leaving him behind until highway police arrived. The accident occurred around noon on Friday, 11 September, on the […]

In a harrowing incident reflecting the devastating toll of substance abuse on families, two brothers allegedly set fire to their own family home in Shariatpur’s Naria upazila after their parents refused to give them money for drugs and gambling. The blaze occurred on Friday evening, 11 September, in the Sabujbagh neighbourhood under Gharisar union, reducing […]

A court in Cumilla’s Brahmanpara upazila has sentenced seven individuals to varying terms of rigorous imprisonment for consuming illicit drugs in public. In addition to prison sentences, each offender was fined 100 taka, with an additional day of simple imprisonment mandated in default of payment. The convictions followed a day-long anti-narcotics operation conducted across several […]