A clash broke out between activists of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal and Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir at Jagannath University in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, leaving several people injured and prompting heightened tension on the campus. Among those reportedly injured were Jagannath University Chhatra Shibir president Md Abdul Alim Arif and Yasin Saif, a member […]

Police have arrested Jager Hossain Bacha, 40, a leader of the Bangladesh Awami League’s youth wing, in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram in connection with a case filed over an alleged attack during a student-led public movement. Bacha was arrested from his home in Chandarpara, in the West Gomdandi area of Ward No. 9 under Boalkhali […]

Six young men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang rape of two young women in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj area four years ago. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday, 4 August, by Judge Munshee Md Mashiur Rahman of the Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4. The convicted men are Rahul, 23; Md […]

For CNG-powered vehicle drivers in Chattogram, the working day is increasingly beginning not on busy roads but in long queues outside filling stations. Hours that would normally be spent carrying passengers and earning money are being lost while waiting for a limited supply of compressed natural gas. For autorickshaw driver Abu Tayeb, the change has […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested 458 people in the capital over the past 24 hours in a special operation targeting various offences. The operation also resulted in the filing of 64 cases and the seizure of drugs, a firearm, a sword, mobile phones, blank cheque leaves, cash and counterfeit currency. Niaz Mehedi, additional deputy […]

A measles outbreak in Bangladesh is placing a heavy financial burden on affected households, with a large majority forced to borrow money to cover treatment-related expenses, according to a joint assessment by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The assessment found that around […]

Around 100 tonnes of green chillies have entered Bangladesh from India through the Bhomra land port in Satkhira, raising hopes that the sharp rise in chilli prices will ease as supplies increase in the domestic market. The first consignment arrived in 10 lorries by Monday evening, according to officials and traders familiar with the import […]