Bus, truck, tanker lorry and covered van services across Chapainawabganj were suspended on Thursday morning after members of a transport workers’ organisation began an indefinite work stoppage, leaving passengers stranded and disrupting the movement of goods. The disruption began on 20 August amid a long-running dispute between the Chapainawabganj District Motor Workers’ Union and the […]

Police in Narsingdi have arrested a man following the tragic killing and subsequent clandestine burial of his wife, Hosne Ara Begum, in the Madhwadi area. The suspect, identified as forty-two-year-old Sharif Mia, was taken into custody on Wednesday night from his father-in-law’s residence in Noakanda village, located within the Kathalia Union. The victim, thirty-nine-year-old Hosne […]

The body of Tawfiq Nawaz, husband of Awami League leader and former minister Dipu Moni, was taken to Azad Mosque in Gulshan on Thursday for his funeral prayers. Nawaz, a Supreme Court lawyer, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Dhaka after suffering from prolonged kidney and liver complications. While his body was transported […]

Bangladesh is set to experience a prolonged spell of rain over the next five days, with showers and thunderstorms forecast across several parts of the country from Thursday through Monday. The weather may turn particularly wet in some northern, north-eastern and southern regions, where moderate to heavy rainfall is expected at times. According to the […]

Severe gas shortages have brought production to a standstill at several gas-dependent factories in Ashulia, with manufacturers reporting steep losses, sharp declines in output and growing pressure to reduce their workforces. At A R Wet Processing Ltd, a factory of Fashion Globe Group in the Kathgora Amtala area of Ashulia, production was running at reduced […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 506 people during regular operations across the capital over a 24-hour period, while 55 cases were filed during the same period. Additional Deputy Commissioner of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division, Niaz Mehedi, disclosed the information on Thursday, 20 August. According to the police, the arrests were made during […]

Bangladesh’s spending on petroleum imports more than doubled in the 2025–26 financial year, driven by higher international energy prices and increased demand amid renewed instability in the Middle East. According to Bangladesh Bank data, the country spent around US$10.64 billion on petroleum products during the financial year, compared with less than US$5.14 billion in 2024–25. […]