A special court in Chuadanga has sentenced a man to death for the brutal sexual assault and murder of a young child. Following a trial spanning two and a half years, Judge Moktagir Alam of the Chuadanga Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Monday afternoon. The court found the sole accused […]

Nearly 14,000 retired employees of Grameen Bank and their families face severe financial hardship and growing distress due to the management’s failure to execute a landmark High Court verdict. Despite explicit legal directives ordering the restoration of pension benefits and outstanding allowances, the institution has taken no visible steps to implement the ruling. Leaders of […]

Torrential rainfall and an aggregate of rushing hill torrents descending from India’s Meghalaya hills have caused severe flooding across Sherpur district. Major rivers have burst their banks, submerging vast swathes of low-lying countryside. In a dramatic turn of events on Monday, 20 July 2026, the intense current destroyed an iron bailey bridge built over the […]

Residents and commercial entities in several prominent neighbourhoods of Dhaka will experience an eight-hour disruption in gas supply on Tuesday, 21 July 2026. The state-run gas distribution monopoly, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company PLC, announced the temporary shutdown through an emergency press release issued on Monday. The planned outage is essential to facilitate critical […]