Public awareness and strict legal enforcement are essential to curb environmental pollution caused by illegal polythene, emphasized Sheikh Faridul Islam, State Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Speaking during an awareness drive at Mohammadpur Krishi Market in Dhaka on Monday, 27 July 2026, the state minister highlighted the urgent need to phase out banned […]

The government has restored the operational licence of Ad-Din Medical College Hospital in Mogbazar, Dhaka, following its temporary suspension over the deaths of six newborn babies. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has attached three mandatory conditions to the clearance, warning that failure to meet them will prompt renewed regulatory enforcement. An official circular signed […]

A court in Faridpur has sentenced a man to imprisonment until death for strangling his 25-year-old wife over unpaid dowry demands. Judge Shamima Parveen of the Faridpur Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict on Monday, 27 July 2026, concluding a seven-year judicial process. The convict, Monojit Sarkar, was tried for the murder […]

A district court in Khulna has sentenced three men to death over the murder of a local grocer following a land dispute in Batiaghata Upazila. Judge Md Khurshid Alam of the Khulna Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-4 pronounced the verdict on Monday, 27 July 2026. The court acquitted a fourth accused after prosecution failed […]

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a substantial consignment of smuggled Indian goods alongside a mini truck in separate anti-smuggling operations along the Feni border. The confiscated items, comprising Indian sarees and chocolates, carry an estimated market value of nearly £43,000 (approximately 6.82 million Bangladeshi Taka). According to a press release issued by the Feni […]