Police in Bogura have arrested Shapla Begum, a notorious drug dealer named in 16 criminal cases, during a raid on Monday morning. Shapla, 45, is the adoptive mother of Siam Shuvo, officially recognised as the first martyr of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Bogura following his death during the July 2024 mass uprising. Acting on […]

Mohammad Shahadat Nabi, a member of the Awami League’s central relief and rehabilitation sub-committee, attended his father’s funeral prayers in Chandanaish, Chattogram, while wearing handcuffs after securing short-term release on parole from prison. The funeral service was held on Monday afternoon, 17 August, at a local mosque within Chandanaish Municipality. Escorted by a police contingent […]

Police have secured several cocktail-like objects found inside an abandoned shopping bag at the busy Bata Signal intersection on Elephant Road under New Market Police Station in the capital. The recovery occurred around 10:00 pm on Monday, 17 August, along the roadside leading from Bata Signal towards New Market. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a group of […]

Internal rifts within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Lalmonirhat have burst into the open after a faction of leaders from the Aditmari Upazila unit and its associate bodies held a press conference accusing their local Member of Parliament, Rokon Uddin Babul, of financial irregularities, breaches of party discipline, and collusion with political rivals. The […]

An 18-member high-level business delegation representing 14 major Indian industrial conglomerates arrives in Dhaka today, Monday, 17 August, for a two-day visit focused on exploring new trade and investment opportunities in Bangladesh. The delegation is expected to reach the capital by Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, the delegates are scheduled to hold formal bilateral discussions with […]