The government’s proposed Family Card programme, pledged in the election manifesto, is projected to cost approximately Tk 1,34,000 crore over a five-year period, according to officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Social Welfare. Under the scheme, each woman-headed household will receive Tk 2,500 per month in direct cash assistance. The number […]

At least three people have died over the past 24 hours in separate lightning strike incidents across three upazilas in Noakhali district, highlighting the continuing vulnerability of rural communities to severe weather conditions during the pre-monsoon period. The deceased have been identified as nine-year-old Md Ayman of Kabirhat upazila, 21-year-old Arafat of Hatiya upazila, and […]

Three people have lost their lives and five others have been injured after a microbus veered off a major highway and plunged into a roadside ditch in the Lohagara upazila of Chattogram district. The tragic accident occurred on Tuesday morning at approximately 9:15 am in the Chunati area along the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway, a busy […]

A tragic incident in Lalpur upazila of Natore district has left a family devastated after an eight-year-old boy lost his life while attempting to save his father from an electric shock. The incident occurred on Monday evening (27 April) in the Mohorkoya Hatpara area. According to local accounts, Abdul Al Amin, an autorickshaw driver, was […]