DHAKA — Law enforcement agencies conducted an extensive operation against an unlicensed commercial establishment in the capital’s Uttara residential area, resulting in the detention of 140 individuals, including 57 women. The raid was carried out at the ‘Combe Restaurant and Bar’, located adjacent to the ‘Moylar Mor’ in Sector 12, beginning late Thursday night and […]

DHAKA — The Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) has officially announced a comprehensive boycott of all programmes and activities involving the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The decision remains in effect until the organisation identifies and initiates formal organisational disciplinary action against the activists responsible for assaulting journalists […]

SATKANIA — A coordinated extortion attempt involving a fraudulent blackmail scheme was thwarted by local residents in the Satkania Upazila of Chittagong on Friday, 24 April 2026. Four individuals, including one woman, were intercepted and subsequently handed over to the police after allegedly attempting to extort 200,000 Bangladeshi Taka from a local practitioner through the […]

DHAKA — The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has formally established a four-member investigation committee to probe an incident in which several members of the Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) were injured. The casualties occurred during a period of heightened tension between JCD activists and former leaders of […]

BOGRA — A college student was detained by law enforcement officials on Friday, 24 April 2026, after she was discovered impersonating a local political leader during an ongoing secondary school certificate examination. The incident occurred at the Bogra Zilla School centre during an examination conducted under the auspices of the Bangladesh Open University (BOU). The […]