Six labourers were abducted at gunpoint from a rubber plantation in the Tongkaboti area of Bandarban Sadar Upazila. Following the abduction, the unidentified perpetrators demanded a ransom of 2 million BDT (20 lakh) for their release. The incident has prompted an immediate response from local law enforcement agencies, who have launched a rescue operation in […]

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), Bangladesh’s most expensive infrastructure project, has reached a critical milestone toward commencing operations. Despite several delays to its construction timeline, the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA) recently granted the commissioning licence for ‘fuel loading’ in the plant’s first unit. This development signals that the facility has entered the […]

Police officers from the Tongi East Police Station in Gazipur have arrested two individuals in possession of a foreign-made firearm. The operation, which took place in the early hours of Thursday, 23 April, led to the recovery of a pistol and a magazine from the Pagår Pathanpara area of Tongi. Context of the Operation The […]

In Singair upazila of Manikganj district, the recovery of the body of a woman named Rehana Akter (35) from West Bhakum village under Joymontop Union has drawn attention in the area. On Thursday (23 April) at around 6:30 am, a local woman noticed a body lying inside bushes near a pond bank. She immediately raised […]

A young man identified as Rocky (32) was killed in a daylight attack in Bogura on Thursday (23 April), when assailants hacked him in the Banani area under Shajahanpur upazila at approximately 1:30 pm. The incident has been reported to have caused disruption and concern in the locality. The deceased, Rocky, was the son of […]