A viral video showing a female business owner being repeatedly kicked in full view of police officers in Rajbari has ignited intense public controversy, exposing a bitter commercial dispute in the district town. The violence unfolded on Saturday morning in front of the Kaderia Market within the town’s central clothes market, prompting law enforcement to […]

Police in Gazipur have arrested five relatives of a detained local Awami League affiliate leader after they staged an unexpected demonstration and chanted political slogans inside the premises of Tongi East Police Station. The incident unfolded on Sunday afternoon, 30 August, as law enforcement officers were preparing to transfer the suspect to court, creating a […]

Police in Lohagara, Narail, have detained an ambulance driver after local residents caught him attempting an act of necrophilia inside his vehicle with the body of a young woman. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Sagar Sheikh, was subjected to a public beating by incensed locals before being handed over to law enforcement officers on Sunday […]

An undergraduate student was abducted, physically assaulted, and subjected to extortion in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila on Sunday after sharing a Facebook post critical of frequent power cuts. The incident, which unfolded inside a club building located right beside the local police station, has sparked sharp outrage, with allegations levelled directly against leaders and activists of […]

Panic gripped the capital’s Gandaria neighbourhood on Sunday evening after unidentified miscreants opened indiscriminate fire near a local office, leaving three people—including a young woman—injured with gunshot wounds. The incident occurred during a sudden clash on the street in the Munshirteek area of Gandaria, transforming a routine Sunday dusk into a scene of chaos and […]

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat informed Parliament on Sunday that 902 crore taka is required to fully operationalise the newly constructed Third Terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. The minister revealed the figure during a supplementary question-and-answer session chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed. Replying to a query posed by […]

In a deeply distressing incident that has sparked widespread indignation across Patuakhali district, a carpenter stands accused of selling his 18-month-old son to purchase a high-end iPhone. The event took place in the Machhuakhali village of Betagi-Sankipur Union, under Dashmina upazila, leaving the local community in utter shock as law enforcement authorities scramble to rescue […]

A criminal investigation has been delayed in Habiganj after local influential figures attempted to resolve a violent sexual assault through an informal village arbitration session, known locally as a salish. Rather than directing the matter to law enforcement, village elders reportedly imposed a fine of 90,000 taka on the accused, effectively attempting to quieten a […]