A sudden transport strike launched by motor transport workers has effectively severed road communication between Dinajpur and surrounding upazilas, following the arrest of local Krishak Dal leader Mojibor Rahman for reportedly slapping a senior police official inside a police station. From 10:00 am on Tuesday, 11 August, members of the District Motor Transport Workers’ Union […]

A severe power deficit across Netrokona district has triggered acute load shedding ranging between 72 and 79 per cent, prompting local rural electrification authorities to formally request administrative protection over fears of public unrest and attacks on utility installations. Netrokona Palli Bidyut Samiti issued a formal letter to the District Commissioner seeking heightened security across […]

A former leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) faces serious allegations of extorting local livestock owners by demanding protection money to allow buffalo grazing on public land in the southern coastal district of Patuakhali. The alleged extortion scheme has unfolded across the Lalchar region within the 1st Ward of Chandradwip Union, situated in the […]