A 70-year-old freedom fighter died at Guptachhara Ghat in Sandwip on Wednesday morning after an abrupt strike by speedboat operators left him unable to travel to Chittagong for urgent medical treatment. Siraj Uddin, a resident of Rahmatgo Bari near Kashem Market in Gachhua Union, succumbed to his illness at around 11:30 AM while waiting helplessly […]

A fragile recovery in Bangladesh’s national gas supply collapsed on Wednesday afternoon when operations at Excelerate Energy’s Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) came to a complete halt due to depleted LNG reserves. Following a grueling 25-day deficit, the national grid had briefly stabilized last Saturday after Summit Group’s terminal resumed full output and Excelerate […]

A cultural programme hosted by district law enforcement in Brahmanbaria descended into chaos late on Tuesday night following violent confrontations between police officers and local madrasa students, leaving at least 20 individuals injured. The clashes occurred at the police lines establishment in the town’s West Medda neighborhood after students repeatedly complained about high-decibel music blaring […]

Brigadier General Syed Mohammad Motaher Hosein, the Director General of Prisons (IG Prisons), has been officially withdrawn from his deputation role and reverted to the Armed Forces Division. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a formal notification to this effect on Wednesday, 19 August, confirming the termination of his public service assignment within the prison […]

Bangladesh’s energy grid faces a fresh setback as operations at Excelerate Energy’s Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) came to a complete halt on Wednesday afternoon following the total exhaustion of its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) reserves. The unexpected shutdown has exacerbated an ongoing supply deficit, forcing the nation to rely almost entirely on the […]