Plain-clothes intelligence officers have detained a broadcast journalist in Rangamati alongside a former student politician before transporting both individuals to Dhaka, triggering sharp concern among local media workers. Saikat Ranjan Chowdhury, the Rangamati correspondent for the private television network DBC News, was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon from the Rangamati Hill District Council premises. […]

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued mandatory instructions for candidates provisionally qualified for the general cadre viva voce in the 50th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, requiring them to submit essential documents online prior to their interviews. According to an official press release signed on Tuesday, 11 August, by Masuma Afreen, Controller of […]

Hospitals across Bangladesh have admitted 756 new dengue patients within a single 24-hour period, according to official health data, reflecting a continuing rise in mosquito-borne viral infections nationwide. The Director General of Health Services (DGHS) reported no new fatalities in its daily epidemiological bulletin released on Tuesday. However, the latest admissions push the cumulative number […]

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 […]