Former law minister Anisul Huq and former state minister for information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak have been formally shown arrested in connection with an attempted murder case stemming from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Huq issued the order on Sunday afternoon following a formal hearing at the Dhaka Metropolitan […]

Police have launched a formal investigation following widespread public outrage over State Minister for Liberation War Affairs, Ishraq Hossain, taking part in an anti-drug operation while brandishing a firearm in Dhaka. Confirming the enquiry on Sunday afternoon at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Centre, Additional Commissioner (Detective Branch) Shafiqul Islam stated that the Deputy […]

An internal dispute within the local ranks of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Bhola took a fatal turn over the weekend, leaving a ward-level leader severely injured and a young party activist dead following a swift cycle of retribution. The violence erupted on Saturday evening at Anandabazar in Rajapur Union, situated within Bhola Sadar […]

Two people lost their lives on Saturday afternoon following a violent multi-vehicle collision involving a passenger bus, a pickup van, and a motorcycle on the Dhaka-Tangail highway. The fatal incident occurred in the Jamurki area of Mirzapur upazila, temporarily disrupting traffic along one of the country’s busiest transit corridors. The deceased have been identified as […]

A major fire that erupted at the Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals Limitedmanufacturing plant in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila has been brought under control following a concerted two-hour operation by emergency services. The incident took place on Saturday afternoon, causing widespread alarm among workers and local residents in the industrial hub. The blaze originated around 4:00 pm on […]

Three more individuals have died with symptoms resembling measles in Bangladesh over a 24-hour period, according to the latest statement from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Although no laboratory-confirmed deaths from measles were recorded during this specific window, these latest fatalities bring the total number of confirmed and suspected measles deaths in the […]

Mongolia has officially stepped into a new role on the global economic stage by joining the donor group of the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank Group’s fund dedicated to assisting low-income nations. The Mongolian Parliament formally approved a contribution of 4.8 billion Mongolian tugriks (approximately $1.3 million) to the IDA’s 21st replenishment cycle […]

Bangladesh’s ongoing dengue crisis has claimed seven more lives in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll from the mosquito-borne virus to 342 this year. According to the latest daily update released on Saturday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), a further 1,872 patients were admitted to hospitals across the country […]

A major fire has erupted at the Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals factory situated in the Sofipur area of Kaliakair upazila under Gazipur district. Emergency services responded swiftly, with four firefighting units arriving at the scene to battle the flames and contain the blaze. The incident originated around 4:22 pm on Saturday (17 October) within a ground-floor […]