A female teacher from Rakudia Dakhil Madrasa lost her life on Tuesday morning after being struck by a speeding passenger coach on the Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Babuganj, Barisal. The victim, 45-year-old Rehana Begum, served as an assistant teacher (Qari) at the madrasa and was the wife of the institution’s superintendent, Maulana Nasiruddin. The accident occurred […]

Police in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have registered a case against Jahid Munshi, joint member secretary of the National Citizen Party’s (NCP) local unit, following allegations of serial sexual assault, blackmail, and physical abuse involving a college student. The suspect, son of Zakir Mistry from Munsefpur village in Kaliganj municipality, allegedly coerced the victim into a relationship […]

An expatriate family in Keraniganj has been left in state of acute distress and peril following a violent raid on their homestead by armed miscreants who demanded £125,000 (20 million Bangladeshi taka) in extortion money. The incident, which unfolded in the South Baluchar area of Hazratpur Union, saw land grabbers systematically dismantle the victim’s residence, […]

Questions are mounting over the administrative operations of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) following serious allegations surrounding a Grade-9 non-cadre official. Assistant Network Engineer Jonaed Siddique, who joined the department in 2022 alongside roughly 64 other officers, has reportedly been assigned to the central headquarters in Dhaka for over four years. During […]

A routine anti-narcotics operation in southern Bangladesh took an unexpected turn on Sunday evening when a massive swarm of hornets attacked law enforcement officers and local residents, leaving at least 25 people injured. The incident occurred in the Janata Bazaar area of Badarpur Union, situated within the Lalmohan Upazila of Bhola district. Acting on specific […]

A profound tragedy has struck the Batkehali neighbourhood of Satkhira Sadar Upazila, where two young primary school students lost their lives in a drowning incident on Monday afternoon. The victims have been identified as ten-year-old Habiba, a fourth-grade pupil and daughter of Habibur Rahman, and nine-year-old Labib, a third-grade student and son of Saddam Hossain. […]