Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have prosecuted 2,855 vehicles in a single day as part of a ongoing drive to curb persistent traffic violations across Bangladesh’s chaotic capital. The extensive operation, conducted by the city’s traffic division, targeted major arterial routes and congested intersections to restore order to Dhaka’s famously congested road network. Deputy Commissioner of […]

Police have launched an investigation following the recovery of a semi-decomposed body of an unidentified man from the Bangshi River in Dhamrai, situated on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Officers retrieved the floating corpse late on Sunday night near the Depashai Nayapara sports ground, located within the Sombhag Union of Dhamrai Upazila. Local […]

Two more patients have succumbed to dengue fever whilst undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), taking the total death toll from the mosquito-borne viral infection at the facility to 18 this year. The deceased have been identified as Rashida Khatun, aged 42, and Jafar Ali, aged 70. Rashida, a resident of Bhaluka Upazila […]

Four more children admitted with measles symptoms have died in Sylhet over the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll linked to the viral outbreak in the division to 164. The Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the fatalities on Monday morning. The deceased—identified as Emran, Shafayet, Khadija, and Obaydullah—succumbed to their illness while undergoing treatment […]

Police in Jamalpur have revealed horrifying details behind the murder of a seven-year-old girl, whose body was discovered buried beneath the floor of a neighbour’s home days after she went missing. The primary school pupil vanished on Thursday morning after leaving for classes at a local government primary school. Police investigations have now established that […]

Police in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila have recovered the decomposing body of a 65-year-old woman from a location adjacent to her home in Satpar Bedbhita village. The discovery was made on Monday morning, ending a agonizing three-day search after she vanished without a trace under mysterious circumstances. The victim, identified as Pari Rani Hazra, had been […]

Six more patients have died from dengue fever in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease to 149 this year. Data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday (13 September) revealed that 1,561 new patients were admitted to hospitals across the country […]

Police in Gazipur have arrested three madrasa teachers following allegations of severe physical abuse, stripped beatings, and inflicting horrific burn injuries on two young boys using heated iron spatulas. The arrests were made between Friday night and Saturday after the parents of the two victims lodged separate official complaints detailing the torture inflicted upon their […]

A domestic argument escalated into a fatal tragedy in Cox’s Bazar after a 58-year-old man died from severe knife wounds inflicted by his own son. The victim, Abul Kashem, locally known as Ledu Mistry, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning, 13 September, while undergoing treatment at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. He had been battling […]