In a tragic incident in Rangpur, a mother allegedly strangled her one-and-a-half-year-old son before ending her own life. The bodies of both victims were discovered on Saturday evening, 14 March, at their residence in the Sajapur area of Ward 28. The deceased have been identified as Suchana Ghosh, aged 40, and her young son, Joydeb […]

In the early hours of Wednesday, 11 March, a young woman was found brutally murdered inside her home in the hilly area of Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, as she prepared the pre-dawn meal for Ramadan. The victim, 25-year-old Jazida Akter, was the wife of Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, a daily wage labourer from the Palongkhali Union’s Mosarkhola […]

In a significant crackdown on regional drug trafficking, the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) intercepted a major consignment of illicit substances in the Kendua Upazila of Netrakona. The operation, conducted on Tuesday, 10 March, resulted in the seizure of 30 kilograms of high-grade cannabis and the apprehension of four suspected traffickers. The Interception at Perir […]

The Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has dealt a significant blow to the notorious “Boro Sajjad” crime syndicate following a series of high-stakes raids across the port city. On Tuesday, law enforcement officials apprehended three high-ranking associates of the overseas-based fugitive Sajjad Ali, recovering an arsenal that includes a sub-machine gun (SMG), a semi-automatic pistol, and […]

A wave of retaliatory violence has swept through the “New Madaripur” area of Madaripur Sadar Upazila, following the brutal homicide of a local businessman. On Tuesday evening, mobs launched a series of coordinated attacks, detonating crude hand bombs and setting fire to several residential properties belonging to the opposition faction. The unrest began shortly after […]

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have launched a high-priority homicide investigation following the grim discovery of a young man’s body in the early hours of Monday morning. The victim, identified as Mehedi Hasan Opu, 25, was found within the sprawling confines of the Jatrabari wholesale vegetable and fish market (Kanchabazar), a hub of commercial activity that […]