From today, Thursday, 18 September, courts in 12 districts of Bangladesh will no longer accept direct filings for eight specified types of cases. Under the new regulations, initiating such cases now requires mandatory mediation through the respective district Legal Aid Office before proceeding to court.   On Wednesday, 17 September, Dr. Asif Nazrul, Advisor to […]

Following the widespread circulation of lethal yaba, Bangladesh is now witnessing the spread of new types of narcotics, while drug mafias are consolidating their influence. According to sources at the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), drug traffickers are increasingly exploiting young students to advance their criminal operations. One of the newly discovered drugs is MDMA, […]

A drug trafficker identified as Raju Molla (32) has been arrested by the Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, while attempting to smuggle yaba tablets concealed inside his stomach. The suspect was apprehended on Tuesday night upon arrival from Cox’s Bazar on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BS-142. Acting on a […]

Shibganj Upazila of Chapainawabganj District has officially been declared child marriage-free, adopting the slogan: “My Upazila is my responsibility, let the life of the child be free from child marriage.” The declaration was made during a ceremony held at the Upazila Parishad auditorium earlier today. The event was organised by the Shibganj Upazila Administration with […]

In Gopalganj’s Goalanda, a high-profile incident at the shrine of Nurul Haque, also known as Nurul Paglar (85), has led to multiple criminal investigations. The events involved an attack on the shrine, vandalism, looting, arson, assaults on police, and vehicle damage. So far, the police have arrested a total of 24 individuals in connection with […]

In Bhanga, Faridpur, protestors carried out attacks and widespread vandalism at the local police station and Upazila Parishad premises on Monday (15 September) as part of demonstrations against the parliamentary constituency reorganisation. The rampage occurred between 12:45 pm and 1:15 pm, lasting roughly half an hour. Eyewitness accounts indicate that the protestors first entered the […]

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Sylhet, Md. Sarwar Alam, has been issued a show-cause notice by the court. The order was passed last Thursday (11 September) by the Senior Assistant Judge (Sadar Court) of Sylhet. By Sunday evening (14 September), however, the notice had not yet reached the office of the Deputy Commissioner, according to […]

A Bangladeshi expatriate businessman, Kazi Mohiuddin Palash (36), was brutally murdered in Witbank, South Africa. After being missing for three days, his body was recovered from the freezer of his own business establishment by local police. Discovery of the Body The body was retrieved on Thursday, 11 September, at approximately 8:00 pm Bangladesh time. The […]