A routine police checkpoint in the Old Ferry Ghat area of Jamalpur city turned into a scene of carnage and civil unrest on Friday, after a speeding lorry struck a stationary motorcycle, killing a father and his eldest son. The incident has triggered a violent backlash against local law enforcement, with grieving relatives and angry […]

Tragedy has struck the academic community of Mymensingh following the recovery of the body of Nurullah Shaon, a 26-year-old student of Anand Mohan College. Shaon had been missing for two days after he and a classmate were ambushed by a violent gang of teenage muggers while walking along the banks of the Brahmaputra River. His […]

The harrowing details of the abduction and murder of a seven-year-old boy, Rifat, have sent shockwaves through the Kadamtali and Gendaria districts of Dhaka. What began as a mundane dispute over a missing mobile phone culminated in a cold-blooded killing, an overnight vigil over a corpse, and a desperate attempt to dispose of the evidence […]

A brazen act of sabotage has disrupted rail services between Dhaka and Panchagarh after thieves successfully pilfered the condenser coils from a moving train’s air-conditioning unit. The theft, which occurred under the cover of darkness, rendered a premium AC coach completely inoperable, forcing railway authorities to decouple the carriage and adjust the train’s schedule. The […]

In a decisive ruling aimed at delivering justice for a brutal crime committed nearly a decade ago, the Sirajganj District and Sessions Judge’s Court has sentenced three individuals to life imprisonment for the murder of a seven-year-old schoolboy. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday afternoon, 17 February 2026, concludes a lengthy legal battle surrounding the tragic […]

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formally initiated legal proceedings against a housewife in Bogra following the discovery of assets significantly disproportionate to her known sources of income. The accused, Nazia Jahan, 40, is the wife of Saugat Arman, the dismissed former manager of Jamuna Bank Limited’s Bogra branch. The case, filed by ACC Deputy Assistant […]

In a dramatic turn of events at the Rangpur Education Complex, a school teacher was detained on Monday, 16 February 2026, after allegedly attempting to bribe a high-ranking official with 700,000 BDT (7 lakh). The incident has sent shockwaves through the regional academic community, highlighting the desperate and illicit measures sometimes taken to secure government […]

A sense of profound grief and insecurity has gripped the Kajla area of Jatrabari in the capital following the brutal stabbing of a 15-year-old madrasa student. The victim, identified as Md. Mahim Mia, was a student in the Hifz department of a local madrasa. He was reportedly ambushed by a gang of youths late on […]

A wave of revulsion and public fury has swept through the Dhamoirhat Upazila of Naogaon following the discovery of a gruesome fraudulent scheme. Two local butchers stand accused of slaughtering dogs and passing the meat off as mutton to unsuspecting customers. The incident, which unfolded on Sunday morning at the Mangalbari Bazaar in Jahanpur Union, […]