A man has been arrested in Bangladesh’s Moulvibazar district after allegedly murdering his wife, burying her body in the garden of their home and attempting to conceal the crime for nearly three weeks by filing a false missing person report with police. The suspect, 38-year-old Alamgir Hossain, was taken into custody after police recovered the […]

Three more children showing symptoms consistent with measles have died across Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, pushing the country’s overall measles-related death toll to 741, according to the latest daily situation report released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday. The report states that the deaths occurred between 8:00 a.m. on […]

At least nine people, including eight Rohingya refugees—mostly women and children—have been killed after a series of devastating landslides triggered by persistent heavy rainfall in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district. The separate incidents occurred overnight on Sunday in three Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya and in one residential area of Cox’s Bazar town, highlighting the growing […]

Three people were shot dead in an armed attack in the remote hill district of Khagrachhari on Monday, according to local authorities. The victims were killed in an incident that took place in Madhumangal Para, under Chengi Union No. 2 in Panchhari Upazila, at around 11:30 am. Their identities had not been confirmed at the […]

A murder case has been filed against eleven named individuals, including a landlady, along with three to four unidentified suspects, following the killing of 38-year-old Rajib Ahmed Rubel in Mymensingh city. Police have also formally arrested two men who were initially detained for questioning as the investigation into the fatal attack continues. The case was […]

A government primary school in Shariatpur’s Vedarganj upazila has come under scrutiny after allegations emerged that an assistant teacher physically assaulted the head teacher following a dispute over leave approval, prompting the authorities to form an investigation committee. The incident took place at Abbas Ali Government Primary School on Thursday morning and has since sparked […]

A government primary school in the Bhেদরগঞ্জ upazila of Shariatpur has come under scrutiny after allegations emerged that an assistant teacher physically assaulted the head teacher following a dispute over leave approval, prompting the formation of an official investigation committee. The incident occurred at Abbas Ali Government Primary School, where head teacher Ali Asad Mia […]