A severe dispute at Rangpur Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh has escalated into a full-scale protest by intern doctors, following an alleged assault on medical staff and subsequent controversy surrounding the handling of a deceased patient’s body. Despite an apology extracted from the accused through an unusual public act, the strike by intern doctors continues, […]

Students Face Severe Disruption in Faridpur A total of around 300 students at Karir Hat Dakhil Madrasa in Vashanchor Union under Sadarpur Upazila of Faridpur are enduring serious hardship as the institution has remained without electricity for the past 22 days. The prolonged power outage has severely disrupted teaching activities, administrative work, and the daily […]

A young man has been killed in Munshiganj town in what police suspect to be a fatal escalation of a longstanding dispute over outstanding payments. The incident took place in the Jasimnagar area under the municipal jurisdiction, with the victim’s body recovered by police on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Md Arif […]

The owner of a restaurant implicated in the criminal case arising from the devastating Bailey Road fire in Dhaka, which claimed 46 lives, has once again withdrawn an application to surrender before the court after initially seeking bail. Rafi Uz-Zahed, 34, appeared before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah in Dhaka on […]

The principal convict sentenced to death in the widely discussed rape and murder case of schoolgirl Ramisa in Pallabi, Dhaka, has admitted his guilt in a jail appeal and pleaded for clemency before the High Court. Sohail Rana, who was sentenced to capital punishment by the trial court, argued that prolonged drug addiction, financial hardship […]

An anti-narcotics operation in Narayanganj’s Fatullah area turned violent late on Saturday night when police officers came under attack from suspected drug traffickers. The incident left five police personnel injured, including a Sub-Inspector, while officers arrested three individuals, among them an alleged leading drug dealer known locally as “Fighter Monir”. According to police, the incident […]

A further child has died with symptoms of measles in the past 24 hours, while health authorities have reported more than a thousand new suspected and confirmed infections across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. In its latest daily bulletin, the health authority stated that between 8:00am on Thursday and 8:00am […]

A young man wearing a Brazil national football team jersey was caught red-handed while attempting to steal a donation box from the main shrine of Rajban Vihara in southeastern Bangladesh. The incident, which occurred early on Thursday morning, has prompted renewed discussion about security arrangements at the historic religious site. According to eyewitness accounts, the […]