More than 50 Chhatra Dal activists gathered outside the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Chapainawabganj on Monday night after police detained a motorcycle belonging to the organisation’s district general secretary over the absence of valid registration. The activists took up a position at the main entrance of the SP’s office and remained […]

Farmers in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram are continuing to face difficulties in obtaining fertiliser during the Aman rice and vegetable cultivation seasons, including early vegetable farming ahead of the Rabi season. While farmers say they are unable to secure fertiliser according to their needs, the Department of Agricultural Extension maintains that there is no actual […]

The general manager of Pirojpur Rural Electricity Association, Md Altaf Hossain, has been released from his duties and attached to the office of the supervising engineer of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board’s Barishal zone following a power outage during the Prime Minister’s virtual address in Kaukhali. The decision means Mr Hossain will remain attached to […]

Police recovered the bodies of five people, including a woman, from separate locations across the capital on Monday (14 September). The bodies were found between the morning and afternoon in Shahbagh, Motijheel, Jatrabari and Kamrangirchar. The identities of all five deceased remained unknown at the time of the recoveries. Police said they appeared to be […]

Questions are mounting over the administrative operations of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) following serious allegations surrounding a Grade-9 non-cadre official. Assistant Network Engineer Jonaed Siddique, who joined the department in 2022 alongside roughly 64 other officers, has reportedly been assigned to the central headquarters in Dhaka for over four years. During […]

A routine anti-narcotics operation in southern Bangladesh took an unexpected turn on Sunday evening when a massive swarm of hornets attacked law enforcement officers and local residents, leaving at least 25 people injured. The incident occurred in the Janata Bazaar area of Badarpur Union, situated within the Lalmohan Upazila of Bhola district. Acting on specific […]

A profound tragedy has struck the Batkehali neighbourhood of Satkhira Sadar Upazila, where two young primary school students lost their lives in a drowning incident on Monday afternoon. The victims have been identified as ten-year-old Habiba, a fourth-grade pupil and daughter of Habibur Rahman, and nine-year-old Labib, a third-grade student and son of Saddam Hossain. […]