Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have prosecuted 2,855 vehicles in a single day as part of a ongoing drive to curb persistent traffic violations across Bangladesh’s chaotic capital. The extensive operation, conducted by the city’s traffic division, targeted major arterial routes and congested intersections to restore order to Dhaka’s famously congested road network. Deputy Commissioner of […]

Police have launched an investigation following the recovery of a semi-decomposed body of an unidentified man from the Bangshi River in Dhamrai, situated on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Officers retrieved the floating corpse late on Sunday night near the Depashai Nayapara sports ground, located within the Sombhag Union of Dhamrai Upazila. Local […]

Two more patients have succumbed to dengue fever whilst undergoing treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), taking the total death toll from the mosquito-borne viral infection at the facility to 18 this year. The deceased have been identified as Rashida Khatun, aged 42, and Jafar Ali, aged 70. Rashida, a resident of Bhaluka Upazila […]

Residents of several areas in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur have been living without piped gas for nearly three months, forcing households to rely on costly and less convenient alternatives for cooking. Mohammadia Housing, Nobodoy Housing, Adabor and Dhaka Udyan are among the areas where gas supplies have reportedly remained disrupted for an extended period. The prolonged shortage […]

Four more children admitted with measles symptoms have died in Sylhet over the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll linked to the viral outbreak in the division to 164. The Divisional Health Directorate confirmed the fatalities on Monday morning. The deceased—identified as Emran, Shafayet, Khadija, and Obaydullah—succumbed to their illness while undergoing treatment […]

Police in Jamalpur have revealed horrifying details behind the murder of a seven-year-old girl, whose body was discovered buried beneath the floor of a neighbour’s home days after she went missing. The primary school pupil vanished on Thursday morning after leaving for classes at a local government primary school. Police investigations have now established that […]