Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers have arrested a 30-year-old man in Gazipur following allegations of gang rape, video blackmail, and extortion targeting the wife of an expatriate worker in Thakurgaon’s Ranishankail upazila. The suspect, identified as Al Amin, son of Mohammad Hanif from Hatgaon village in Ranishankail, was apprehended on Friday night during a targeted […]

Police have recovered the bodies of two unidentified men from the Shahbagh area of the capital, Dhaka. The deceased are estimated to be around 65 and 45 years of age. Authorities have not yet been able to ascertain their identities. The recoveries took place on Saturday afternoon from the footpath adjacent to the National Eidgah […]

Tragedy struck the Daulatpur area of Khulna on Saturday morning after a 35-year-old man was shot dead in broad daylight along the Khulna-Jessore Highway. The victim, identified as Jalil Munshi, son of Dilu Munshi, was a resident of the Kulibagan neighbourhood. The incident took place at around 8:15 am directly in front of the Ispahani […]

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has announced that both day and night temperatures are expected to decrease across the country over the next 24 hours. Alongside the dip in temperature, meteorologists have warned of widespread rainfall accompanied by sporadic squally winds and thunderstorms across all eight administrative divisions. According to the official bulletin released on […]

A journey to mourn the loss of a relative ended in tragedy early on Saturday morning when a young homemaker was killed in a road accident in Chandpur’s Matlab Dakshin sub-district. The victim, identified as 25-year-old Sadia Akter, was travelling in a battery-run auto-rickshaw alongside three family members to attend a relative’s funeral. The fatal […]

A devastating road accident on the Matlab–Gauripur Pennai highway in Chandpur’s Matlab South upazila has taken the life of a young woman and left four others critically injured, triggering local outrage and an impromptu blockade of public transport. The incident occurred early on Saturday morning near the Nagda Bori Bari section of the highway. A […]

Three more children have died in Bangladesh after developing symptoms associated with measles, taking the total number of deaths linked to confirmed measles infections and suspected measles cases to 1,012. Of the total deaths recorded so far, 100 were among patients whose measles infections were confirmed, while 912 deaths involved patients who had symptoms consistent […]