Security at the Cox’s Bazar court complex has come under renewed scrutiny following allegations that a judge was threatened with a pistol and a subsequent daylight shooting left several people injured. A district judge-level judicial officer in Cox’s Bazar told Jugantor that a young man allegedly pointed a pistol at a judge inside the court […]

A blast inside a locked room used by a mosque imam caused significant damage to the structure at a village mosque in Madaripur, with part of the corrugated metal fencing and roofing blown away. Furniture and other belongings inside the room were also burnt in the incident. The explosion occurred at Al-Aqsa Jame Mosque at […]

More than 500 teachers at 22 public universities in Bangladesh are reportedly facing investigations, notices and various forms of professional pressure following allegations linked to a news report concerning an alleged campaign to bring back former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The controversy began after an online news portal, Asia Post, published a report on 4 […]

Five more people have died from dengue in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 102 this year. The latest figures were released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a daily dengue update on Tuesday, 1 September. The report also recorded 1,324 new […]

A primary school teacher in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila has been arrested and sent to jail after allegedly attempting to rape a Class Five pupil inside a school toilet. The incident reportedly took place on Monday afternoon at South Ramkhana Government Primary School in Ramkhana Union during the students’ tiffin break, according to police. The accused, […]

A young man has been apprehended by the Rapid Action Battalion for allegedly exploiting a romantic relationship to secretly capture intimate videos and photographs of a woman, and subsequently demanding money under threat of uploading the media to the internet. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Rafid Sikdar, is the son of Mujibullah Sikdar from the […]

A woman named Newaz Chowdhury Mitu has died following a fire that broke out in a rented apartment on the seventh floor of a residential building in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. The incident unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday at approximately 03:30 local time. The flat is situated at house number 15 on road […]

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has carried out a significant administrative reshuffle, reassigning four unarmed police inspectors to new operational roles across the capital. Issued on Tuesday, the official directive bears the signature of Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed and takes effect immediately, mandating the newly posted officers to assume their responsibilities without delay. Routine transfers of […]

The public health landscape across the country remains deeply concerning as a persistent measles outbreak continues to claim young lives. Over the past twenty-four hours alone, six more children have succumbed to symptoms linked to the viral infection. Medical facilities recorded 1,159 new presentations of measles-like symptoms alongside 72 freshly confirmed cases of the disease […]