The Directorate General of Health Services has confirmed a further seven fatalities linked to measles symptoms across Bangladesh over the past twenty-four hours. This tragic development pushes the overall death toll from the ongoing outbreak to 950 children since mid-March. Health officials reported that while seven young lives were lost to related symptoms during this […]

A family dispute took a fatal turn in Comilla’s Burichong upazila on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the death of twenty-nine-year-old Zakir Hossain. Local residents and police have accused his elder brother, thirty-two-year-old Md Shakil, alongside several associates, of orchestrating the deadly assault that shook the quiet neighbourhood of Kakiyarchar West Para. The victim was the […]

A devastating incident unfolded in the Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday morning, as an eighteen-month-old child lost her life after slipping into a water-filled pit near her home. The tragedy occurred at approximately 8:00 AM in Deokhara village, located within the jurisdiction of the No. 3 Murshidhat Union. The victim has been identified as […]

Police have arrested a truck driver in Meherpur town following a brutal overnight attack that left his former wife with a severed right hand and her parents critically injured. The horrific incident unfolded in the early hours of Wednesday at the residence of the victims in the Lordmarket area, sending shockwaves through the local community. […]

Today marks the 12th day of Rabiul Awal, a sacred date in the Islamic calendar observed globally as Eid-e-Miladunnabi. This blessed day commemorates both the birth and the passing of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Historical accounts place his birth in the renowned Quraysh tribe of Makkah in the year 570 CE. His father, Abdullah, passed away […]

Police in Gazipur have detained two young men following a clandestine torch procession organised by activists affiliated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League. The incident unfolded on Tuesday afternoon within the jurisdiction of the Bashon Police Station inside the Gazipur Metropolitan area. Law enforcement units intervened after receiving intelligence that party members had gathered to stage […]

Local police in northern Bangladesh are working to uncover the identity of a human limb found abandoned in a rural paddy field. Officers in Nageshwari upazila recovered the lower portion of a human leg on Wednesday morning from the remote rural area of Nilurkhamar Charuatari, situated within the Santoshpur union. Passers-by first spotted the gruesome […]

Jatrabari, one of Dhaka’s busiest gateways, has become a growing source of concern for commuters and residents as incidents of snatching and other street crimes continue to be reported in the area. Thousands of people enter and leave the capital through Jatrabari every day, particularly passengers travelling from the southern and south-western parts of the […]