A severe gas shortage across Dhaka is leaving households struggling to cook, forcing many residents to rely on electric or wood-burning stoves and pushing others towards hotels and roadside eateries for their morning meals. The impact was particularly visible in Banasree on Tuesday morning. At around 7.30am, a hotel in the capital’s F Block was […]

A cultural programme at the Police Lines in Brahmanbaria was disrupted after an altercation over loud music escalated into an attack and subsequent police action, leaving at least 30 people injured. The incident took place at around 11pm on Tuesday, 18 August, inside the Police Lines in the West Medda area of Brahmanbaria municipality. The […]

A writ petition has been filed in the High Court seeking the declaration of Abdul Hannan Masud’s parliamentary seat as vacant over an allegation of fraud involving his election affidavit. Masud, a candidate nominated by the National Citizen Party (NCP), was elected from the Noakhali-6 constituency in the 13th National Parliamentary Election. The petition was […]

Professor Md Asadur Rahman, head of the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, has been attacked and injured by a group of assailants in the capital. The 55-year-old doctor was assaulted late on Monday night after leaving his private chamber at a branch of Popular Diagnostic Centre in Shantinagar. He […]

Despite recent assurances from the government, industrial areas across Bangladesh are yet to see any meaningful improvement in gas supplies. The prolonged shortage has forced more than 900 textile and yarn-producing mills to suspend operations completely, according to industry representatives. The crisis is also disrupting production in several other gas-dependent sectors. Factory owners in the […]

An Israeli strike on a crowded café in Gaza City has killed at least six people and injured 14 others, according to Palestinian sources cited by Al Jazeera. The attack took place on Tuesday, 18 August, at a café in the port area of Gaza City that had been turned into a makeshift shelter for […]

A 26-year-old man was beaten to death by a group of people in Khulna after being suspected of attempting to abduct a child, according to police. The incident took place in the Rayermohol area of the city on Tuesday afternoon. The victim, identified as Raju Shikdar, was a resident of Baliadanga in Phultala upazila of […]