A nine-year-old third-grade pupil was killed after being run over by a passenger bus while walking to school with her mother in Phulbari, Dinajpur, on Tuesday morning. The victim, Shipa Moni, was struck in the Bastand-Bottoli area of Phulbari municipal town at around 7.45am while attempting to cross the road with her mother. The incident […]

Three days after nine workers tragically lost their lives to toxic gas inhalation at a ship-breaking yard in Chattogram, investigators have finally initiated a formal probe. The delay stemmed from high concentrations of hazardous gas lingering inside the vessel, which kept initial administrative committees at bay. The fatal incident occurred on Friday morning at the […]

A Gripping Rescue Operation in Jhenaidah Animal welfare has taken centre stage in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur upazila, where local authorities intervened to rescue four water buffaloes that had spent three grueling months tethered in thick mud. The successful operation was led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Sajjad Hossain, following an urgent public appeal that circulated […]

Seven more people have died with measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, while 981 additional people have developed symptoms during the same period, according to the latest surveillance report released by the Directorate General of Health Services on Monday. The figures cover the 24-hour period from 8am on Sunday to 8am on […]

A madrasa teacher has been sent to jail by a court in Manikganj after being accused of sexually abusing two child students in Singair. Senior Judicial Magistrate Rowshan Jahan of the Manikganj Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court issued the order on Monday afternoon after the accused was produced before the court in connection with the case. […]

A dispute over the sale and supply of bricks and sand has led to allegations of assault and counter-allegations between two parties in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The incident reportedly took place at around 11am on Sunday, 16 August, in the Kazirgaon mouza area of Kalindi Atashur under Keraniganj Model Police Station. Following […]