Police have arrested film actor Ashraful Haque, popularly known as Don, in connection with the murder case filed over the death of celebrated Bangladeshi actor Salman Shah. Airport Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kamrul Hasan Talukdar confirmed the arrest on Sunday, 9 August. According to him, immigration police initially detained Don in the airport area. A team […]

Six more children have died with measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while more than 1,000 children were reported to have contracted either measles or illnesses presenting similar symptoms, according to the latest figures released by the Directorate General of Health Services. The figures were disclosed in the health directorate’s updated measles […]

The Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi, is inviting applications for 11 posts of Office Assistant (MLSS), offering an opportunity for candidates with a minimum educational qualification of Class Eight. Both male and female candidates can apply for the temporary positions. According to the recruitment notice, successful candidates will be appointed under Grade 20 of […]

Police have arrested two people in connection with the killing of a 20-year-old auto-rickshaw driver in Narayanganj’s Araihazar and recovered the stolen vehicle and the victim’s mobile phone, according to the Police Bureau of Investigation. The development was announced at a press conference at the PBI’s Narayanganj district office on Sunday, 9 August. The victim, […]

Students of Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasa blocked the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway in Tongi, Gazipur, on Sunday to protest the death of a fellow student in a road accident. The protest began in the morning, with students gathering in front of the madrasa’s main gate and around the Gazipura bus stand. They remained on the highway until […]

A 15-year-old boy was found hanging from a pillar of a Shaheed Minar in Manikganj’s Dhaleshwari field on Sunday morning, with police investigating whether the death was a suicide or a planned killing. The deceased was identified as Shihab, son of Selim Mia of Hijuli area under Manikganj municipality. He worked cutting fish at the […]

Three more people, including two children and a young woman, have died while being treated with measles symptoms and pneumonia in Sylhet, raising the total number of suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths in the division to 125. The deaths were reported over the past 24 hours at three hospitals. Two children died while receiving intensive […]

A desperate struggle to keep her family afloat has forced Rehana Khatun, a mother of two from Santoshpur village in Rampal, Bagerhat, to sell her own hair to pay a Tk500 house rent. After losing the rented shanty where she had been living with her children, Rehana now has little more than an unfinished bamboo […]