A fire broke out at a carton warehouse associated with Supreme Garments in Kashimpur, Gazipur, on Saturday morning, prompting a response from five Fire Service units. No casualties have been reported so far. The fire started at around 10.30am on 24 October in the Shailan area of Kashimpur Police Station, within Gazipur metropolitan area. The […]

Bangladesh Bank’s website remained inaccessible for a third consecutive day on Saturday as the central bank continued precautionary measures following a global cybersecurity alert. Officials said the website would remain offline until adequate security could be ensured, although connections between the central bank and commercial banks continued to operate normally. The central bank took the […]

A gunman opened fire at the personal car of popular Bangladeshi singer and former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Asif Akbar in the capital’s Moghbazar area early on Saturday, 24 October. No one was injured in the incident, but the vehicle’s rear right window was badly damaged. The shooting took place at around 4.50 am […]

Three people were killed and 16 others injured after a passenger bus operated by Darshana Paribahan lost control, smashed through a roadside barrier and plunged into a water-filled ditch in Munshiganj’s Srinagar upazila early on Saturday. The accident occurred at around 3.15am on 24 October in the Hasara area, on the Dhaka-bound carriageway of the […]

Bangladesh has recorded another seven deaths among patients with measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, bringing the combined death toll from confirmed measles and suspected cases to 1,214 this year. Of the total, 104 deaths have been attributed to confirmed measles, while 1,110 involved patients who had symptoms consistent with the disease. The figures […]

Three friends have died after their motorcycle collided head-on with a lorry on the 300-foot road in Purbachal, in Rupganj, Narayanganj. Two of them were killed at the scene on Thursday night, 22 October, while the third died in hospital the following morning. The accident occurred at around 9pm near the Bhuinyabari Bridge in Sulpina, […]

Two men have died in hospital after reportedly falling ill following alcohol consumption in Sreepur upazila of Magura, Bangladesh. Both died on Friday morning, 23 October, while receiving treatment at Magura 250-bed Hospital. Police and hospital officials suspect that their deaths may be linked to alcohol consumption, although the exact cause has yet to be […]