A load-tested 9mm semi-automatic pistol, along with two fully loaded magazines containing 20 rounds of live ammunition, has been recovered from a prominent mosque in Narayanganj’s Araihazar sub-district. Preliminary police investigations confirm that the firearm was amongst the arsenal looted from Araihazar Police Station during the widespread mass civil unrest in July and August 2024. […]

Italian law enforcement and judicial authorities in Venice have received a comprehensive 16-page formal referral requesting an independent inquiry into Bangladeshi actress Azmeri Haque Badhon. Dispatched from London on 12 September 2026, the submission outlines a series of severe allegations, ranging from alleged links with extremist networks and fraudulent Schengen visa declarations to political coercion […]

Police retrieved the body of a lawyer from his rented flat in the capital’s Lalbagh area on Saturday morning. Investigators suspect he died two to three days before being discovered. Officers entered the second-floor property at 10/1 Boubazar Lane 3, Shahidnagar, around 11:30 am. A neighbour living in an adjacent room raised the alarm after […]

Bangladesh continues to face a sustained dengue outbreak, with two more deaths and 790 new hospital admissions recorded over the past 24 hours. The latest figures have taken the country’s dengue death toll to 141 since the beginning of the year. The figures were released in the Directorate General of Health Services’ (DGHS) regular dengue […]

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was a prominent figure in Bangladesh’s political history, remembered for her long career as an organiser, politician and freedom fighter. Her political journey was closely connected with the country’s independence struggle, the development of women’s political participation and the organisational history of the Bangladesh Awami League. Over several decades, she held senior […]