The announcement of the judgment in the widely discussed murder case of schoolgirl Tasnia Hossain Adita (14) in Noakhali has been postponed, with the court setting a new date of 29 April. On Wednesday (15 April) at around 11 a.m., Judge Mohammad Khorshedul Alam Shikdar of the Noakhali Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 issued […]

A 73-year-old death row prisoner has died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after being brought in from the central prison in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The deceased, identified as Khan Md Torab Ali, was declared dead on Tuesday evening (14 April) at approximately 6:00 pm by attending emergency department physicians. According to […]

A 70-year-old retired bank official, Harun Or Rashid Khan, was killed in a road accident after being struck by a truck in Dumki upazila of Patuakhali on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 7:30 a.m. on the western side of the main gate of the upazila, according to local sources. Harun Or Rashid Khan, […]

A highly decomposed and unidentified body has been recovered from a paddy field in a remote wetland area of north-eastern Bangladesh, prompting an official police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. The discovery was made in Dhali Haor, located in the Borantar area under Mohanganj Upazila in Netrokona District, on Monday evening. According to […]

A 90-year-old woman in South Korea has been sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of laundering money linked to her son’s drug trafficking operation, according to court proceedings reported on Tuesday. The case was heard at the Incheon District Court in South Korea, where prosecutors established that the woman processed illicit funds […]

A suspected major drug trafficker has been detained in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, with law enforcement recovering a significant quantity of heroin during the operation, according to officials. Members of the Rapid Action Battalion-4 (RAB-4) arrested 27-year-old Hridoy Hossain during a late-night raid on Monday at around 11:30 pm. The operation was conducted […]

A further nine children have died in the country within the past 24 hours amid a continuing surge in suspected measles infections and related symptoms, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday. Health officials confirmed that one of the deaths was directly attributed to Measles, while the […]

A Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka has granted three-day remand for the prime accused, Moin Uddin, along with two of his alleged associates, in connection with a case involving extortion attempts targeting a specialist kidney hospital in the capital. On Tuesday (14 April), Metropolitan Magistrate Jamsed Alam issued the order after hearing a petition submitted […]