A 26-year-old man has died in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district after allegedly being tied to an electricity pole and repeatedly beaten by a group of people who suspected him of theft. The incident took place on Tuesday morning at the home of Mawlana Kefayet Ullah in Miyazir Para, in the East Fakiraghona area of Boromaheshkhali […]

Police have arrested five people, including a local leader of the Jubo Dal, in connection with the alleged theft of electrical transformers belonging to the rural power network in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur. The arrests were made during separate raids in different parts of the upazila on Monday night, 14 September. The five suspects were […]

A distress call from a desperate mother has prompted judicial intervention in Gaibandha after a drug-addicted father absconded with his eleven-month-old daughter, demanding a ransom to fund his addiction. The Executive Magistrate Court-1 of Gaibandha, presided over by Judge Nishat Tajnin, has instructed the local police to immediately locate the infant and apprehend the perpetrator […]

Health authorities in Bangladesh have confirmed six further deaths from dengue fever over the past 24 hours, taking the nation’s total fatality count for the current year to 164. The latest report from the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) highlights a worrying surge in vector-borne […]