The death toll from a catastrophic toxic gas leak at a shipbreaking facility in Sitakunda, Chattogram, has risen to seven, following a sudden chemical discharge aboard a vessel under demolition. The incident occurred at approximately 9:00 am on Friday, 14 August, at the Ferdous Steel Ship Breaking Yard, situated along the Bhatiari coastal strip. Emergency […]

An acute energy crisis in Habiganj has escalated dramatically after authorities completely severed the natural gas supply to the district’s industrial sector, forcing all 171 factories to halt production. The sudden suspension, which took effect on Wednesday, 12 August, followed nearly three weeks of severely reduced pressure and erratic supply, leaving over 150,000 workers idle […]

Banned Awami League leader Golam Hasnain Russell was granted a four-hour temporary parole release on Friday, 14 August, allowing him to attend his mother’s funeral under heavy police escort in Bhangura, Pabna. Russell, the general secretary of the Bhangura Upazila Awami League, previously served as an MP for the Pabna-3 constituency, upazila chairman, and local […]

Fifty-three leaders and activists affiliated with the Awami League and its associate bodies were detained by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) during a targeted operation in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area on Thursday night. The raid was carried out at approximately 9:05 pm on 13 August by officers from Vatara Police Station. Security forces stormed […]

A longstanding dispute over the ownership of a local graveyard and waqf estate escalated into violent clashes between the residents of two neighboring villages in Netrokona’s Kalmakanda upazila, leaving at least 56 people injured. The violent confrontation broke out on Friday morning, 14 August, in the Amgora area under Rongchhati Union. Police units deployed swiftly […]

A debilitating shortage of natural gas has brought Bangladesh’s primary manufacturing sectors to a virtual standstill, imperilling export orders and raising immediate concerns over the stability of local consumer goods markets. The deficit, which has worsened over three consecutive weeks, has hit heavy manufacturing, textile processing, and basic food processing facilities hard, with pipeline pressure […]

An acute CNG shortage in Chittagong reached boiling point early on Friday, 14 August, as hundreds of CNG-powered auto-rickshaw drivers took to the streets in protest, throwing the port city’s transport network into utter disarray. Exasperated by multi-day queues outside refuelling stations across the city, disgruntled cabbies set up blockades around the bustling Sholashahar area […]