Bangladesh Coast Guard personnel have seized a consignment of 10,000 Yaba tablets during a targeted early-morning operation in Teknaf upazila under Cox’s Bazar district. The raid was conducted in the Keruntoli Canal area adjacent to the Naf River at dawn on Sunday, 8 November. However, no suspects could be apprehended at the scene as the […]

Law enforcement officers from the Special Response Battalion (SRB) have arrested two suspected drug dealers following a search of a passenger bus in Pubail, Gazipur. The operation was carried out late on Saturday night, 7 November, after SRB personnel established a strategic security checkpoint in front of Khokon Filling Station in the Khilgaon area under […]

A 22-year-old college student was killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a motorcycle in Gopalganj on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Sarjil Sikder, a first-year undergraduate student at Gopalganj Government College. The fatal road crash occurred at approximately 9:30 pm on Sunday, 8 November, on the Gopalganj-Ghonapara regional […]

A 38-year-old man has died at a hospital in Dhaka five days after being brutally attacked with sharp weapons over a long-standing land dispute in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The victim, identified as Khorshed Alam, succumbed to his severe injuries on Sunday afternoon, 8 November, at approximately 4:30 pm. The news of his death has triggered […]

Kushtia Model Police have arrested six members of an organised crime syndicate nearly two and a half months after they rendered an elderly woman unconscious with a chemical compound known as ‘Devil’s Breath’ before looting BDT 10 lakh in cash and 20 bhoris of gold jewellery. The arrests followed multi-district raids carried out across Kushtia […]

Police in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj have intercepted a truck carrying 3,090 kilogrammes of contraband Indian cumin and arrested three individuals suspected of involvement in smuggling operations. The interception took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway following a targeted police operation on Thursday, 7 November. Law enforcement officers mounted a raid after receiving confidential intelligence regarding […]

A 40-year-old man has died at a private hospital in Dhaka ten days after being severely beaten by a mob over theft allegations in the Kanchpur area of Sonargaon upazila, Narayanganj. The deceased, identified as Md Farooq Hossain, son of Seraj Uddin, was a resident of Lalati village under Kanchpur Union. Farooq succumbed to his […]

Tensions flared between rival factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Debidwar, Cumilla, on Sunday afternoon following counter-rallies and demonstrations organised to mark National Revolution and Solidarity Day. The political confrontation escalated into violence when a convoy carrying Rasheda Begum Hira, a Member of Parliament for a reserved women’s seat, came under attack, resulting […]