At least fifteen passengers sustained injuries after a long-distance intercity bus swerved off the Barisal-Dhaka highway to avoid hitting a pedestrian, ultimately veering out of control and overturning into a roadside pond. The accident occurred at approximately 11:00 am on Sunday, 13 September, near the Six-Mile Mollik Bari area under the jurisdiction of Airport Police […]

Detectives have seized two operational foreign-made pistols, three empty magazines, and seven rounds of live ammunition during a late-night raid on a residence in Bagha upazila under Rajshahi district. Officers from the District Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested 36-year-old Mst Rozina Khatun at the scene on Saturday night. Her husband, 44-year-old Md Rubel Hossain, […]

Angered by acute shortages and alleged hoarding of essential agricultural inputs, local farmers laid siege to a fertilizer distribution point in Kaliganj upazila under Jhenaidah district on Sunday morning. The protest erupted at Dudhrajpur village within Jamal Union at the dealership outlet belonging to Shahidul Islam. The standoff eventually eased after officials from the local […]

Dengue fever cases continue to surge at a concerning rate across the northern-central region of Bangladesh, placing heightened pressure on regional healthcare facilities. In a fresh tragedy, a 40-year-old woman, Tahmina Akhtar, succumbed to the mosquito-borne virus within the last 24 hours while receiving treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Tahmina was the wife of […]

Electricity generation at the second unit of the Rampal Power Plant in Bagerhat came to a complete halt on Sunday following a sudden technical malfunction. The 660-megawatt unit was taken offline at around 11:00 am. However, power transmission to the national grid from the plant’s first unit continues without interruption. Anwarul Azim, General Manager of […]

Police have recovered the highly decomposed body of an unidentified teenage boy from a water-logged pond inside an abandoned residential property in Monohorganj upazila of Comilla district. The gruesome discovery has triggered widespread shock and concern throughout the locality, drawing a crowd of anxious residents and sparking fears linked to a previous missing person case […]