Public outrage erupted across Manikganj today as residents, students, and grieving family members staged a massive demonstration along the Dhaka-Aricha highway, demanding the urgent rescue of Redwan Ansari. The 25-year-old business administration student and private sector employee has been missing for nine days following a suspected abduction. Grief and desperation hung heavy over the Baniyajuri […]

A headmaster in Habiganj district faces serious criminal charges following formal complaints of sexual harassment and attempted assault against a colleague on school grounds. The victim, a part-time teacher at Shahpur South Government Primary School in Madhabpur upazila, lodged a case with the Habiganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Sunday, 1 November. Following […]

A teacher at a residential Hafezia madrasa in Chauddagram, Comilla, has been arrested on charges of repeatedly abusing two minor students. Police detained the accused, identified as Mohammad Kabir Hossain, from the educational institution on Sunday evening following widespread protests by local residents and guardians. He was formally placed under arrest on Monday. Hossain, a […]

Traffic on the Dhaka–Tangail Highway returned to normal at around noon on Monday after security forces cleared a road blockade staged by workers demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000 in the Palli Bidyut area of Kaliakair, Gazipur. The workers began their demonstration at around 8am on 2 November, bringing traffic to a standstill […]

Bangladesh faces a growing public health challenge as vector-borne infection rates continue to climb across the country. According to the latest figures released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday, 2 November, six more patients succumbed to dengue fever in the preceding 24 hours. Over the same timeframe, healthcare facilities admitted 1,970 […]

A wave of labour unrest over demands for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000 has disrupted operations across several of Bangladesh’s major garment-manufacturing hubs, forcing 670 factories to suspend production. The disruption has affected millions of workers, with 1,680,572 employees leaving their workplaces and returning home without carrying out their scheduled work. According to […]

What began as a routine emergency response to retrieve a single body from the Atharobaki River turned into a double homicide investigation on Monday afternoon, after police uncovered a second corpse at the exact same location in Khulna’s Rupsha Upazila. Officers dispatched to the Singhir Char area in Moshabbarpur village, situated within the Aichgati Union, […]