Five more people have died from dengue in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, taking the country’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 102 this year. The latest figures were released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a daily dengue update on Tuesday, 1 September. The report also recorded 1,324 new […]

A primary school teacher in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila has been arrested and sent to jail after allegedly attempting to rape a Class Five pupil inside a school toilet. The incident reportedly took place on Monday afternoon at South Ramkhana Government Primary School in Ramkhana Union during the students’ tiffin break, according to police. The accused, […]

A young man has been apprehended by the Rapid Action Battalion for allegedly exploiting a romantic relationship to secretly capture intimate videos and photographs of a woman, and subsequently demanding money under threat of uploading the media to the internet. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Rafid Sikdar, is the son of Mujibullah Sikdar from the […]

A woman named Newaz Chowdhury Mitu has died following a fire that broke out in a rented apartment on the seventh floor of a residential building in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. The incident unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday at approximately 03:30 local time. The flat is situated at house number 15 on road […]

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has carried out a significant administrative reshuffle, reassigning four unarmed police inspectors to new operational roles across the capital. Issued on Tuesday, the official directive bears the signature of Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed and takes effect immediately, mandating the newly posted officers to assume their responsibilities without delay. Routine transfers of […]

The public health landscape across the country remains deeply concerning as a persistent measles outbreak continues to claim young lives. Over the past twenty-four hours alone, six more children have succumbed to symptoms linked to the viral infection. Medical facilities recorded 1,159 new presentations of measles-like symptoms alongside 72 freshly confirmed cases of the disease […]

Police have arrested two people, including Demra Thana Chhatra Dal convener Mohammad Masud Rana, also known as ‘Kailla Masud’, in connection with a shooting at the residence of SM Reza Chowdhury Selim, convenor of the Demra Thana BNP. The arrests were made during an overnight operation on Monday (31 August), police said. One of the […]