A deep sense of unease and bewilderment has settled over the Machhuapara neighbourhood in Rangpur following the grim discovery of four murdered members of the same family. While police swiftly detained two local youths, mounting contradictions between initial police briefings and formal post-mortem findings—alongside bizarre discrepancies regarding clothing, a severed power supply, and missing handsets—have […]

A criminal case has been lodged against Md Arman Uddin, the personal assistant to Chattogram-15 lawmaker and Jamaat-e-Islami central working committee member Shahjahan Chowdhury, over allegations of demanding 2 million Taka in extortion, alongside commercial property occupation and looting. The petition was filed on Sunday by expatriate businessman Amir Hossain before the court of Chattogram […]

Tragedy struck the capital’s academic community on Monday morning after police recovered the body of Dhirendra Kumar Roy, a 71-year-old former teacher of Notre Dame College, from his residence in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area. Authorities suspect the retired educator committed suicide by hanging himself at his family home. The incident occurred at house number 188 on […]

Bangladesh is eyeing a broader energy partnership with neighbouring India to bolster its national grid and secure stable electricity supplies. Following high-level discussions held in New Delhi earlier this month, Power Division Secretary Md. Habibur Rahman (referred to locally as Mirana Mahrukh) affirmed Dhaka’s intention to scale up electricity imports beyond the current baseline of […]

Two Bangladeshi tech entrepreneurs have introduced an anonymous crowdsourced platform, dubbed ‘GhushSite’, designed to document informal financial demands across public sector offices. Built on the foundational principle of keeping personal identities strictly confidential, the initiative enables citizens to log instances of bribery without creating user accounts, registering email addresses, or disclosing telephone numbers. The portal […]

A serving Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has been arrested alongside an alleged associate after being caught in possession of 5,310 contraband methamphetamine pills, widely known as yaba. The operation, executed during the early hours of Monday, was conducted by a detective team from the Dakshinkhan Police Station across several residential pockets in […]

A quiet residential neighbourhood in Rangpur has been plunged into grief following the gruesome murder of four members of the same family. Amid the shock and disbelief in the Machhuapara area, a deeply harrowing detail has surfaced involving an undelivered parcel intended for one of the victims, twenty-three-year-old Agami Chakraborty. The package, sent via Steadfast […]

A mobile court operating in Chapainawabganj has penalised a local trader 100,000 Bangladeshi Taka (approximately £650) for illicitly hoarding agricultural inputs and selling chemical fertilizers at prices significantly exceeding government-fixed rates. The enforcement drive forms part of wider administrative efforts across Bangladesh to curb market manipulation and protect farmers from artificial price hikes during key […]

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has issued a stern warning to party members contemplating independent or rebel candidacies in upcoming local government elections, confirming that severe disciplinary action will be taken against anyone defying the party line. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi delivered the caution during an interaction with journalists, outlining the […]