A long-running football tournament final was called off in Natore’s Lalpur after a former student wing leader allegedly made a false public announcement that Section 144 had been imposed at the venue because his demand to have political figures as guests was rejected. The incident took place on Friday (21 August) in Keshabpur village of […]

A dramatic shift has emerged in the investigation into the gruesome triple murder at a residence in Sylhet’s Raynagar area, as the primary suspect confessed before a magistrate that the killings were triggered by a botched burglary rather than a spurned romantic liaison. Babul Mia, 40, who was arrested shortly after the crimes, admitted in […]

A sudden fire broke out on the ground floor of Royal Aid Hospital in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area late on Saturday night, triggering temporary panic among patients, attendants, and medical staff. Two operational firefighting units rushed to the healthcare facility and brought the flames under control within twenty minutes, successfully averting what could have been a […]

A 27-year-old soldier serving with the Bangladesh Army died by suicide inside his residential quarters at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project site in Ishwardi, Pabna, on Saturday evening. The deceased soldier has been identified as Sajib Molla, a resident of Snigdha Building within the official military barracks compound in the Pakshi Paper Mill area. […]

Widespread power cuts hit Dhaka and districts across Bangladesh on Saturday, disrupting what is usually a low-demand weekend as generation plummeted at multiple coal-fired power stations and cross-border import volumes fell. By late afternoon, national transmission data revealed a deficit exceeding 1,900 megawatts (MW), leaving consumers in several neighbourhoods of the capital grappling with two […]