Dr Fahmida Khatoon, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), has emphasised that revitalising the economy requires prompt elections and the handover of responsibility to a political government. According to her, it is impossible to manage economic activities effectively under a weak caretaker government. She warned that the longer an interim administration remains, […]

The body of Osman Haruni (43), a journalist from Jamalpur’s Islampur area, was discovered hanging at his home on Saturday, 27 September, in a tragic incident that has shocked the local community.   Osman Haruni served as the Jamalpur district correspondent for Mohona TV and as the Islampur Upazila representative for the newspaper ‘Amar Desh’. […]

In Baluchar, along the riverbank in Matlob North Upazila, Chandpur, a child was seen playing with an unexploded grenade, local residents reported. Upon noticing the incident, they immediately informed the police. Both the military and police promptly responded to the scene, recovering the grenade and securing it in a safe location.   The grenade was […]

Bangladesh experienced yet another earthquake on Saturday, 27 September, at 2:27 PM. The tremor registered a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre located in Monirampur Upazila, Jessore. According to the Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the epicentre was confirmed to be in Monirampur. Recent Seismic […]