Three people were killed and seven others injured when a bus collided head-on with a Nasimon, a locally used three-wheeled transport vehicle, in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore on Saturday morning. The accident occurred at around 9am in the Naya Bazar area of the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway, according to police. The collision left several passengers injured, with […]

Prominent writer and poet Farhad Mazhar has rejected the description of the student movement of July-August 2024 as an ‘uprising’. In a recently viral interview on social media, he claimed that although the events of that period could be viewed as a movement, there was a different form of international involvement behind them. Speaking in […]

Former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan has said he is prepared to return to Bangladesh and face all legal proceedings against him if the government guarantees his safety. The veteran all-rounder also indicated that, should an immediate return prove impossible, he would prefer to return alongside former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, referring to her […]

Thousands of residents took to the streets in Savar on Friday, protesting allegations that three local union parishads—Tetuljhora, Aminbazar and Bhakurta—are set to be detached from Savar Upazila and incorporated into neighbouring Keraniganj Upazila. The demonstration, held in the Hemayetpur area, also caused severe traffic congestion along both sides of the busy Dhaka–Aricha Highway, leaving […]

Two more children have died after developing symptoms consistent with measles in Bangladesh’s Sylhet Division, raising the total number of deaths among patients treated for confirmed or suspected measles to 122, according to local health authorities. Mohammad Nure Alam Shamim, Assistant Director of the Sylhet Health Department, said the two children died at Shaheed Shamsuddin […]