A female teacher from Rakudia Dakhil Madrasa lost her life on Tuesday morning after being struck by a speeding passenger coach on the Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Babuganj, Barisal. The victim, 45-year-old Rehana Begum, served as an assistant teacher (Qari) at the madrasa and was the wife of the institution’s superintendent, Maulana Nasiruddin. The accident occurred […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has instructed field-level officers to take responsibility if political marches, gatherings or other disruptive incidents occur within their jurisdictions, stressing that law enforcement must focus on preventing such incidents rather than responding only after they take place. The directive was issued at the DMP’s monthly crime review meeting, or crime conference, […]

Police in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have registered a case against Jahid Munshi, joint member secretary of the National Citizen Party’s (NCP) local unit, following allegations of serial sexual assault, blackmail, and physical abuse involving a college student. The suspect, son of Zakir Mistry from Munsefpur village in Kaliganj municipality, allegedly coerced the victim into a relationship […]

An expatriate family in Keraniganj has been left in state of acute distress and peril following a violent raid on their homestead by armed miscreants who demanded £125,000 (20 million Bangladeshi taka) in extortion money. The incident, which unfolded in the South Baluchar area of Hazratpur Union, saw land grabbers systematically dismantle the victim’s residence, […]

A journalist’s home in Dhaka’s Pallabi area came under attack late on Monday night, with gunshots reportedly fired at the residence of private television channel reporter Pranta Parvez. The incident took place at around 2.15am on Tuesday in the Sabuj Bangla residential area of Pallabi. According to Parvez, four men arrived at his residence on […]