A senior assistant schoolteacher has been arrested and remanded in judicial custody in the northwestern district of Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, following grave allegations of repeatedly raping an eighth-grade female student under his tutelage. The accused, identified as 45-year-old Mizanur Rahman, is a faculty member at Nawabganj High School, colloquially known as Town High School, located within […]

A severe traffic congestion has brought vehicular movement to a near standstill on the Dhaka-bound lane of the Jamuna Bridge western approach road in Sirajganj, extending over an estimated 10-kilometre stretch. The tailback has spread from the western toll plaza of the Jamuna Bridge Toll Plaza to the Bagbari area under Kamarkhand Upazila, severely disrupting […]

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued a formal clarification following media reports alleging that the convoy of its Commissioner breached traffic regulations after a recent public statement emphasising equal enforcement of road laws. Earlier, during a press briefing, the DMP Commissioner, Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, reiterated that traffic regulations apply uniformly to all citizens, including […]

Former Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Dr Selina Hayat Ivy has returned to her residence after being released on bail following 13 months in prison, drawing significant attention from political observers, supporters and local residents alike. Her return to the family home, known as Chunka Kutir in the Deobhog area of Narayanganj, has been accompanied by […]

A tragic road accident in Brahmanbaria has claimed the lives of three people, including a mother and her young son, after a pickup van collided with a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw on the Cumilla–Sylhet Highway on Friday morning. The fatal crash occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. in the Biyallishhar area of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila. According to police […]

A trip to India for a life-saving kidney transplant has ended in tragedy for a family from Bangladesh, after a devastating hotel fire in New Delhi claimed the life of a 44-year-old businessman and left four of his relatives critically injured. The victim, Nurul Amin, was a resident of Sangishwar village in Chiora Union under […]

The arrest of the principal suspect in the widely publicised killing of a grandmother and her two grandsons in Khulna has been described by investigators as a significant development in the ongoing murder investigation. Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Rafiqul Islam Hawlader during a joint operation in Barisal on Thursday night after […]