A senior leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) has been detained by members of the public and handed over to local law enforcement authorities in Netrokona following allegations of financial extortions under the guise of providing government-subsidised ‘Family Cards’. The suspect, identified as Syeda Sadia Islam, serves as the Organisational Secretary for the NCP’s […]

A tragedy has struck the municipality of Madan in Netrokona district after a 65-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death by his own son inside their family home. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, has left the local community in shock as law enforcement authorities move swiftly to investigate the […]

A devastating road accident in the heart of Sylhet city has claimed the life of a two-year-old boy after the motorcycle carrying his family collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in the busy Zindabazar area. Rakibul Islam was travelling towards Bandarbazar on a motorcycle alongside his wife, their young son, […]

Madrasa Teacher Beaten and Detained Over Child Abuse Allegations A Islamic religious teacher in the Noakhali Sadar sub-district has been handed over to law enforcement authorities after being beaten by a mob over the alleged sexual assault of a nine-year-old student. The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Maulana Mobarak Hossain Emran, was detained by local residents […]

A fire broke out at the food court on the fifth floor of Centre Point Shopping Mall in the airport area of Dhaka on Wednesday (9 September), prompting the deployment of five units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence. The fire started around midday at the shopping centre located opposite Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. […]

Customers of Sammilito Islami Bank continued to withdraw their deposits through normal banking procedures on the second day of operations, with 14,000 depositors collecting a combined Tk670 crore from branches across the country over Monday and Tuesday. The amount actually withdrawn was considerably lower than the value of applications submitted during the same period. A […]

A fire at the Pioneer Base of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Project in Ishwardi, Pabna, has disrupted internet, electricity and water services at several facilities, with internet connectivity reportedly still unavailable nearly 57 hours after the incident. The fire broke out at around 3am on Sunday at an office of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission […]