Bangladesh is being forced to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market at prices significantly higher than international benchmark rates, increasing pressure on the country’s energy import bill. Petrobangla recently purchased three LNG cargoes through spot tenders for nearly Tk 34 billion, with the deals reportedly costing at least Tk 3 billion more […]

A precarious web of electrical extension leads dangling directly above patients lying on the floor has highlighted severe overcrowding and acute safety hazards at Chittagong Medical College Hospital. On Tuesday afternoon, a visit to the third floor of the region’s primary government healthcare facility revealed a troubling scene between the medicine and radiology wards. With […]

A young man lost his life on Tuesday after being apprehended and assaulted by security personnel and staff while allegedly attempting to break into the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) office in the Tejgaon Industrial Area of Dhaka. The deceased, estimated to be around 25 years of age, remains unidentified. The incident unfolded at approximately […]

Police have arrested Mayjuddin Hamid, the former general secretary of Maheshpur Upazila Awami League and former chairman of Maheshpur Upazila Parishad, in Jhenaidah. Officers apprehended him at approximately 7:32 pm on Monday, 7 September, from the Kitchen Market area of Maheshpur Municipality. According to sources within Maheshpur Police Station, the arrest was executed in connection […]