Panic and unease have gripped residents in the capital’s Mirpur area after unidentified miscreants left bomb-like objects at the main entrances of two local educational institutions. The incidents occurred around midnight on Sunday, 15 November, targeting Siddik Memorial Junior School and College and Balughat School, both situated under the jurisdiction of Pallabi Police Station. According […]

A nine-year-old schoolgirl died tragically on Friday afternoon, 13 November, after falling from the roof of a three-storey building while playing blind man’s buff in Katiadi upazila of Kishoreganj. The victim, identified as Snigdha Barman Adri, lost her balance during the game at a building adjacent to Little Flower School in the upazila headquarters. Her […]

A 22-year-old man has been accused of raping a four-year-old girl in Bogura, sparking intense anger across the local neighbourhood. While the prime suspect, identified as Rahul, fled immediately after the incident on Saturday afternoon, 14 November, agitated residents detained his elderly grandparents and handed them over to law enforcement. According to local accounts, the […]

A total of 288 murders were recorded across the ten districts of Khulna division during the first ten months of the year, spanning January to October. Jashore topped the regional homicide chart with 61 killings, followed by neighbouring Bagerhat with 40. Yet nationwide concern and public outrage remain overwhelmingly focused on Khulna district, which ranks […]

A Dhaka court has ordered Supreme Court lawyer Mohiuddin Ahmed, widely known as Rudra, to be sent to jail in connection with a 2023 attempted murder case involving an activist of the Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal. Prior to his formal arrest, Jubo Dal leader Rabiul Islam Nayan and a group of his associates detained the lawyer […]

Nazrul Islam Manju, Administrator of the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and former president of the Khulna Metropolitan unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has voiced grave alarm over the sharp deterioration of law and order across the southern city. Speaking on Friday while offering condolences to the bereaved family of slain BNP leader Zakir […]

Two local offices belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its youth wing, the Jubo Dal, were vandalised and set on fire in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday night, 14 November. Activists of the Awami League, whose political activities remain banned, along with its affiliated organisations, reportedly carried out the back-to-back attacks. The […]

Md. Badiuzzaman Mintu, Senior Joint Convener of the Gournadi Upazila unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Barishal, found himself locked inside a female party colleague’s flat late on Friday night, 13 November. His two sons and several political associates later broke the padlock with an iron crowbar to free him. The episode has […]

Four journalists were allegedly abducted, confined, and assaulted in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha on Saturday afternoon while returning from covering an administrative crackdown on illegal sand extraction. During the ordeal, assailants snatched their mobile phones and recorded staged videos after forcing cash into the reporters’ hands. The injured media workers are Anwar Hossain Shamim, ajrul […]

ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan, Member of Parliament for Lakshmipur-4 (Ramgati-Kamalnagar) and Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad, has voiced sharp anger against members of his own party over allegations of extortion, land grabbing, and illegal brokering at police stations. Addressing party leaders and activists at his Lakshmipur residence on Friday evening, 13 November, the lawmaker delivered […]