Eight members belonging to the Bangladesh Awami League and its associate bodies, including key local youth and student leaders, have been arrested following coordinated police operations across Savar. Officers from the Savar Model Police Station conducted overnight drives across various locations within the sub-district, culminating in the arrests in the early hours of Monday. Saiful […]

A domestic dispute over suspected battery theft culminated in tragedy late on Monday night in Manikganj Sadar Upazila, after a man allegedly kicked his father-in-law to death upon being caught red-handed. The deceased has been identified as 48-year-old Siddique Ali, an auto-rickshaw driver residing in the Sakrail village of Garpara Union. Police have arrested his […]

Iran has warned that any fresh military attack by the United States would trigger a significantly different response, including the deployment of new weapons and attacks against previously untouched targets. A spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued the warning on Monday, 21 September, according to Al Arabiya. The statement comes as tensions […]

A sudden surge in demand for fuel degenerated into widespread public distress across Chuadanga on Sunday night after local filling stations abruptly suspended sales following the government’s announcement of an unprecedented price hike. News of the price adjustment spread rapidly shortly after 11:00 pm on Sunday, prompting motorists—particularly motorcyclists—to rush to filling stations throughout the […]

A 24-year-old man has been accused of killing his mother by attacking her with a machete and killing his six-month-old niece by repeatedly slamming her to the ground in Devibidwar, Cumilla. His sister-in-law, who reportedly tried to intervene and protect the infant, was also seriously injured in the attack. The incident took place at around […]

Police investigators in Pabna have uncovered horrifying details during the interrogation of suspects held over the rape and dismemberment of a ten-year-old schoolgirl, whose body was discovered hidden inside a sack a week after her disappearance. Kamrunnahar Koli, a primary school pupil in class four, went missing on the evening of 9 September from Kulunia […]

A routine demand for unpaid daily wages escalated into severe violence in Patuakhali’s Bauphal upazila on Monday morning, leaving four members of the same family critically injured following an attack with sharp weapons. The incident occurred around 7:00 am in Ward No. 1 of Goalia Bagha village, situated within the Surjamani Union. The victims have […]

Police have formally applied for a seven-day remand to interrogate Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife, Maksuda Begum, following the death of his second wife at a government residence in Dhaka. The investigative officer, Sub-Inspector Shamsuddoha Sarkar of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, submitted the remand prayer before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates’ […]