Newly appointed Minister for Local Government, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has pledged that elections for municipalities, city corporations, and upazilas will be arranged as swiftly as possible. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday morning (18 February) following his formal assumption of office at the Secretariat, he emphasised the government’s commitment to timely and transparent local elections. […]

In a significant anti-drug operation, the Department of Narcotics Control apprehended a young man, Mosharaf Hossain, with six thousand yaba tablets on board a passenger bus travelling from Dhaka to Thakurgaon. The operation was carried out on Tuesday night, 17 February, in Saidpur, Nilphamari, at the WAPDA Mor intersection. Mosharaf Hossain, also known as Mofizul, […]

In Habiganj, a group of leaders and activists from the Awami League raised the national and party flags outside the district office, which has been officially inactive, on Wednesday afternoon. The event, held at the Town Hall Road area of the city, was followed shortly afterwards by an incident in which a group of youths […]

Manikganj police have recovered the lifeless body of a local lawyer from a rented residence in Char Beutha, Sadar Upazila. The discovery was made late on Tuesday night, sending shockwaves through the local legal community and the surrounding neighbourhood. The deceased has been identified as Shahidul Islam, aged 36. A native of Jamunabad in Shimulia […]